Dichotomy Boundary at Aeolis Mensae, Mars: Fretted Terrain Developed in a Sedimentary Deposit
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SEDIMENTARY DEPOSIT. R. P. Irwin III, T. R. Watters, A. D. Howard, T. A. Maxwell, and R. A. Craddock, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 4 St. and Independence Ave. SW, Washington DC 20560-0315, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Dept. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA 22903, [email protected].
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