Scalloped Depression Development on Malea Planum and the Southern Wall of the Hellas Basin, Mars
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Hellas Basin, Mars. M. Zanetti, H. Hiesinger, D. Reiss, E. Hauber, and G. Neukum. Institute für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany. 2 Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Rutherford Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany. 3 Freie Universität Berlin, Maltese Str. 74 -100, 12249 Berlin, Germany. ([email protected])
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