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  1. Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, USA

    Maria Banks

  2. Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Maria Banks

  3. Earth and Space Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

    Jarmo Korteniemi

  4. Planetary Science Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

    Henrik Hargitai

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Banks, M., Korteniemi, J., Hargitai, H. (2014). Sinuous Ridge. In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_350-1

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