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  1. UMR8148, GEOPS, Univ Paris-Sud, CNRS, Orsay, 91400, France

    Antoine Séjourné

  2. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

    Alexandra Lefort

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    Henrik Hargitai

  2. Konkoly Thege Miklos Astronomical Institute, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

    Ákos Kereszturi

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Séjourné, A., Lefort, A. (2015). Scalloped Terrain. In: Hargitai, H., Kereszturi, Á. (eds) Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3_338

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