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  1. Department of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, MK7 6AA, Milton Keynes, UK

    Susan J. Conway

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  1. NASA Ames Research Center/NPP, Moffett Field, CA, USA

    Henrik Hargitai

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

    Ákos Kereszturi

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Conway, S.J. (2015). Central Mound Crater (Ice Associated). In: Hargitai, H., Kereszturi, Á. (eds) Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3_41

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