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Septum

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The common wall or curved ridge between impact craters (Figs. 1 and 2).

Septum, Fig. 1
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Portion of Davy Catena, shoring individual craterlets separated by septa. Scale bar 10 km. LROC WAC equatorial mosaic (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University)

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  • Aggarwal HR, Oberbeck VR (1976) A morphological study of Martian doublet craters. International Colloquium of Planetary Geology. Proceedings. Geol Romana 15:419–421

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  1. NASA Ames Research Center/NPP, 239-20, 94035, Moffett Field, CA, USA

    Henrik Hargitai

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Hargitai, H. (2015). Septum. In: Hargitai, H., Kereszturi, Á. (eds) Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3134-3_613

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