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Megadune

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A very large aeolian bedform (Fig. 1).

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A 17 km-wide section of the megadune field adjacent to a field of regular dunes in Russel crater THEMIS V26372007 at 54.3°N, 12.5°E (NASA/JPL/ASU)

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

    Henrik Hargitai

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

    Ákos Kereszturi

  3. National Snow and Ice Data Center/CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1540 30th Street, 80303, Boulder, CO, USA

    Ted Scambos

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Hargitai, H., Kereszturi, Á., Scambos, T. (2014). Megadune. In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_235-1

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