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  1. Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, USA

    Simone Silvestro

  2. Geography Department, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah Al-Mukkarramah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    ElSayed Hermas

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Silvestro, S., Hermas, E. (2014). Reversing Dune. In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_305-1

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