Large-scale lobate scarps in the southern hemisphere of Mercury

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 14-15, 2001, Pages 1523-1530

  Watters, T R ^a   Cook, A C ^a   Robinson, M S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0035575529     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00090-3     Document Type: Article

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