Evidence of Extensional and Compressional Tectonism and Erosion in Titan’s Xanadu
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XANADU PROVINCE. J. Radebaugh, P. Valora, R.D. Lorenz, S.D. Wall, R.L. Kirk, C.A. Wood, J.I. Lunine, E.R. Stofan, R.M. Lopes, T.G. Farr, G. Mitri, and the Cassini Radar Team. Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, [email protected], Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109. Astrogeology Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001. Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV 26003. Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. Proxemy Research, PO Box 338 Rectortown, VA 20140.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008