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Ghatan, G. J.; Zimbelman, J. R. (2006). «Paucity of Candidate Coastal Constructional Landforms Along Proposed Shorelines on Mars: Implications for a Northern Lowlands-Filling Ocean». Icarus185 (1): 171-196. Bibcode:2006Icar..185..171G. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.06.007.
Rogers, A. D.; Fergason, R.L. (2011). «Regional-Scale Stratigraphy of Surface Units in Tyrrhena and Iapygia Terrae, Mars: Insights into Highland Crustal Evolution and Alteration History». J. Geophys. Res.116 (E8): E08005. Bibcode:2011JGRE..116.8005R. doi:10.1029/2010JE003772.
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