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Landslide in Iapetus' Malun crater

Sturzstroms on Saturn's Moon Iapetus

Long-runout landslides (sturzstroms) are found across the Solar System. They have been observed primarily on Earth and Mars, but also on Venus, and Jupiter’s moons Io and Callisto. I have just published a paper about sturzstroms on Iapetus.