Internal and tectonic evolution of Mercury

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 713-728

  Hauck II, Steven A ^a,b   Dombard, Andrew J ^a,c   Phillips, Roger J ^c   Solomon, Sean C ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal evolution; Magnetic field; Mantle convection; Mercury; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; MERCURY (PLANET); TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 2942574223     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.03.037     Document Type: Article

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