Does mantle convection currently exist on Mercury?

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 221-231

  Redmond, Hannah L ^a   King, Scott D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core dynamo; Geodynamics; Mantle convection; Mercury

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CORE ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETISM; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CORE DYNAMO; GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MERCURY; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

GEODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MANTLE CONVECTION; MERCURY (PLANET); NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 34548662641     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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