Volcanism on Mercury: A new model for the history of magma ascent and eruption

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Wilson, Lionel ^a,b   Head, James W ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (METAL);

CRUSTAL COMPOSITIONS; EFFUSION RATES; NEW MODELS; STRESS STATE; THERMAL EVOLUTIONS;

EXTRUSION;

COOLING; DIKE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMA; MERCURY (PLANET); MODEL; THERMAL EVOLUTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 60149096042     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035620     Document Type: Article

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