Pit-floor craters on Mercury: Evidence of near-surface igneous activity

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 243-250

  Gillis Davis, Jeffrey J ^a   Blewett, David T ^b   Gaskell, Robert W ^c   Denevi, Brett W ^d   Robinson, Mark S ^d   Strom, Robert G ^e   Solomon, Sean C ^f   Sprague, Ann L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; MESSENGER; pit crater; remote sensing; volcanism

Indexed keywords

CRATER FORMATION; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; IGNEOUS ACTIVITY; IMPACT CRATERS; IMPACT PROCESS; LONG AXIS; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MAGMATISMS; MERCURY; MERCURY SURFACE; MESSENGER; NEAR-SURFACE; PIT CRATER; PLANETARY BODIES; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; SPACE ENVIRONMENT; SURFACE EXPRESSION; VOLCANISM;

DEPOSITS; FLOORS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY DEPOSITS; MOON; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

CRATER; EJECTA; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOST ROCK; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; MERCURY (PLANET); PLANETARY LANDFORM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANISM;

EID: 61349130889     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.023     Document Type: Article

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