The evolution of Mercury's crust: A global perspective from MESSENGER

Science

Volumn 324, Issue 5927, 2009, Pages 613-618

  Denevi, Brett W ^a   Robinson, Mark S ^a   Solomon, Sean C ^b   Murchie, Scott L ^c   Blewett, David T ^c   Domingue, Deborah L ^c   McCoy, Timothy J ^d   Ernst, Carolyn M ^c   Head, James W ^e   Watters, Thomas R ^d   Chabot, Nancy L ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; TITANIUM;

CRUST; EXCAVATION; MERCURY (PLANET); VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LITHOSPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANIC ASH;

EID: 66249100547     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1172226     Document Type: Article

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