Evidence for intrusive activity on Mercury from the first MESSENGER flyby

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 251-262

  Head, James W ^a   Murchie, Scott L ^b   Prockter, Louise M ^b   Solomon, Sean C ^c   Strom, Robert G ^d   Chapman, Clark R ^e   Watters, Thomas R ^f   Blewett, David T ^b   Gillis Davis, J J ^g   Fassett, Caleb I ^a   Dickson, James L ^a   Hurwitz, Debra M ^a   Ostrach, Lillian R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

dikes; graben; intrusion; Mercury; MESSENGER

Indexed keywords

DIKES; GRABEN; INTRUSION; MERCURY; MESSENGER;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; LEVEES; MERCURY (METAL);

FLOORS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; DIKE; GRABEN; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; MERCURY (PLANET); SATELLITE; VOLCANISM;

EID: 69049115062     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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