Compositions of Mercury's earliest crust from magma ocean models

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 446-455

  Brown, Stephanie M ^a   Elkins Tanton, Linda T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

core; crustal composition; giant impact; magma ocean; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CORE; CRUSTAL COMPOSITION; GIANT IMPACT; MAGMA OCEAN; MERCURY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EARTH (PLANET); FELDSPAR; FLOTATION; IRON; MERCURY (METAL); OCEAN CURRENTS; SILICATES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

IRON OXIDES;

CORE (PLANETARY); MAGMA; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (PLANET); MODELING; PLANETARY SATELLITE; PLANETARY SURFACE; SILICATE;

MERCURIA;

EID: 70349171287     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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