Evidence for young volcanism on mercury from the third MESSENGER flyby

Science

Volumn 329, Issue 5992, 2010, Pages 668-671

  Prockter, Louise M ^a   Ernst, Carolyn M ^a   Denevi, Brett W ^b   Chapman, Clark R ^c   Head III, James W ^d   Fassett, Caleb I ^d   Merline, William J ^c   Solomon, Sean C ^e   Watters, Thomas R ^f   Strom, Robert G ^g   Cremonese, Gabriele ^h   Marchi, Simone ⁱ   Massironi, Matteo ⁱ  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MERCURY (PLANET); SATELLITE MISSION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT; VOLCANIC LANDFORM; VOLCANISM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; IMAGING; MAGNETISM; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANO;

EID: 77955297212     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1188186     Document Type: Article

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