Exposure of spectrally distinct material by impact craters on Mercury: Implications for global stratigraphy

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 210-223

  Ernst, Carolyn M ^a   Murchie, Scott L ^a   Barnouin, Olivier S ^a   Robinson, Mark S ^b   Denevi, Brett W ^b   Blewett, David T ^a   Head, James W ^c   Izenberg, Noam R ^a   Solomon, Sean C ^d   Roberts, James H ^a  

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

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Geological processes; Mercury; Mercury, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955769202     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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