Constraints on Mercury's surface composition from MESSENGER and ground-based spectroscopy

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 138-163

  Warell, J ^a   Sprague, A ^b   Kozlowski, R ^c   Rothery, D A ^d   Lewis, N ^b   Helbert, J ^e   Cloutis, E ^f  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mercury, Surface; Mineralogy; Radiative transfer; Regoliths; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955772719     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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