The apparent lack of lunar-like swirls on Mercury: Implications for the formation of lunar swirls and for the agent of space weathering

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 239-246

  Blewett, David T ^a   Denevi, Brett W ^b   Robinson, Mark S ^b   Ernst, Carolyn M ^a   Purucker, Michael E ^c   Solomon, Sean C ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Mercury, Surface; Moon, Surface; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955774225     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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