Identification and measurement of neutron-absorbing elements on Mercury's surface

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-209

  Lawrence, David J ^a   Feldman, William C ^b   Goldsten, John O ^a   McCoy, Timothy J ^c   Blewett, David T ^a   Boynton, William V ^d   Evans, Larry G ^e   Nittler, Larry R ^f   Rhodes, Edgar A ^a   Solomon, Sean C ^f  

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

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

^f GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955776329     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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