Thermo-chemical evolution and global contraction of mercury

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 135-146

  Grott, M ^a   Breuer, D ^a   Laneuville, M ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Mercury; Mercury interior; Thermal histories

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL MODELS; COOLING RATES; CORE FORMATION; CURRENT MODELS; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE DIFFERENTIATION; MANTLE RHEOLOGY; MERCURY; MERCURY INTERIOR; PLANETARY INTERIORS; SULFUR CONTENTS; THERMAL HISTORIES; THERMO-CHEMICAL; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

COOLING; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SULFUR; THERMAL INSULATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTRACTION; COOLING; GEOPHYSICS; INSULATION; MANTLE CONVECTION; MERCURY (PLANET); NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY SURFACE; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 79957943899     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.040     Document Type: Article

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