Constraints on Mercury's surface composition from MESSENGER neutron spectrometer data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 107-114

  Riner, M A ^a   Lucey, P G ^a   McCubbin, F M ^b   Taylor, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; MESSENGER neutron spectrometer; Surface composition

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; EQUILIBRIUM MODELING; GLOBAL-SCALE MELTING; MAGMA OCEAN; MAGMATIC EVOLUTION; MANTLE COMPOSITION; MERCURY SURFACE; MESSENGER NEUTRON SPECTROMETER; MODEL COMPOSITION; OXIDE SOLID SOLUTION; PARTIAL MELTING; SPACE ENVIRONMENT; SPECTRAL MODELING; SPECTRAL OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE COMPOSITIONS;

ABSORPTION; FLOTATION; IRON OXIDES; MELTING; MERCURY (METAL); NEUTRON ABSORPTION; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

NEUTRONS;

ALBEDO; IRON OXIDE; MAGMATISM; MELTING; MERCURY (PLANET); PLANETARY SURFACE; SILICATE MINERAL; SPECTROMETER; SPECTROMETRY; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 79960029353     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.042     Document Type: Article

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