Flood volcanism in the northern high latitudes of Mercury revealed by MESSENGER

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6051, 2011, Pages 1853-1856

  Head, James W ^a   Chapman, Clark R ^b   Strom, Robert G ^c   Fassett, Caleb I ^a   Denevi, Brett W ^d   Blewett, David T ^d   Ernst, Carolyn M ^d   Watters, Thomas R ^e   Solomon, Sean C ^f   Murchie, Scott L ^d   Prockter, Louise M ^d   Chabot, Nancy L ^d   Gillis Davis, Jeffrey J ^g   Whitten, Jennifer L ^a   Goudge, Timothy A ^a   Baker, David M H ^a   Hurwitz, Debra M ^a   Ostrach, Lillian R ^h   Xiao, Zhiyong ^c,i   Merline, William J ^b   Kerber, Laura ^a   Dickson, James L ^a   Oberst, Jürgen ^j   Byrne, Paul K ^f   Klimczak, Christian ^f   Nittler, Larry R ^f   more..

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^f GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^j GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; EMPLACEMENT; KOMATIITE; MERCURY (PLANET); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORBIT DETERMINATION; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; SURFACE AREA; VOLCANISM; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BASALT; FLOOD VOLCANISM; FLOW KINETICS; KOMATIITE; LATITUDE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SPACE FLIGHT; VOLCANO; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 80053351285     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1211997     Document Type: Article

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