Radioactive elements on Mercury's surface from MESSENGER: Implications for the planet's formation and evolution

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6051, 2011, Pages 1850-1852

  Peplowski, Patrick N ^a   Evans, Larry G ^b   Hauck II, Steven A ^c   McCoy, Timothy J ^d   Boynton, William V ^e   Gillis Davis, Jeffery J ^f   Ebel, Denton S ^g   Goldsten, John O ^a   Hamara, David K ^e   Lawrence, David J ^a   McNutt Jr , Ralph L ^a   Nittler, Larry R ^h   Solomon, Sean C ^h   Rhodes, Edgar A ^a   Sprague, Ann L ^e   Starr, Richard D ⁱ   Stockstill Cahill, Karen R ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^h GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT; SILICATE; THORIUM; URANIUM; VOLATILE AGENT;

GAMMA RAY RADIATION; HEAT PRODUCTION; MERCURY (PLANET); METEORITE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VOLATILE ELEMENT; VOLCANISM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EVAPORATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 80053363602     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1211576     Document Type: Article

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