The major-element composition of Mercury's surface from MESSENGER X-ray spectrometry

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6051, 2011, Pages 1847-1850

  Nittler, Larry R ^a   Starr, Richard D ^b   Weider, Shoshana Z ^a   McCoy, Timothy J ^c   Boynton, William V ^d   Ebel, Denton S ^e   Ernst, Carolyn M ^f   Evans, Larry G ^g   Goldsten, John O ^f   Hamara, David K ^d   Lawrence, David J ^f   McNutt Jr , Ralph L ^f   Schlemm II, Charles E ^f   Solomon, Sean C ^a   Sprague, Ann L ^d  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; IRON; IRON OXIDE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFIDE; SULFUR; TITANIUM;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IRON; LUNAR CRUST; MERCURY (PLANET); MOON; PLANETARY SURFACE; SILICATE; SPACECRAFT; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; TITANIUM; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPACE FLIGHT; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 80053371507     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1211567     Document Type: Article

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