Aluminum abundance on the surface of Mercury: Application of a new background-reduction technique for the analysis of gamma-ray spectroscopy data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Peplowski, Patrick N ^a   Rhodes, Edgar A ^a   Hamara, David K ^b   Lawrence, David J ^a   Evans, Larry G ^c   Nittler, Larry R ^d   Solomon, Sean C ^d,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BASALT; ENSTATITE CHONDRITE; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; KOMATIITE; MERCURY (PLANET); PARTIAL MELTING;

EID: 84869197117     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JE004181     Document Type: Article

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