Basin formation on Mercury: Caloris and the origin of its low-reflectance material

2017/07/26 by Ross W.K. Potter, Ross W. K. Potter, James W. Head +1 · 20 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Earth science #Geochemistry #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Geomorphology #Geophysics #Gravity anomaly #Impact crater #Mantle (geology) #Mercury (programming language) #Paleontology #Planetary Science and Exploration #Structural basin #Tectonics #Volcanism

paper · doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.07.008

published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters 474, 427-435 (Elsevier BV)

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Citations

• Stratigraphy of the Caloris basin, Mercury: Implications for volcanic history and basin impact melt
• The morphology of Mercury’s Caloris basin as seen in MESSENGER stereo topographic models

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