Major-Element Abundances on the Surface of Mercury: Results from the MESSENGER Gamma-Ray Spectrometer

By L. Evans, P. Peplowski, E. Rhodes, D. Lawrence, T. Mccoy, L. Nittler, Sean C. Solomon, A. Sprague, K. Stockstill-Cahill, R. Starr and 4 more. 2012

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Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology

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In Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. Maria T. Zuber
2. Mark A. Wieczorek
3. James W. Head III
4. David E. Smith
5. S. Hauck,
6. Sean C. Solomon
7. F. LeMoine
8. E. Mazarico

In Ecology

1. Roger J. Phillips
2. James W. Head III
3. Denton S. Ebel
4. S. Hauck,

Citations in the corpus

• Evidence for geochemical terranes on Mercury: Global mapping of major elements with MESSENGER's X-Ray Spectrometer (2015, background): “Previous studies of MESSENGER datasets have shown that Mercury’s surface is Mg- and S-rich, but Al-, Ca-, and Fe-poor compared with typical terrestrial and lunar crustal materials (e.g., Nittler et al., 2011; Evans et al., 2012), and that the planet has abundant levels of moderately volatile element”
• The curious case of Mercury's internal structure (2013, methodology): “More recent estimates from analysis of larger sets of XRS and Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (GRS) data indicate a bulk elemental Fe content closer to ~1 – 2 wt % [ Evans et al ., 2012; Weider et al ., 2013].”