The curious case of Mercury's internal structure

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Evidence for geochemical terranes on Mercury: Global mapping of major elements with MESSENGER's X-Ray Spectrometer (2015, background): “Given the shallow depth of Mercury’s core–mantle boundary (Smith et al., 2012; Hauck et al., 2013), it is possible that mantle convection was not vigorous throughout the planet’s evolution (Michel et al., 2013; Tosi et al., 2013) and therefore the mantle did not become well homogenized.”
Mercury's moment of inertia from spin and gravity data (2012, background): “ues are taken fromMargot [2009] and amount to a precession of ∼0.”
Thermochemical evolution of Mercury's interior (2013, background): “Using a mantle thickness of 400 km, corresponding to the most likely value predicted by Hauck et al. [2013], about 1% of the models tested is compatible with the imposed constraints.”