Sprague, A.L., Donaldson Hanna, K.L., Kozlowski, R.W.H., Helbert, J., Maturilli, A., Warell, J.B., Hora, J.L. (2009): Spectral emissivity measurements of Mercury’s surface indicate Mg- and Ca-rich mineralogy, K-spar, Na-rich plagioclase, rutile, with possible perovskite, and garnet. Planetary and Space Science: 57: 364-383

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	Sprague, A.L., Donaldson Hanna, K.L., Kozlowski, R.W.H., Helbert, J., Maturilli, A., Warell, J.B., Hora, J.L. (2009) Spectral emissivity measurements of Mercury's surface indicate Mg- and Ca-rich mineralogy, K-spar, Na-rich plagioclase, rutile, with possible perovskite, and garnet. Planetary and Space Science, 57 (3) 364-383 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.006	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Mg- and Ca-rich mineralogy, K-spar, Na-rich plagioclase, rutile, with possible perovskite, and garnet...spectroscopic measurements from 8.0 to 12.7 mm of Mercury were taken using Boston University’s Mid-Infrared...dark plains region west of Caloris Basin, and the interior of Caloris Basin. By use of spectral deconvolution...size separates, we ﬁtted, or ‘‘unmixed’’, the Mercury spectra. We ﬁnd mineral suites composed of magnesium-rich...clinopyroxene, potassium feldspar, and Na-bearing plagioclase feldspar. Both Ca- and Mg-rich garnet (pyrope
	Warell, J., Sprague, A., Kozlowski, R., Rothery, D.A., Lewis, N., Helbert, J., Cloutis, E. (2010) Constraints on Mercury’s surface composition from MESSENGER and ground-based spectroscopy. Icarus, 209 (1). 138-163 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.04.008	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	2010 Available online 22 April 2010 Keywords: Mercury, Surface Mineralogy Radiative transfer Regoliths...with average area weighted grain size near 20 lm. Mercury shows lunar-style space weathering, with maturation-produced...derived from Hapke modeling are 35– 70% Na-rich plagioclase or orthoclase, up to 30% Mg-rich clinopyroxene...and may thus act as a strong darkening agent on Mercury. Also, one or more of thermally darkened silicates...silicates, Fepoor opaques and matured glasses, or Mercury-unique Ostwald-ripened microphase iron nickel may
	*Sori, Michael M. (2018) A thin, dense crust for Mercury. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 489. 92-99 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.02.033*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	elsevier.com/locate/epsl A thin, dense crust for Mercury Michael M. Sori Lunar and Planetary Laboratory...Available online xxxx Editor: W.B. McKinnon Keywords: Mercury MESSENGER crustal thickness crustal density isostasy...those analyses. Here, I apply these techniques to Mercury. Using MESSENGER-derived elemental abundances,...Mercury’s surface. The new results also show that Mercury and the Moon have a similar proportion of their...rocky silicates composing their crusts, and thus Mercury is not uniquely eﬃcient at crustal production amongst
	D’Incecco, Piero, Helbert, Jörn, D’Amore, Mario, Maturilli, Alessandro, Head, James W., Klima, Rachel L., Izenberg, Noam R., McClintock, William E., Hiesinger, Harald, Ferrari, Sabrina (2015) Shallow crustal composition of Mercury as revealed by spectral properties and geological units of two impact craters. Planetary and Space Science, 119. 250-263 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.10.007	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	com/locate/pss Shallow crustal composition of Mercury as revealed by spectral properties and geological...and spectral analysis of two impact craters on Mercury: the 15 km diameter Waters crater (106°W; 9°S)...diameter Kuiper crater (30°W; 11°S). Using the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) Narrow Angle Camera...into the properties of the shallower crust of Mercury. Kuiper crater, being 4 times larger than Waters...Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Mercury MESSENGER MASCS MDIS Impact craters Stratigraphy
	*Thomas, Rebecca J., Rothery, David A. (2019) Volcanism on Mercury. Elements, 15 (1) 27-32 doi:10.2138/gselements.15.1.27*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Volcanism on Mercury Rebecca J. Thomas1 and David A. Rothery2 1811-5209/19/0015-0027$2.50 DOI: 10.2138/gselements...plains, explosive volcanism, thermal evolution, Mercury Offered in response, however, were the findings...between the Moon, it may come as a surprise that Mercury is now lunar maria and lunar highlands), and the...conclusion that all, or most, of Mercury’s on nearby basin rims and ejecta, indicating a younger age present...decades in the making. Our first close-up images of Mercury, captured during flybys of NASA’s Mariner 10 spacecraft
	Leblanc, F., Chassefière, E., Johnson, R.E., Hunten, D.M., Kallio, E., Delcourt, D.C., Killen, R.M., Luhmann, J.G., Potter, A.E., Jambon, A., Cremonese, G., Mendillo, M., Yan, N., Sprague, A.L. (2007) Mercury's exosphere origins and relations to its magnetosphere and surface. Planetary and Space Science, 55 (9) 1069-1092 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2006.11.008	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	the only spacecraft that ever passed close to Mercury, revealed several unexpected characteristics: an...He (Broadfoot, A.L., et al., 1976. Mariner 10: Mercury atmosphere. Geophys. Res. Lett. 3, 577–580). More...1985. Discovery of sodium in the atmosphere of Mercury. Science 229, 651–653). Since then, potassium and...Keywords: Mercury; Exosphere; Magnetosphere; Surface; Review 1. Introduction The atmosphere of Mercury is very...better understand the Solar System evolution. On Mercury, sputtering, and other volatile production processes
	*Nittler, Larry R., Weider, Shoshana Z. (2019) The Surface Composition of Mercury. Elements, 15 (1) 33-38 doi:10.2138/gselements.15.1.33*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	The Surface Composition of Mercury Larry R. Nittler1 and Shoshana Z. Weider1 1811-5209/19/0015-0033$2...in S and C, and depleted in Fe, indicating that Mercury formed under much more reducing conditions than...heterogeneities and percent levels of graphite suggest that Mercury underwent a magma ocean phase early in its history...the four years of MESSENGER’s orbital Keywords : Mercury, MESSENGER, geochemistry, remote sensing, mission... As the innermost planet of our solar system, Mercury and its composition are of key importance for understanding
	Weider, Shoshana Z., Nittler, Larry R., Starr, Richard D., Crapster-Pregont, Ellen J., Peplowski, Patrick N., Denevi, Brett W., Head, James W., Byrne, Paul K., Hauck, Steven A., Ebel, Denton S., Solomon, Sean C. (2015) Evidence for geochemical terranes on Mercury: Global mapping of major elements with MESSENGER's X-Ray Spectrometer. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 416. 109-120 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.023	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	com/locate/epsl Evidence for geochemical terranes on Mercury: Global mapping of major elements with MESSENGER’s...Accepted 21 January 2015 Editor: C. Sotin Keywords: Mercury MESSENGER X-ray ﬂuorescence spectroscopy geochemistry...site of an ancient and heavily degraded impact basin. The distinctive geochemical signature of this region...All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Since the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging...(Solomon et al., 2001) was inserted into orbit around Mercury on 18 March 2011, its suite of instruments has
	*Carr, M. H., Saunders, R. S., Strom, R. G., Wilhelms, D. E. (1984) The Geology of the Terrestrial Planets. Special Publications* 469. NASA**	Report (issue)
	planets, those closest to us, were almost unknown. Mercury was known only to have a few smudgy markings, Venus.................................... 5 5 5 3. MERCURY .......................................................................................... The Caloris and Other Large Basins ........................................................................ Basin-Forming Processes ................................knowledge of the terrestrial planets other than Earth (Mercury, Venus, and Mars) was largely astronomical in nature
	Solomon, Sean C, McNutt, Ralph L, Gold, Robert E, Acuña, Mario H, Baker, Daniel N, Boynton, William V, Chapman, Clark R, Cheng, Andrew F, Gloeckler, George, Head III, James W, Krimigis, Stamatios M, McClintock, William E, Murchie, Scott L, Peale, Stanton J, Phillips, Roger J, Robinson, Mark S, Slavin, James A, Smith, David E, Strom, Robert G, Trombka, Jacob I, Zuber, Maria T (2001) The MESSENGER mission to Mercury: scientific objectives and implementation. Planetary and Space Science, 49 (14) 1445-1465 doi:10.1016/s0032-0633(01)00085-x	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	com/locate/planspasci The MESSENGER mission to Mercury: scienti(c objectives and implementation Sean C...November 2000; accepted 12 January 2001 Abstract Mercury holds answers to several critical questions regarding...polar deposits, exosphere, and magnetosphere. The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging...(MESSENGER) mission has been designed to Ay by and orbit Mercury to address all of these key questions. After launch...Venus, and two Aybys of Mercury, orbit insertion is accomplished at the third Mercury encounter. The instrument
	*(2015) Volcanism and tectonism across the inner solar system: an overview. Special Publication, 401. Geological Society of London. 1-56 doi:10.1144/sp401.22*	Report (chapter)
	the inner solar system – a region that includes Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, Mars and asteroids. The...star, the Sun, and the four terrestrial planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, as well as Mars’ moons...begins at the planet closest to the Sun. From Mercury we move to Venus; Earth and its Moon are next,...their formational processes on the Moon, Mars, Mercury and Venus. The second part is dedicated to summarizing...explore further – and farther. Mercury Until very recently, Mercury (Fig. 1c) was the most enigmatic
	*Namur, Olivier, Charlier, Bernard (2017) Silicate mineralogy at the surface of Mercury. Nature Geoscience, 10 (1) 9-13 doi:10.1038/ngeo2860*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	1038/NGEO2860 Silicate mineralogy at the surface of Mercury Olivier Namur1,2* and Bernard Charlier2 Crystallization...with the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) and spectral reflectance measurements with Mercury Atmospheric...expected for Mercury. We find a common crystallization sequence consisting of olivine, plagioclase, pyroxenes...on the cooling rate, we suggest that lavas on Mercury are either fully crystallized or made of a glassy...Volcanic Plains and Smooth Plains, dominated by plagioclase, the High-Mg province, strongly dominated by
	*Watters, Thomas R., Schultz, Richard A. (2009) Planetary Tectonics. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511691645*	Book
	structures at a range of length scales found on Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, the outer planet satellites...Watters and Richard A. Schultz The tectonics of Mercury Thomas R. Watters and Francis Ni,n,no Venus tectonics...will complete surveys of our innennost planet, Mercury, and provide the first high-resolution images of...chapters review what is known about the tectonics on Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, the outer planet satellites...the Earth. In contrast to Earth, tectonism on Mercury, Venus, the Moon, and Mars is generally more distributed
	Riner, M.A., Lucey, P.G., McCubbin, F.M., Taylor, G.J. (2011) Constraints on Mercury's surface composition from MESSENGER neutron spectrometer data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 308 (1) 107-114 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.042	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	online 24 June 2011 Editor: T. Spohn Keywords: Mercury surface composition MESSENGER neutron spectrometer...Mercury's surface is poorly known, but the MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging)...the available proposed surface compositions of Mercury and evaluated the plausibility of each surface...evolution of Mercury are discussed. The measured macroscopic neutron absorption cross section of Mercury is inconsistent...%), offers strong evidence of a magma ocean on Mercury since global scale melting appears to be required
	E. Vander Kaaden, Kathleen, M. McCubbin, Francis, R. Nittler, Larry, N. Peplowski, Patrick, Z. Weider, Shoshana, A. Frank, Elizabeth, J. McCoy, Timothy (2017) Geochemistry, mineralogy, and petrology of boninitic and komatiitic rocks on the mercurian surface: Insights into the mercurian mantle. Icarus, 285. 155-168 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.11.041	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	30 November 2016 Available online xxx Keywords: Mercury Petrologic classiﬁcation IUGS Boninites Komatiites...c t Orbital data from the MESSENGER mission to Mercury have facilitated a new view of the planet’s structure...identify nine distinct geochemical regions on Mercury. Using a variation on the classical CIPW normative...calculated silicate mineralogy is dominated by plagioclase, pyroxene (both orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene)...compositions indicate that the rocks on the surface of Mercury are diverse and vary from komatiitic to boninitic
	*Greeley, Ronald (2013) Introduction to Planetary Geomorphology. Cambridge University Press.*	Book
	Geologic history of the Moon Assignments Mercury Introduction Mercury exploration Interior characteristics...we learned at a very young age, the planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and...toward the surface. 1.1.1 The terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called the terrestrial...planets imaged by spacecraft. The inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Moon, and Mars) are shown to...Earth and include quartz, orthoclase feldspar, plagioclase feldspar, and muscovite mica. Dark-colored silicate
	*Guest, John, Butterworth, Paul, Murray, John, O'Donnel, William (1979) Planetary Geology. David & Charles, Newton Abbot.*	Book
	to the Moon and unmanned probes to Mars, Venus, Mercury and the Jovian moons we are at last able to study...and Tubes— Hadley Rille—The Orientale Basin—The Imbrium Basin— Mascons— Basins—The Highlands—Dating the...Highlands— Farside Lunar Highland Sinuous Rilles Mercury 66 First Encounter—The Surface—The Southern Hemisphere—...Linear Crater Walls—Caloris—Pre-Caloris, Syn-Caloris and _ PostCaloris Terrains— Caloris Ejecta— Large Basins—...Degradation of Martian Craters—Hellas Basin—Argyre Basin — Isidis Basin— Other Impact Basins—Olympus Mons—The
	Hiesinger, H., Helbert, J. (2010) The Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) for the BepiColombo mission. Planetary and Space Science, 58 (1) 144-165 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2008.09.019	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	(2010) 144–165 www.elsevier.com/locate/pss The Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS)...on board the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) in 2014, the Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared...the surface composition and mineralogy of planet Mercury. MERTIS combines an uncooled grating push broom...capabilities to study the surface composition of Mercury. In particular, feldspars can easily be detected... Keywords: Mercury; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy; MERTIS; BepiColombo 1. Missions to Mercury—the context
	Namur, Olivier, Collinet, Max, Charlier, Bernard, Grove, Timothy L., Holtz, Francois, McCammon, Catherine (2016) Melting processes and mantle sources of lavas on Mercury. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 439. 117-128 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.030	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Melting processes and mantle sources of lavas on Mercury Olivier Namur a,∗ , Max Collinet b , Bernard Charlier...provided geochemical data for surface rocks on Mercury. In this study, we use the major element composition...melting conditions and residual mantle sources on Mercury. We combine modelling and high-temperature (1320–1580...spacecraft is that volcanism at the surface of Mercury was widespread (Head et al., 2011; Denevi et al...it has been estimated that the whole surface of Mercury was resurfaced by volcanic activity and that the
	*Glass, Billy P. (1982) Introduction to Planetary Geology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.*	Book
	Composition 292 Origin of satellites 292 Mercury and Venus Introduction Mercury 293 293 293 Introduction 293...other than Earth. Space probes to Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter since 1960 have greatly increased our...of the Moon and terrestrial or inner planets (Mercury, Venus and Mars); but four probes have flown past...planets in order of occurrence from the Sun are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus...planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, are often referred to as the terrestrial planets. Mercury, Venus
	*Taylor, Stewart Ross, McLennan, Scott M. (2009) Planetary Crusts. Cambridge University Press.*	Book
	and geological survey of the crusts of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Earth and Mars, as well as the distinct...crusts. These include the origin of the Moon and Mercury, the nature of the Mercurian plains, the exotic...references 4 Mercury 4.1 The planet 4.1.1 The composition and internal structure of Mercury 4.2 Origin...Origin of Mercury 4.3 Surface structure 4.3.1 The heavily cratered terrain 4.3.2 The intercrater plains 4.3...3.3 The Caloris Basin: a mercurian cataclysm? 4.3.4 The smooth plains 4.4 The origin of the plains: a
	*Guest, J. E., Greeley, R. (1977) Geology on the Moon. Wykeham Publications (London) Ltd, London.*	Book
	geology, has worked extensively on the geology of Mercury and Mars as a member of the NASA Mariner 10 and...almost the whole of Mars and about 50 per cent of Mercury have been photographed. Soft-landing craft have...some intercalated - r\ F"' Basin __fz-- f"rg Mauro ^rrv"~ • Basin NECTARIAN SYSTEM '\T " 'Z*...ejecta sheets together with Humorum CD large basin* ejecta Nectaris Serenitatis 4-1X109 fi r\ ^...for the Moon. Rock units shown schematically are: Basin ejecta—dots; crater units—short lunate lines; lavas—horizontal
	Wüstemann, Torben, Göllner, Paul, Lightfoot, Peter C., Riller, Ulrich (2019) Genetic Relationship Between Postcratering Dynamics and Footwall Deposit Formation at Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: Importance for Sulfide Ore Exploration. Economic Geology, 114 (4) 599-612 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4655	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Fig. 1. Simplified geologic map of the Sudbury Basin and its envelope of Archean and Paleoproterozoic...footwall. Geology of the Sudbury Basin The Sudbury Basin (Fig. 1) is a fold basin that approximately occupies...in the target rocks (Grieve et al., 2008). The basin is marked by the main mass of the Sudbury Igneous...moderately to steeply toward the center of the Sudbury Basin (Dreuse et al., 2010). The sublayer (Fig. 1) is...the Capre area in the East Range of the Sudbury Basin, after Bendschneider (2016), showing the locations
	Charlier, Bernard, Grove, Timothy L., Zuber, Maria T. (2013) Phase equilibria of ultramafic compositions on Mercury and the origin of the compositional dichotomy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 363. 50-60 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.12.021	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Phase equilibria of ultramaﬁc compositions on Mercury and the origin of the compositional dichotomy Bernard...element abundances of lavas at the surface of Mercury. We discuss calculation methods and assumptions...orthopyroxene (protoenstatite and orthoenstatite), plagioclase, minor olivine if any, clinopyroxene (augite)...multi-stage differentiation and remelting processes for Mercury. Comparison with high-pressure phase equilibria...to explain surface compositions. The surface of Mercury is not an unmodiﬁed quenched crust of primordial
	Hamilton, Victoria E. (2010) Thermal infrared (vibrational) spectroscopy of Mg–Fe olivines: A review and applications to determining the composition of planetary surfaces. Geochemistry, 70 (1) 7-33 doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2009.12.005	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	interpreted as being present on the surfaces of Mercury, the Moon, Mars, and a number of asteroids based...orthopyroxenes, three high Ca clinopyroxenes, three plagioclase feldspars, two olivines—forsterite and fayalite...olivine signatures in the thermal infrared are Mercury, Venus, Earth’s Moon, Mars, asteroids, and satellites...2000). Among the remaining bodies, TIR spectra of Mercury, Mars, the Moon, and some asteroids exhibit features...compositions on extraterrestrial surfaces. 4.1. Mercury Visually, Mercury resembles Earth’s Moon, exhibiting a heavily

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