Stratigraphy of the Caloris basin, Mercury: Implications for volcanic history and basin impact melt

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  • Carolyn M. Ernst
  • Brett W. Denevi
  • Olivier S. Barnouin
  • Christian Klimczak
  • Nancy L. Chabot
  • James W. Head
  • Scott L. Murchie
  • Gregory A. Neumann
  • Louise M. Prockter
  • Mark S. Robinson
  • Sean C. Solomon
  • Thomas R. Watters
چکیده

a The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, USA Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA e Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA f School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA g Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA

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تاریخ انتشار 2015