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Recalibrated Mariner 10 Color Mosaics: Implications for Mercurian Volcanism

Published:1997-01-10 Issue:5297 Volume:275 Page:197-200
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Robinson Mark S.¹,Lucey Paul G.²

Affiliation:

1. M. S. Robinson, United States Geological Survey, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86001, USA.

2. P. G. Lucey, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.

Abstract

Recalibration of Mariner 10 color image data allows the identification of distinct color units on the mercurian surface. We analyze these data in terms of opaque mineral abundance, iron content, and soil maturity and find color units consistent with the presence of volcanic deposits on Mercury's surface. Additionally, materials associated with some impact craters have been excavated from a layer interpreted to be deficient in opaque minerals within the crust, possibly analogous to the lunar anorthosite crust. These observations suggest that Mercury has undergone complex differentiation like the other terrestrial planets and the Earth's moon.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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