Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 1-26., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
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Chromium on Mercury: New Results From the MESSENGER X‐Ray Spectrometer and Implications for the Innermost Planet's Geochemical Evolution [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2023 Mercury, the innermost planet, formed under highly reduced conditions, based mainly on surface Fe, S, and Si abundances determined from MESSENGER mission data.
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Solar-wind electron precipitation on weakly magnetized bodies: The planet Mercury [PDF]
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022 Mercury is the archetype of a weakly magnetized, airless, telluric body immersed in the solar wind. Due to the lack of any substantial atmosphere, the solar wind directly precipitates on Mercury's surface.
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Extreme close encounters between proto-Mercury and proto-Venus in terrestrial planet formation [PDF]
Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2020 Modern models of terrestrial planet formation require solids depletion interior to 0.5–0.7 au in the planetesimal disc to explain the small mass of Mercury.
T. Fang, Hongping Deng
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Maps of Solar Wind Plasma Precipitation onto Mercury’s Surface: A Geographical Perspective [PDF]
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, possesses a weak intrinsic magnetic field, and has only a very tenuous atmosphere (exosphere). These three conditions result in a direct coupling between the plasma emitted from the Sun (namely, the solar wind ...
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Nucleation and growth of iron pebbles explains the formation of iron-rich planets akin to Mercury [PDF]
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022 The pathway to forming the iron-rich planet Mercury remains mysterious. Mercury's core makes up 70% of the planetary mass, which implies a significant enrichment of iron relative to silicates, while its mantle is strongly depleted in oxidized iron.
A. Johansen, C. Dorn
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Exogenous delivery of water to Mercury [PDF]
Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962), 2022 Radar and in-situ observations of the bright and dark polar deposits in permanently shadowed north-polar regions of Mercury indicate that these regions contain water ice despite the planet's proximity to the Sun.
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Terrestrial Planet Formation: Constraining the Formation of Mercury [PDF]
, 2017 How the four terrestrial planets of the solar system formed is one of the most fundamental questions in the planetary sciences. Particularly, the formation of Mercury remains poorly understood.
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Review of Mercury’s dynamic magnetosphere: Post-MESSENGER era and comparative magnetospheres [PDF]
Science China. Earth Sciences, 2021 This review paper summarizes the research of Mercury’s magnetosphere in the Post-MESSENGER era and compares its dynamics to those in other planetary magnetospheres, especially to those in Earth’s magnetosphere.
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Widespread small grabens consistent with recent tectonism on Mercury
Nature Geoscience, 2023 Since Mariner 10 first imaged Mercury in 1974, tectonic landforms dominated by shortening structures have been extensively documented. Contractional tectonism on Mercury is thought to have begun early in the planet’s history and is theorized to have ...
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