Long-Wavelength Topographic Change on Mercury: Evidence and Mechanisms
Abstract
Orbital observations by the MESSENGER spacecraft show that Mercury experienced marked changes in long-wavelength topography more recently than the end of late heavy bombardment and the volcanic emplacement of the largest expanses of smooth plains.
- Publication:
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43rd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012LPI....43.1578S