Distribution, Statistics, and Resurfacing of Large Impact Basins on Mercury

Fassett , C. I. and Head, J. W. and Baker, D. M. H. and Chapman, C. R. and Murchie, S. L. and Neumann, G. A. and Oberst, J. and Prockter, L. M. and Smith, D. E. and Solomon, S. C. and Strom, R. G. and Xiao, Z. and Zuber, M. T. (2012) Distribution, Statistics, and Resurfacing of Large Impact Basins on Mercury. In: Lunar and Planetary Science XLIII, 1659. Lunar and Planetary Institute. 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2012-03-19 - 2012-03-23, The Woodlands, Texas, USA.

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Official URL: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012LPI....43.1428F

Abstract

We map large impact basins (D ≥ 300 km) on Mercury, whose distribution and characteristics are important to understand Mercury’s geological history. The density of large basins appears lower on Mercury than the Moon, and basins are less well-preserved.

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Title:

Distribution, Statistics, and Resurfacing of Large Impact Basins on Mercury

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Fassett , C. I.	Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, Department, 50 College St, South Hadley, MA 01075, United States	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Head, J. W.	Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Baker, D. M. H.	Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Chapman, C. R.	Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Murchie, S. L.	The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Neumann, G. A.	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Oberst, J.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Prockter, L. M.	The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Smith, D. E.	Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Solomon, S. C.	Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D. C., USA; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Strom, R. G.	Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Xiao, Z.	Department of Geophysics, Peking University; State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, Chinese Academy of Sciences	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Zuber, M. T.	Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

March 2012

Journal or Publication Title:

Lunar and Planetary Science XLIII

Open Access:

Gold Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

In ISI Web of Science:

Volume:

1659

Publisher:

Lunar and Planetary Institute

Series Name:

LPI Contribution

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Large Impact Basins, Mercury

Event Title:

43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

Event Location:

The Woodlands, Texas, USA

Event Type:

international Conference

Event Start Date:

19 March 2012

Event End Date:

23 March 2012

Organizer:

Lunar and Planetary Institute

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Space Exploration

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R EW - Space Exploration

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Exploration of the Solar System

Location:

Berlin-Adlershof

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Geodesy

Deposited By:

Beisembin, Bauyrzhan

Deposited On:

22 Jan 2013 10:26

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