Effusive Volcanism on Mercury from MESSENGER Mission Data: Nature and Significance for Lithospheric Stress State and Mantle Convection

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Mar 2012

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43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 19–23, 2012 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1659, id.1451

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MESSENGER data are interpreted to mean that the small vertical extent of
Mercury’s mantle may inhibit convection and favor sublithospheric
magma buildup and extensional lithospheric stresses on regional scales
in the planet’s early history.

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