The Effect of the Caloris Impact on the Mantle Dynamics of Mercury

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Mar 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010lpi....41.1266r&link_type=abstract

41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 1-5, 2010 in The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1533, p.1266

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We investigate links between the Caloris impact, the volcanism within
and surrounding the basin, and effects on Mercury’s dynamo. A
Caloris-forming impact at expected velocities cannot significantly heat
the core, and should not affect the dynamo.

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