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DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069412
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Widespread effusive volcanism on Mercury likely ended by about 3.5 Ga
作者: Byrne P.K.; Ostrach L.R.; Fassett C.I.; Chapman C.R.; Denevi B.W.; Evans A.J.; Klimczak C.; Banks M.E.; Head J.W.; Solomon S.C.
刊名: Geophysical Research Letters
ISSN: 0094-8872
EISSN: 1944-8603
出版年: 2016
卷: 43, 期:14
起始页码: 7408
结束页码: 7416
语种: 英语
英文关键词: crater size-frequency distributions ; global contraction ; impact cratering ; Mercury ; volcanism
Scopus关键词: Deposits ; Gallium ; Mercury (metal) ; Volcanoes ; Crater sizes ; Effusive volcanisms ; Frequency Analysis ; Frequency distributions ; Impact cratering ; Production function ; Production rates ; volcanism ; Mercury deposits ; contraction ; cratering ; hypothesis testing ; Mercury (planet) ; temporal analysis ; volcanism
英文摘要: Crater size–frequency analyses have shown that the largest volcanic plains deposits on Mercury were emplaced around 3.7 Ga, as determined with recent model production function chronologies for impact crater formation on that planet. To test the hypothesis that all major smooth plains on Mercury were emplaced by about that time, we determined crater size–frequency distributions for the nine next-largest deposits, which we interpret also as volcanic. Our crater density measurements are consistent with those of the largest areas of smooth plains on the planet. Model ages based on recent crater production rate estimates for Mercury imply that the main phase of plains volcanism on Mercury had ended by ~3.5 Ga, with only small-scale volcanism enduring beyond that time. Cessation of widespread effusive volcanism is attributable to interior cooling and contraction of the innermost planet. ©2016. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/9835
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作者单位: Planetary Research Group, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States

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Byrne P.K.,Ostrach L.R.,Fassett C.I.,et al. Widespread effusive volcanism on Mercury likely ended by about 3.5 Ga[J]. Geophysical Research Letters,2016-01-01,43(14).
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