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14 p, 7.7 MB The Chaotic Terrains of Mercury Reveal a History of Planetary Volatile Retention and Loss in the Innermost Solar System / Rodriguez, J. Alexis P. (Planetary Science Institute (USA)) ; Leonard, Gregory J. (University of Arizona. Department of Planetary Sciences) ; Kargel, Jeffrey S. (Planetary Science Institute (USA)) ; Domingue, Deborah (Planetary Science Institute (USA)) ; Berman, Daniel (Planetary Science Institute (USA)) ; Banks, Maria (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) ; Zarroca Bonet, Mario (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geologia) ; Linares, Rogelio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geologia) ; Marchi, Simone (Southwest Research Institute (USA)) ; Baker, Victor R. (University of Arizona. Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences) ; Webster, Kevin D. (Planetary Science Institute (USA)) ; Sykes, Mark (Planetary Science Institute (USA))
Mercury's images obtained by the 1974 Mariner 10 flybys show extensive cratered landscapes degraded into vast knob fields, known as chaotic terrain (AKA hilly and lineated terrain). For nearly half a century, it was considered that these terrains formed due to catastrophic quakes and ejecta fallout produced by the antipodal Caloris basin impact. [...]
2020 - 10.1038/s41598-020-59885-5
Scientific reports, Vol. 10 (March 2020) , art. 4737  

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