Book contents
- Mercury
- Cambridge Planetary Science
- Mercury
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 The MESSENGER Mission: Science and Implementation Overview
- 2 The Chemical Composition of Mercury
- 3 Mercury’s Crust and Lithosphere: Structure and Mechanics
- 4 Mercury’s Internal Structure
- 5 Mercury’s Internal Magnetic Field
- 6 The Geologic History of Mercury
- 7 The Geochemical and Mineralogical Diversity of Mercury
- 8 Spectral Reflectance Constraints on the Composition and Evolution of Mercury’s Surface
- 9 Impact Cratering of Mercury
- 10 The Tectonic Character of Mercury
- 11 The Volcanic Character of Mercury
- 12 Mercury’s Hollows
- 13 Mercury’s Polar Deposits
- 14 Observations of Mercury’s Exosphere: Composition and Structure
- 15 Understanding Mercury’s Exosphere: Models Derived from MESSENGER Observations
- 16 Structure and Configuration of Mercury’s Magnetosphere
- 17 Mercury’s Dynamic Magnetosphere
- 18 The Elusive Origin of Mercury
- 19 Mercury’s Global Evolution
- 20 Future Missions: Mercury after MESSENGER
- Index
- Index of Place Names
18 - The Elusive Origin of Mercury
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2018
- Mercury
- Cambridge Planetary Science
- Mercury
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 The MESSENGER Mission: Science and Implementation Overview
- 2 The Chemical Composition of Mercury
- 3 Mercury’s Crust and Lithosphere: Structure and Mechanics
- 4 Mercury’s Internal Structure
- 5 Mercury’s Internal Magnetic Field
- 6 The Geologic History of Mercury
- 7 The Geochemical and Mineralogical Diversity of Mercury
- 8 Spectral Reflectance Constraints on the Composition and Evolution of Mercury’s Surface
- 9 Impact Cratering of Mercury
- 10 The Tectonic Character of Mercury
- 11 The Volcanic Character of Mercury
- 12 Mercury’s Hollows
- 13 Mercury’s Polar Deposits
- 14 Observations of Mercury’s Exosphere: Composition and Structure
- 15 Understanding Mercury’s Exosphere: Models Derived from MESSENGER Observations
- 16 Structure and Configuration of Mercury’s Magnetosphere
- 17 Mercury’s Dynamic Magnetosphere
- 18 The Elusive Origin of Mercury
- 19 Mercury’s Global Evolution
- 20 Future Missions: Mercury after MESSENGER
- Index
- Index of Place Names
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- Type
- Chapter
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- MercuryThe View after MESSENGER, pp. 497 - 515Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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