Global resurfacing of Mercury 4.0–4.1 billion years ago by heavy bombardment and volcanism

Simone Marchi (), Clark R. Chapman, Caleb I. Fassett, James W. Head, W. F. Bottke and Robert G. Strom
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Simone Marchi: NASA Lunar Science Institute, Southwest Research Institute
Clark R. Chapman: Southwest Research Institute
Caleb I. Fassett: Mount Holyoke College
James W. Head: Brown University
W. F. Bottke: Southwest Research Institute
Robert G. Strom: University of Arizona

Nature, 2013, vol. 499, issue 7456, 59-61

Abstract: Analysis of craters on Mercury’s oldest, most heavily cratered terrains shows that they were formed 4.0–4.1 billion years ago, and that the planet’s previous geological history was erased, most probably by voluminous volcanism, which may have been triggered by heavy asteroidal bombardment at that time.

Date: 2013
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