On the Potential for Cumulate Mantle Overturn in Mercury

The effects of highly reduced magmatism revealed through aubrites

(2022) Zoë E. Wilbur et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Upper mantle structure of Mars from InSight seismic data

(2021) Amir Khan et al.   SCIENCE

Experimental Investigation of Mercury's Magma Ocean Viscosity: Implications for the Formation of Mercury's Cumulate Mantle, Its Subsequent Dynamic Evolution, and Crustal Petrogenesis

(2021) Megan D. Mouser et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Geochemical constraints on core-mantle differentiation in Mercury and the aubrite parent body

(2020) E.S. Steenstra et al.   ICARUS

Effect of sulfur speciation on chemical and physical properties of very reduced mercurian melts

(2020) Brendan A. Anzures et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Challenges on Mercury's interior structure posed by the new measurements of its obliquity and tides

(2020) G. Steinbrügge et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Great Basin mantle xenoliths record active lithospheric downwelling beneath central Nevada

(2019) Nick Dygert et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Overturn of Ilmenite‐Bearing Cumulates in a Rheologically Weak Lunar Mantle

(2019) Shuoran Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Reclassification of four aubrites as enstatite chondrite impact melts: Potential geochemical analogs for Mercury

(2019) Arya Udry et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

The Role of Reducing Conditions in Building Mercury

(2019) Camille Cartier et al.   Elements

Lunar Cumulate Mantle Overturn: A Model Constrained by Ilmenite Rheology

(2019) Haoyuan Li et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

U, Th, and K partitioning between metal, silicate, and sulfide and implications for Mercury's structure, volatile content, and radioactive heat production

(2019) Asmaa Boujibar et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Production and Preservation of Sulfide Layering in Mercury's Mantle

(2019) C.‐E. Boukaré et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Crystallization of the lunar magma ocean and the primordial mantle-crust differentiation of the Moon

(2018) Bernard Charlier et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Global Distribution and Spectral Properties of Low-Reflectance Material on Mercury

(2018) Rachel L. Klima et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Fractional crystallization of the lunar magma ocean: Updating the dominant paradigm

(2018) J. F. Rapp et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Core formation, mantle differentiation and core-mantle interaction within Earth and the terrestrial planets

(2018) R.G. Trønnes et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Radioactive heat production of six geologically important nuclides

(2017) Thomas Ruedas   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Uranium, thorium and REE partitioning into sulfide liquids: Implications for reduced S-rich bodies

(2017) Anke Wohlers et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

The effect of ilmenite viscosity on the dynamics and evolution of an overturned lunar cumulate mantle

(2017) Nan Zhang et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Compositional terranes on Mercury: Information from fast neutrons

(2017) David J. Lawrence et al.   ICARUS

Geochemistry, mineralogy, and petrology of boninitic and komatiitic rocks on the mercurian surface: Insights into the mercurian mantle

(2017) Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden et al.   ICARUS

Melting processes and mantle sources of lavas on Mercury

(2016) Olivier Namur et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Sulfur solubility in reduced mafic silicate melts: Implications for the speciation and distribution of sulfur on Mercury

(2016) Olivier Namur et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The origin of boninites on Mercury: An experimental study of the northern volcanic plains lavas

(2016) Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

A flow law for ilmenite in dislocation creep: Implications for lunar cumulate mantle overturn

(2016) Nick Dygert et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Evidence from MESSENGER for sulfur- and carbon-driven explosive volcanism on Mercury

(2016) Shoshana Z. Weider et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Remote sensing evidence for an ancient carbon-bearing crust on Mercury

(2016) Patrick N. Peplowski et al.   Nature Geoscience

Internal structure of the Moon inferred from Apollo seismic data and selenodetic data from GRAIL and LLR

(2015) Koji Matsumoto et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Orbital multispectral mapping of Mercury with the MESSENGER Mercury Dual Imaging System: Evidence for the origins of plains units and low-reflectance material

(2015) Scott L. Murchie et al.   ICARUS

Extent, age, and resurfacing history of the northern smooth plains on Mercury from MESSENGER observations

(2015) Lillian R. Ostrach et al.   ICARUS

A Mercury-like component of early Earth yields uranium in the core and high mantle 142Nd

(2015) Anke Wohlers et al.   NATURE

Darkening of Mercury's surface by cometary carbon

(2015) Megan Bruck Syal et al.   Nature Geoscience

Deformation of forsterite polycrystals at mantle pressure: Comparison with Fe-bearing olivine and the effect of iron on its plasticity

(2015) Caroline Bollinger et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Support of long-wavelength topography on Mercury inferred from MESSENGER measurements of gravity and topography

(2015) Peter B. James et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Exotic crust formation on Mercury: Consequences of a shallow, FeO-poor mantle

(2015) Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Quantifying the effect of pyroxene on deformation of peridotite in a natural shear zone

(2015) Lars N. Hansen et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

The density of andesitic melts and the compressibility of dissolved water in silicate melts at crustal and upper mantle conditions

(2014) Wim J. Malfait et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Strong tidal heating in an ultralow-viscosity zone at the core–mantle boundary of the Moon

(2014) Yuji Harada et al.   Nature Geoscience

Phase equilibria of ultramafic compositions on Mercury and the origin of the compositional dichotomy

(2013) Bernard Charlier et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Two views of Hawaiian plume structure

(2013) Albrecht W. Hofmann et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Parameterizations of calcic clinopyroxene-Melt trace element partition coefficients

(2013) Jean H. Bédard   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

The lithophile trace elements in enstatite chondrites

(2013) J.A. Barrat et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

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

(2013) Simone Marchi et al.   NATURE

A 3-D numerical study of the thermal evolution of the Moon after cumulate mantle overturn: The importance of rheology and core solidification

(2013) Nan Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

The curious case of Mercury's internal structure

(2013) Steven A. Hauck et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Thermochemical evolution of Mercury's interior

(2013) N. Tosi et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Wassonite: A new titanium monosulfide mineral in the Yamato 691 enstatite chondrite

(2012) K. Nakamura-Messenger et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Magma Oceans in the Inner Solar System

(2012) Linda T. Elkins-Tanton   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Is Mercury a volatile-rich planet?

(2012) Francis M. McCubbin et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

MESSENGER detection of electron-induced X-ray fluorescence from Mercury's surface

(2012) Richard D. Starr et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Magnesium-rich crustal compositions on Mercury: Implications for magmatism from petrologic modeling

(2012) Karen R. Stockstill-Cahill et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Major-element abundances on the surface of Mercury: Results from the MESSENGER Gamma-Ray Spectrometer

(2012) Larry G. Evans et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Chemical heterogeneity on Mercury's surface revealed by the MESSENGER X-Ray Spectrometer

(2012) Shoshana Z. Weider et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Fate of Pyroxenite-derived Melts in the Peridotitic Mantle: Thermodynamic and Experimental Constraints

(2012) S. Lambart et al.   JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY

The redox state, FeO content, and origin of sulfur-rich magmas on Mercury

(2012) Mikhail Yu. Zolotov et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Geochemical variations at intraplate hot spots caused by variable melting of a veined mantle plume

(2011) Todd Anthony Bianco et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Nonuniform cratering of the Moon and a revised crater chronology of the inner Solar System

(2011) Mathieu Le Feuvre et al.   ICARUS

Dependence of dislocation creep of dunite on oxygen fugacity: Implications for viscosity variations in Earth's mantle

(2011) J. W. Keefner et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Using short-term postseismic displacements to infer the ambient deformation conditions of the upper mantle

(2011) Andrew M. Freed et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Microtomography of Partially Molten Rocks: Three-Dimensional Melt Distribution in Mantle Peridotite

(2011) W. Zhu et al.   SCIENCE

Radioactive Elements on Mercury's Surface from MESSENGER: Implications for the Planet's Formation and Evolution

(2011) P. N. Peplowski et al.   SCIENCE

Flood Volcanism in the Northern High Latitudes of Mercury Revealed by MESSENGER

(2011) J. W. Head et al.   SCIENCE

The Major-Element Composition of Mercury's Surface from MESSENGER X-ray Spectrometry

(2011) L. R. Nittler et al.   SCIENCE

Strength of single-crystal orthopyroxene under lithospheric conditions

(2010) Tomohiro Ohuchi et al.   CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

Accommodation of lithospheric shortening on Mercury from altimetric profiles of ridges and lobate scarps measured during MESSENGER flybys 1 and 2

(2010) Maria T. Zuber et al.   ICARUS

Field-based constraints on finite strain and rheology of the lithospheric mantle, Twin Sisters, Washington

(2010) Basil Tikoff et al.   Lithosphere

Density of dry peridotite magma at high pressure using an X-ray absorption method

(2009) T. Sakamaki et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

A NEW CHRONOLOGY FOR THE MOON AND MERCURY

(2009) Simone Marchi et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

Compositions of Mercury's earliest crust from magma ocean models

(2009) Stephanie M. Brown et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Effect of iron content on the creep behavior of olivine: 1. Anhydrous conditions

(2009) Yong-Hong Zhao et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Melting of the Indarch meteorite (EH4 chondrite) at 1GPa and variable oxygen fugacity: Implications for early planetary differentiation processes

(2009) S. Berthet et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Highly reducing conditions during core formation on Mercury: Implications for internal structure and the origin of a magnetic field

(2009) Valérie Malavergne et al.   ICARUS

Three-dimensional morphology of magmatic sulfides sheds light on ore formation and sulfide melt migration

(2008) Stephen J. Barnes et al.   GEOLOGY

Pattern of lobate scarps on Mercury’s surface reproduced by a model of mantle convection

(2008) Scott D. King   Nature Geoscience

Effects of water and iron content on the rheological contrast between garnet and olivine

(2008) Ikuo Katayama et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS