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A case for limited global contraction of Mercury

Mercury is a one-plate planet that has experienced significant radial contraction primarily driven by interior cooling. In some previous studies aimed at estimating the total magnitude of contraction, numerous faults are assigned to positive relief landforms, many without evidence of origin by defor...

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Autor principal: Watters, Thomas R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7808997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33490970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00076-5