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Constraints on the Abundances of Carbon and Silicon in Mercury's Core From Experiments in the Fe‐Si‐C System by Kaaden, Kathleen E. Vander, Mccubbin, Francis M., Turner, Amber A., Ross, D. Kent

“…The composition of a planet’s core has important implications for the thermal and magmatic evolution of that planet. Here, we conducted carbon (C)solubility…”
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A Low O/Si Ratio on the Surface of Mercury: Evidence for Silicon Smelting? by McCubbin, Francis M., Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., Peplowski, Patrick N., Bell, Aaron S., Nittler, Larry R., Boyce, Jeremy W., Evans, Larry G., Keller, Lindsay P., Elardo, Stephen M., McCoy, Timothy J.

“…Data from the Gamma‐Ray Spectrometer (GRS) that flew on the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft indicate that the O/Si…”
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Water and Volatile Inventories of Mercury, Venus, the Moon, and Mars by Greenwood, James P., Karato, Shun-ichiro, Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., Pahlevan, Kaveh, Usui, Tomohiro

“…We review the geochemical observations of water, D / H and volatile element abundances of the inner Solar System bodies, Mercury, Venus, the Moon, and Mars. We…”
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Revisiting the Petrogenesis of Pyroclastic Glass Bead Deposits at the Apollo 15 and 17 Sites by McIntosh, Eleanor C, Day, James M D, McCubbin, Francis M, Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E, Hattingh, Ruan, Porrachia, Magali

“…The Apollo 15 low-titanium and Apollo 17 high-titanium pyroclastic glass beads are among the most primitive magmatically derived samples obtained from the…”
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Is Mercury a volatile-rich planet? by McCubbin, Francis M., Riner, Miriam A., Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., Burkemper, Laura K.

“…Data returned from the gamma‐ray spectrometer onboard the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft have been…”
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Exotic crust formation on Mercury: Consequences of a shallow, FeO-poor mantle by Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., McCubbin, Francis M.

“…The range in density and compressibility of Mercurian melt compositions was determined to better understand the products of a possible Mercurian magma ocean…”
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Petrogenesis of primitive and evolved basalts in a cooling Moon: Experimental constraints from the youngest known lunar magmas by Elardo, Stephen M., Shearer, Charles K., Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., McCubbin, Francis M., Bell, Aaron S.

“…We have conducted high-temperature experiments over a range of pressures to constrain the petrogenesis of the youngest sampled lunar magmas, which have…”
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Reclassification of four aubrites as enstatite chondrite impact melts: Potential geochemical analogs for Mercury by Udry, Arya, Wilbur, Zoë E., Rahib, Rachel R., McCubbin, Francis M., Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., McCoy, Timothy J., Ziegler, Karen, Gross, Juliane, DeFelice, Christopher, Combs, Logan, Turrin, Brent D.

“…We present petrologic and isotopic data on Northwest Africa (NWA) 4799, NWA 7809, NWA 7214, and NWA 11071 meteorites, which were previously classified as…”
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Thermal Analysis, Compressibility, and Decomposition of Synthetic Bastnäsite-(La) to Lanthanum Oxyfluoride by Richard L. Rowland II, Barbara Lavina, Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Lisa R. Danielson, Pamela C. Burnley

“…Understanding basic material properties of rare earth element (REE) bearing minerals such as their phase stability and equations of state can assist in…”
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The origin of boninites on Mercury: An experimental study of the northern volcanic plains lavas by Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., McCubbin, Francis M.

“…Phase equilibrium experiments were conducted on a synthetic rock composition matching that of the northern volcanic plains of Mercury as measured by the…”
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Geochemistry, mineralogy, and petrology of boninitic and komatiitic rocks on the mercurian surface: Insights into the mercurian mantle by E. Vander Kaaden, Kathleen, M. McCubbin, Francis, R. Nittler, Larry, N. Peplowski, Patrick, Z. Weider, Shoshana, A. Frank, Elizabeth, J. McCoy, Timothy

“…•The compositions of nine distinct geochemical regions on Mercury are reported.•The surface of Mercury is dominated by plagioclase, pyroxene, and…”
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Density and compressibility of the molten lunar picritic glasses: Implications for the roles of Ti and Fe in the structures of silicate melts by Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., Agee, Carl B., McCubbin, Francis M.

“…The density and compressibility of four synthetic molten lunar picritic glasses was investigated from 0 to 10GPa and 1748 to 2473K. The picritic glasses were…”
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The effects of highly reduced magmatism revealed through aubrites by Wilbur, Zoë E., Udry, Arya, McCubbin, Francis M., vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., DeFelice, Christopher, Ziegler, Karen, Ross, Daniel Kent, McCoy, Timothy J., Gross, Juliane, Barnes, Jessica J., Dygert, Nick, Zeigler, Ryan A., Turrin, Brent D., McCoy, Christopher

“…Enstatite‐rich meteorites, including the aubrites, formed under conditions of very low oxygen fugacity (ƒO2: iron‐wüstite buffer −2 to −6) and thus offer the…”
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Near-infrared Reflectance of Rocks at High Temperature: Preliminary Results and Implications for Near-infrared Emissivity of Venus’s Surface by Treiman, Allan H., Filiberto, Justin, Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E.

“…Light emitted from Venus’s surface can be viewed through spectral “windows” in its atmosphere, in the nearinfrared (NIR) around 1000 nanometer (nm)…”
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Revolutionizing our Understanding of the Solar System via Sample Return from Mercury by Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., McCubbin, Francis M., Byrne, Paul K., Chabot, Nancy L., Ernst, Carolyn M., Johnson, Catherine L., Thompson, Michelle S.

“…Data from Mariner 10, MESSENGER, and ground-based telescopic observations have facilitated great advancements towards understanding the geochemistry, geology,…”
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Understanding the Effects of Micrometeoroid Bombardment on Graphite-rich Mercury Analogs through Laboratory Experiments and Electron Microscopy Analysis by Bott, Nicolas, Thompson, Michelle S., Loeffler, Mark J., Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., McCubbin, Francis M.

“…Space weathering alters the spectral, microstructural, and chemical characteristics of the surface of Mercury, and an effective way to understand it is in the…”
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The case for landed Mercury science by Byrne, Paul K., Blewett, David T., Chabot, Nancy L., Hauck, Steven A., Mazarico, Erwan, Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., Vervack, Ronald J., Oberst, Jürgen, Hussmann, Hauke, Stark, Alexander

“…In this White Paper, submitted to ESA in response to the Voyage 2050 Call, we advocate for establishing key scientific priorities for the future of Mercury…”
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An oxygen fugacity-temperature-pressure-composition model for sulfide speciation in Mercurian magmas by Anzures, Brendan A., Parman, Stephen W., Milliken, Ralph E., Namur, Olivier, Cartier, Camille, McCubbin, Francis M., Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., Prissel, Kelsey, Iacovino, Kayla, Lanzirotti, Antonio, Newville, Matthew

“…The NASA MESSENGER mission revealed that lavas on Mercury are enriched in sulfur (1.5–4 wt%) compared with other terrestrial planets (<0.1 wt%) due to high S…”
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White Paper on the Case for Landed Mercury Science by Byrne, Paul K, Blewett, David T, Chabot, Nancy L, Hauck,II, Steven A, Mazarico, Erwan, Kaaden, Kathleen E. Vander, Vervack, Ronald J

“…We advocate for establishing key scientific priorities for the future of Mercury exploration, including the development of specific science goals for a landed…”
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Carbon as a key driver of super-reduced explosive volcanism on Mercury: Evidence from graphite-melt smelting experiments by Iacovino, Kayla, McCubbin, Francis M., Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., Clark, Joanna, Wittmann, Axel, Jakubek, Ryan S., Moore, Gordon M., Fries, Marc D., Archer, Doug, Boyce, Jeremy W.

“…Here we present the results of experiments designed to reproduce the interaction between super-solidus mercurian magmas and graphite at high temperatures…”
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