Is Mercury a volatile-rich planet?

Data returned from the gamma‐ray spectrometer onboard the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft have been interpreted to say that Mercury is a volatile‐rich planet (elevated K/Th and K/U), which is important given its heliocentric distance. The MESSENGE...

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Published in:	Geophysical research letters Vol. 39; no. 9
Main Authors:	McCubbin, Francis M., Riner, Miriam A., Vander Kaaden, Kathleen E., Burkemper, Laura K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-05-2012 American Geophysical Union John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects:	Abundance core Earth sciences Earth, ocean, space elemental partitioning Exact sciences and technology experimental petrology Fugacity Gamma rays Geochemistry Geophysics magma ocean Mercury MESSENGER Mineralogy oxygen fugacity Partitioning Petrology Planetology Planets Silicates Spacecraft Spectrometers experimental studies wüstite gamma rays oxides buffers mercury abundance X-rays metals Review inventory fugacity Messenger space probe drill cores planets Heliocentric distance iron silicates oxygen volatiles
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