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METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE
卷 36, 期 6, 页码 841-847出版社
METEORITICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2001.tb01921.x
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Mercury has widespread plains deposits proposed to be volcanic in origin. In a Mariner 10 color-derived parameter image, sensitive to FeO and maturity, these volcanic plains have a value equivalent to, or slightly elevated above, the hemispheric average, thus implying FeO equivalent to, or slightly less than, the hemispheric average (similar to3 wt% FeO). Since FeO has a solid/liquid distribution coefficient similar to1 during partial melting, we estimate the mantle of Mercury to have an FeO abundance equal to the lava flows. This is consistent with models that predict Mercury was assembled from planetesimals formed near the planet's current position. This new estimate of Mercury's bulk FeO (similar to3 wt%) is consistent with data for the other terrestrial planets that suggest there was a radial gradient in FeO in the solar nebula.
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