Small smooth units (‘young’ lavas?) abutting lobate scarps on Mercury

Malliband, C. C.; Rothery, D. A.; Balme, M. R. and Conway, S. J. (2018). Small smooth units (‘young’ lavas?) abutting lobate scarps on Mercury. In: Mercury: Current and Future Science 2018, 1-3 May 2018, Columbia, MD, USA.

Abstract

We have identified small units abutting, and so stratigraphy younger than, lobate scarps. This post dates the end of large scale smooth plains formation at the onset of global contraction. This elaborates the history of volcanism on Mercury.

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