Experimental Investigation of Mercury's Magma Ocean Viscosity: Implications for the Formation of Mercury's Cumulate Mantle, Its Subsequent Dynamic Evolution, and Crustal Petrogenesis
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- 12 November 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
- Vol. 126 (11)
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2021je006946
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Funding Information
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (80NSSC18K0249)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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