| Title | Groundwater control and process variability on the equatorial layered deposits of kotido crater, mars |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2019 |
| Authors | Pondrelli M, Rossi AP, Le Deit L, Schmidt G, Pozzobon R, Hauber E, Salese F |
| Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets |
| Volume | 124 |
| Pagination | 779–800 |
| Title | Tectono‐Magmatic, Sedimentary, and Hydrothermal History of Arsinoes and Pyrrhae Chaos, Mars |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2020 |
| Authors | Luzzi E, Rossi APio, Carli C, Altieri F |
| Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets |
| Volume | 125 |
| Date Published | dec |
| ISSN | 2169-9097, 2169-9100 |
| URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2019JE006341 |
| DOI | 10.1029/2019JE006341 |
| Title | Global spectral properties and lithology of mercury: The example of the shakespeare (h-03) quadrangle |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2019 |
| Authors | Bott N, Doressoundiram A, Zambon F, Carli C, Guzzetta L, Perna D, Capaccioni F |
| Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets |
| Volume | 124 |
| Pagination | 2326–2346 |
| Title | On the asymmetry of Nathair Facula, Mercury |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Authors | Rothery DA, Barraud O, Besse S, Carli C, Pegg DL, Wright J, Zambon F |
| Journal | Icarus |
| Volume | 355 |
| Pagination | 114180 |
| ISSN | 00191035 |
| URL | https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0019103520305169 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114180 |
| Title | Rationale for BepiColombo Studies of Mercury’s Surface and Composition |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2020 |
| Authors | Rothery DA, Massironi M, Alemanno G, Barraud O, Besse S, Bott N, Brunetto R, Bunce E, Byrne P, Capaccioni F, Capria MTeresa, Carli C, Charlier B, Cornet T, Cremonese G, D’Amore M, M. De Sanctis C, Doressoundiram A, Ferranti L, Filacchione G, Galluzzi V, Giacomini L, Grande M, Guzzetta LG, Helbert J, Heyner D, Hiesinger H, Hussmann H, Hyodo R, Kohout T, Kozyrev A, Litvak M, Lucchetti A, Malakhov A, Malliband C, Mancinelli P, Martikainen J, Martindale A, Maturilli A, Milillo A, Mitrofanov I, Mokrousov M, Morlok A, Muinonen K, Namur O, Owens A, Nittler LR, Oliveira JS, Palumbo P, Pajola M, Pegg DL, Penttilä A, Politi R, Quarati F, Re C, Sanin A, Schulz R, Stangarone C, Stojic A, Tretiyakov V, Väisänen T, Varatharajan I, Weber I, Wright J, Wurz P, Zambon F |
| Journal | Space Science Reviews |
| Volume | 216 |
| Pagination | 66 |
| Date Published | jun |
| ISSN | 0038-6308, 1572-9672 |
| Abstract | Abstract BepiColombo has a larger and in many ways more capable suite of instruments relevant for determination of the topographic, physical, chemical and mineralogical properties of Mercury’s surface than the suite carried by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft. Moreover, BepiColombo’s data rate is substantially higher. This equips it to confirm, elaborate upon, and go beyond many of MESSENGER’s remarkable achievements. Furthermore, the geometry of BepiColombo’s orbital science campaign, beginning in 2026, will enable it to make uniformly resolved observations of both northern and southern hemispheres. This will offer more detailed and complete imaging and topographic mapping, element mapping with better sensitivity and improved spatial resolution, and totally new mineralogical mapping. We discuss MESSENGER data in the context of preparing for BepiColombo, and describe the contributions that we expect BepiColombo to make towards increased knowledge and understanding of Mercury’s surface and its composition. Much current work, including analysis of analogue materials, is directed towards better preparing ourselves to understand what BepiColombo might reveal. Some of MESSENGER’s more remarkable observations were obtained under unique or extreme conditions. BepiColombo should be able to confirm the validity of these observations and reveal the extent to which they are representative of the planet as a whole. It will also make new observations to clarify geological processes governing and reflecting crustal origin and evolution. We anticipate that the insights gained into Mercury’s geological history and its current space weathering environment will enable us to better understand the relationships of surface chemistry, morphologies and structures with the composition of crustal types, including the nature and mobility of volatile species. This will enable estimation of the composition of the mantle from which the crust was derived, and lead to tighter constraints on models for Mercury’s origin including the nature and original heliocentric distance of the material from which it formed. |
| URL | http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11214-020-00694-7 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11214-020-00694-7 |
| Title | Modification of Caloris ejecta blocks by long-lived mass-wasting: A volatile-driven process? |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2020 |
| Authors | Wright J, Conway SJ, Morino C, Rothery DA, Balme MR, Fassett CI |
| Journal | Earth and Planetary Science Letters |
| Volume | 549 |
| Pagination | 116519 |
| Date Published | nov |
| ISSN | 0012821X |
| URL | https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0012821X20304635 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116519 |
| Title | Geological mapping and chronology of lunar landing sites: Apollo 12 |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2020 |
| Authors | Iqbal W., Hiesinger H., van der Bogert C.H. |
| Journal | Icarus |
| Volume | 352 |
| Pagination | 113991 |
| Date Published | dec |
| ISSN | 00191035 |
| URL | https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0019103520303572 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113991 |
| Title | An Integrated Geologic Map of the Rembrandt Basin, on Mercury, as a Starting Point for Stratigraphic Analysis |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2020 |
| Authors | Semenzato A, Massironi M, Ferrari S, Galluzzi V, Rothery DA, Pegg DL, Pozzobon R, Marchi S |
| Journal | Remote Sensing |
| Volume | 12 |
| Pagination | 3213 |
| Date Published | oct |
| ISSN | 2072-4292 |
| Abstract | Planetary geologic maps are usually carried out following a morpho-stratigraphic approach where morphology is the dominant character guiding the remote sensing image interpretation. On the other hand, on Earth a more comprehensive stratigraphic approach is preferred, using lithology, overlapping relationship, genetic source, and ages as the main discriminants among the different geologic units. In this work we produced two different geologic maps of the Rembrandt basin of Mercury, following the morpho-stratigraphic methods and symbology adopted by many authors while mapping quadrangles on Mercury, and an integrated geo-stratigraphic approach, where geologic units were distinguished also on the basis of their false colors (derived by multispectral image data of the NASA MESSENGER mission), subsurface stratigraphic position (inferred by crater excavation) and model ages. We distinguished two different resurfacing events within the Rembrandt basin, after the impact event, and four other smooth plains units outside the basin itself. This provided the basis to estimate thicknesses, volumes, and ages of the smooth plains inside the basin. Results from thickness estimates obtained using different methodologies confirm the presence of two distinct volcanic events inside the Rembrandt basin, with a total thickness ranging between 1–1.5 km. Furthermore, model ages suggest that the volcanic infilling of the Rembrandt basin is among the ones that extended well into the mid-Calorian period, when Mercury’s effusive volcanism was previously thought to be largely over. |
| URL | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/19/3213 |
| DOI | 10.3390/rs12193213 |
| Title | Lermontov crater on Mercury: Geology, morphology and spectral properties of the coexisting hollows and pyroclastic deposits |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Authors | Pajola M., Lucchetti A., Semenzato A., Poggiali G., Munaretto G., Galluzzi V., Marzo G.A., Cremonese G., Brucato J.R., Palumbo P., Massironi M. |
| Journal | Planetary and Space Science |
| Volume | 195 |
| Pagination | 105136 |
| ISSN | 00320633 |
| URL | https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0032063320303494 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.pss.2020.105136 |
| Title | Multiple subglacial water bodies below the south pole of Mars unveiled by new MARSIS data |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Authors | Lauro SEmanuel, Pettinelli E, Caprarelli G, Guallini L, Rossi APio, Mattei E, Cosciotti B, Cicchetti A, Soldovieri F, Cartacci M, Di Paolo F, Noschese R, Orosei R |
| Journal | Nature Astronomy |
| Volume | 5 |
| Pagination | 63–70 |
| Date Published | jan |
| ISSN | 2397-3366 |
| URL | http://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1200-6 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41550-020-1200-6 |
This project receives funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement N. 776276. 