Impact heat driven volatile redistribution at Occator crater on Ceres as a comparative planetary process
- Schenk, Paul M.
- Scully, J. E. C.
- Buczkowski, Debra L.
- Sizemore, Hanna G.
- Schmidt, B.
- Pieters, Carlé M.
- Neesemann, A.
- O’Brien, D. P.
- Marchi, Simone
- Williams, David A. (Planetary geologist)
- Nathues, A.
- De Sanctis, M. Cristina
- Tosi, F.
- Russell, C. T. (Christopher T.)
- Castillo-Rogez, Julie
- Raymond, Carol A.
Publication date
August 2020
DOI Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLCAbstract
Here we show using Dawn high-resolution stereo imaging and topography that Ceres’ unique composition has resulted in widespread mantling by solidified water- and salt-rich mud-like impact melts with scattered endogenic pits, troughs, and bright mounds indicative of outgassing of volatiles and periglacial-style activity during solidification.P. Schenk, J. Scully, D. Buczkowski, H. Sizemore, B. Schmidt, C. Pieters, A. Neesemann, D. O’Brien, S. Marchi, D. Williams, A. Nathues, M. De Sanctis, F. Tosi, C. T. Russell, J. Castillo-Rogez & C. Raymon
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