The Role of Reducing Conditions in Building Mercury

Research Article| February 01, 2019 The Role of Reducing Conditions in Building Mercury Camille Cartier; Camille Cartier Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France E-mail: Camille.cartier@univ-lorraine.fr Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Bernard J. Wood Bernard J. Wood Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom E-mail: bernie.wood@earth.ox.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Camille Cartier Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France Bernard J. Wood Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom E-mail: Camille.cartier@univ-lorraine.fr E-mail: bernie.wood@earth.ox.ac.uk Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 11 Feb 2019 Online Issn: 1811-5217 Print Issn: 1811-5209 Copyright © 2019 by the Mineralogical Society of AmericaMineralogical Society of America Elements (2019) 15 (1): 39–45. https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.15.1.39 Article history First Online: 11 Feb 2019 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Camille Cartier, Bernard J. Wood; The Role of Reducing Conditions in Building Mercury. Elements 2019;; 15 (1): 39–45. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.15.1.39 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyElements Search Advanced Search Extremely reducing conditions, such as those that prevailed during the accretion and differentiation of Mercury, change the "normal" pattern of behaviour of many chemical elements. Lithophile elements can become chalcophile, siderophile elements can become lithophile, and volatile elements can become refractory. In this context, unexpected elements, such as Si, are extracted to the core, while others (S, C) concentrate in the silicate portion of the planet, eventually leading to an exotic surface mineralogy. In this article, experimental, theoretical and cosmochemical arguments are applied to the understanding of how reducing conditions influenced Mercury, from the nature of its building blocks to the dynamics of its volcanism. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.