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From: The Chaotic Terrains of Mercury Reveal a History of Planetary Volatile Retention and Loss in the Innermost Solar System

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(A) Perspective cross-sectional view of part of an impact crater rim. (B) Seismic activity reduces the mean elevation of the crater rim (green arrow). However, it increases the mean elevation of adjoining plains as the rim-forming materials collapse outward (yellow arrow). (C) The superposition of ejecta fallout materials over these terrains, which could have increased the region’s mean surface elevation. See Figs. S1 and S2 for the case study region on the Moon.

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