Table 1 Global crustal parameters estimated in previous works.

From: Gravity evidence for a heterogeneous crust of Mercury

Elastic thickness, Te

Crustal thickness models

Mean crustal thickness, Tc

Value

Reference

Value

Reference

Value

Reference

31 \(\pm\) 9 km

James et al.25

0–90 km

James et al.13

35 \(\pm\) 18 km

Padovan et al.23

40 km

Watters et al.26

0–70 km

Phillips et al.18

26 \(\pm\) 11 km

Sori24

25–30 km

Nimmo & Watters27

\(\sim\) 11–73 km

Watters et al.14

23–50 km

Konopliv et al.10

7–74 km

Watters et al.14

\(\sim\) 110–180 km

Tosi et al.28

8–97 km

Beuthe et al.29