Sodium enrichment of Mercury's subsurface through diffusion

The data contains the temporal evolution of the sodium density in Mercury's subsurface. The four files correspond to the the sodium density evolution at the cold and hot longitudes, and for two different surface binding energy distributions.

Description of the data and file structure

Each file is structured as follow :

Line 1 : Thickness of each layer of regolith starting from the surface

Line 2 : Porosity of each layer starting from the surface

Each following 5 lines correspond to the evolution over 3000 seconds with :

Line 3 + (5 n) : Time

Line 4 + (5 n) : Mean surface binding energy

Line 5 + (5 n) : Density of adsorbates per layer starting from the surface

Line 6 + (5 n) : Density of gaseous sodium per layer starting from the surface

Line 7 + (5 n) : Density of sodium (adsorbate and gas) per layer starting from the surface

The figures in the letter use only the density of adsorbates

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