Quantification of extraterrestrial lava flow effusion rates through laboratory simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 101, Issue E7, 1996, Pages 16891-16900

  Gregg, Tracy K P ^a,b   Fink, Jonathan H ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFUSION RATE; LAVA FLOW; MORPHOLOGY; RHEOLOGY;

MARS; MOON;

EID: 15944395173     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JE01254     Document Type: Article

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