Dunite channels as viable pathways for mare basalt transport in the deep lunar mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Beck, Alyssa R ^a   Morgan, Zachary T ^a   Liang, Yan ^a   Hess, Paul C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BRITTLE FRACTURE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOLTEN MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BASALT TRANSPORT; DUNITE CHANNELS; LUNAR MANTLE; LUNAR PICRITIC GLASSES; MELT GENERATION;

EARTH (PLANET);

LUNAR MANTLE; MAGMATISM; MARE BASALT;

EID: 33644620149     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024008     Document Type: Article

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