Lunar mare volcanism: Where did the magmas come from?

Elements

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-34

  Grove, Timothy L ^a   Krawczynski, Michael J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental petrology; Magma ocean; Mare basalt; Moon; Ultramafic glass

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GLASS; LUNAR MISSIONS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MOON; REMELTING; VOLCANOES;

CHEMICAL DIFFERENTIATION; EXPERIMENTAL PETROLOGY; FIRE-FOUNTAIN ERUPTIONS; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; HIGH PRESSURE AND HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGMA OCEAN; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SOLIDIFIED PRODUCTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

LAVA; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MELTING; MOON; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

EID: 67649538021     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.5.1.29     Document Type: Article

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