Origin of basalt fire-fountain eruptions on Earth versus the Moon

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-222

  Rutherford, Malcolm J ^a   Papale, Paolo ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC MAGMA; DRIVING FORCES; EXIT VELOCITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXSOLUTION; FIRE-FOUNTAIN ERUPTIONS; GAS BUBBLE; GAS REACTION; GAS SPECIES; GAS VOLUME; GASPHASE; GLASS SPHERULES; HIGH OXIDATION STATE; KILAUEA; LUNAR SAMPLES; LUNAR SURFACE; MAGMA FLOW; MELT INCLUSIONS; METAL PHASE; OLIVINE PHENOCRYST; SURFACE COATINGS; VOLCANIC GAS;

BASALT; DEPOSITS; DISSOLUTION; FOUNTAINS; GASES; GLASS; GRAPHITE; IRON OXIDES; OLIVINE; OXIDATION; SILICATE MINERALS; SMELTING; SURFACE REACTIONS;

MOON;

BASALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; GRAPHITE; MAGMA; MOON; OXIDATION; PHENOCRYST;

SPHERULES;

EID: 69049100395     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25402A.1     Document Type: Article

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