Water (hydrogen) in the lunar mantle: Results from petrology and magma ocean modeling

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 173-179

  Elkins Tanton, L T ^a   Grove, T L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

KREEP; Magma ocean; Mare basalt; Moon; Picritic glass; Water

Indexed keywords

BULK COMPOSITIONS; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; KREEP; LUNAR INTERIOR; LUNAR MATERIALS; MAGMA OCEAN; MAGMATIC SOURCES; MARE BASALT; METALLIC IRON; OXYGEN FUGACITY; PICRITIC GLASS; SOLIDIFICATION MODELS; SOURCE REGION; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; VOLATILE SPECIES;

HYDROGEN; LIQUIDS; MOON; PETROGRAPHY; SOLIDIFICATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GLASS; HYDROGEN; LUNAR MANTLE; MAGMA; MARE BASALT; MELTING; MODELING; PETROLOGY; PICRITE; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 79957936152     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.027     Document Type: Article

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