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A theoretical model for the formation of Ring Moat Dome Structures: Products of second boiling in lunar basaltic lava flows

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A theoretical model for the formation of Ring Moat Dome Structures: Products of second boiling in lunar basaltic lava flows. / Wilson, L.; Head, J.W.; Zhang, F.
In: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 374, 01.04.2019, p. 160-180.

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Wilson, L, Head, JW & Zhang, F 2019, 'A theoretical model for the formation of Ring Moat Dome Structures: Products of second boiling in lunar basaltic lava flows', Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol. 374, pp. 160-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.02.018

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Wilson, L., Head, J. W., & Zhang, F. (2019). A theoretical model for the formation of Ring Moat Dome Structures: Products of second boiling in lunar basaltic lava flows. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 374, 160-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.02.018

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Wilson L, Head JW, Zhang F. A theoretical model for the formation of Ring Moat Dome Structures: Products of second boiling in lunar basaltic lava flows. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 2019 Apr 1;374:160-180. Epub 2019 Feb 28. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.02.018

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Wilson, L. ; Head, J.W. ; Zhang, F. / A theoretical model for the formation of Ring Moat Dome Structures : Products of second boiling in lunar basaltic lava flows. In: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 2019 ; Vol. 374. pp. 160-180.

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title = "A theoretical model for the formation of Ring Moat Dome Structures: Products of second boiling in lunar basaltic lava flows",
abstract = "Newly documented Ring Moat Dome Structures (RMDSs), low mounds typically several hundred meters across with a median height of ~3.5 m and surrounded by moats, occur in the lunar maria. They appear to have formed synchronously with the surrounding mare basalt deposits. It has been hypothesized that they formed on the surfaces of lava flows by the extrusion of magmatic foams generated in the flow interiors as the last stage of the eruption and flow emplacement process. We develop a theoretical model for the emplacement and cooling of mare basalts in which the molten cores of cooling flows are inflated during the late stages of eruptions by injection of additional hot lava containing dissolved volatiles. Crystallization of this lava causes second boiling (an increase in vapor pressure to the point of supersaturation due to crystallization of the melt), generating copious quantities of vesicles (magmatic foam layers) at the top and bottom of the central core of the flow. Flow inflation of many meters is predicted to accompany the formation of the foam layers, flexing the cooled upper crustal layer, and forming fractures that permit extrusions of the magmatic foams onto the surface to form domes, with subsidence of the subjacent and surrounding surface forming the moats. By modeling the evolution of the internal flow structure we predict the properties of RMDSs and the conditions in which they are most likely to form. We outline several tests of this hypothesis.",
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AU - Zhang, F.

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AB - Newly documented Ring Moat Dome Structures (RMDSs), low mounds typically several hundred meters across with a median height of ~3.5 m and surrounded by moats, occur in the lunar maria. They appear to have formed synchronously with the surrounding mare basalt deposits. It has been hypothesized that they formed on the surfaces of lava flows by the extrusion of magmatic foams generated in the flow interiors as the last stage of the eruption and flow emplacement process. We develop a theoretical model for the emplacement and cooling of mare basalts in which the molten cores of cooling flows are inflated during the late stages of eruptions by injection of additional hot lava containing dissolved volatiles. Crystallization of this lava causes second boiling (an increase in vapor pressure to the point of supersaturation due to crystallization of the melt), generating copious quantities of vesicles (magmatic foam layers) at the top and bottom of the central core of the flow. Flow inflation of many meters is predicted to accompany the formation of the foam layers, flexing the cooled upper crustal layer, and forming fractures that permit extrusions of the magmatic foams onto the surface to form domes, with subsidence of the subjacent and surrounding surface forming the moats. By modeling the evolution of the internal flow structure we predict the properties of RMDSs and the conditions in which they are most likely to form. We outline several tests of this hypothesis.

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KW - Second boiling

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KW - Extrusion

KW - Moon

KW - Basaltic lava

KW - Basaltic lava flow

KW - Central core

KW - Cooling flows

KW - Dome structure

KW - Internal flow structure

KW - Lava flows

KW - Theoretical modeling

KW - Domes

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SP - 160

EP - 180

JO - Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

JF - Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

SN - 0377-0273

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