Rights statement: An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright 2018 American Geophysical Union. Wilson, L., & Head, J. W. (2018). Controls on lunar basaltic volcanic eruption structure and morphology: Gas release patterns in sequential eruption phases. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 5852–5859. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078327 To view the published open abstract, go to http://dx.doi.org and enter the DOI.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Controls on Lunar Basaltic Volcanic Eruption Structure and Morphology
T2 - Gas Release Patterns in Sequential Eruption Phases
AU - Wilson, Lionel
AU - Head, James
N1 - An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright 2018 American Geophysical Union. Wilson, L., & Head, J. W. (2018). Controls on lunar basaltic volcanic eruption structure and morphology: Gas release patterns in sequential eruption phases. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 5852–5859. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078327 To view the published open abstract, go to http://dx.doi.org and enter the DOI.
PY - 2018/6/28
Y1 - 2018/6/28
N2 - Assessment of mare basalt gas release patterns during individual eruptions provides the basis for predicting the effect of vesiculation processes on the structure and morphology of associated features. We subdivide typical lunar eruptions into four phases: Phase 1, dike penetrates to the surface, transient gas release phase; Phase 2, dike base still rising, high flux hawaiian eruptive phase; Phase 3, dike equilibration, lower flux hawaiian to strombolian transition phase; Phase 4, dike closing, strombolian vesicular flow phase. We show how these four phases of mare basalt volatile release, together with total dike volumes, initial magma volatile content, vent configuration and magma discharge rate, can help relate the wide range of apparently disparate lunar volcanic features (pyroclastic mantles, small shield volcanoes, compound flow fields, sinuous rilles, long lava flows, pyroclastic cones, summit pit craters, irregular mare patches (IMPs) and ring moat dome structures (RMDSs)) to a common set of eruption processes.
AB - Assessment of mare basalt gas release patterns during individual eruptions provides the basis for predicting the effect of vesiculation processes on the structure and morphology of associated features. We subdivide typical lunar eruptions into four phases: Phase 1, dike penetrates to the surface, transient gas release phase; Phase 2, dike base still rising, high flux hawaiian eruptive phase; Phase 3, dike equilibration, lower flux hawaiian to strombolian transition phase; Phase 4, dike closing, strombolian vesicular flow phase. We show how these four phases of mare basalt volatile release, together with total dike volumes, initial magma volatile content, vent configuration and magma discharge rate, can help relate the wide range of apparently disparate lunar volcanic features (pyroclastic mantles, small shield volcanoes, compound flow fields, sinuous rilles, long lava flows, pyroclastic cones, summit pit craters, irregular mare patches (IMPs) and ring moat dome structures (RMDSs)) to a common set of eruption processes.
U2 - 10.1029/2018GL078327
DO - 10.1029/2018GL078327
M3 - Journal article
VL - 45
SP - 5852
EP - 5859
JO - Geophysical Research Letters
JF - Geophysical Research Letters
SN - 0094-8276
IS - 12
ER -