Controls on Lunar Basaltic Volcanic Eruption Structure and Morphology : Gas Release Patterns in Sequential Eruption Phases

Wilson, Lionel and Head, James (2018) Controls on Lunar Basaltic Volcanic Eruption Structure and Morphology : Gas Release Patterns in Sequential Eruption Phases. Geophysical Research Letters, 45 (12). pp. 5852-5859. ISSN 0094-8276

[thumbnail of GRL_paper]
Preview
PDF (GRL_paper)
GRL_paper.pdf - Accepted Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial.

Download (320kB)

Abstract

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.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Geophysical Research Letters
Additional Information:
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.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1908
Subjects:
?? geophysicsearth and planetary sciences(all) ??
ID Code:
125709
Deposited By:
Deposited On:
06 Jun 2018 08:36
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
31 Dec 2023 00:57