A dynamic model for mare basalt petrogenesis

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Apr 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976lpsc....7.1697r&link_type=abstract

In: Lunar Science Conference, 7th, Houston, Tex., March 15-19, 1976, Proceedings. Volume 2. (A77-34651 15-91) New York, Pergamon

Physics

36

Basalt, Lunar Evolution, Lunar Maria, Lunar Rocks, Petrology, Abundance, Chemical Properties, Dynamic Models, Magma, Physical Properties, Rare Earth Elements, Temperature Distribution, Terradynamics, Titanium

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A hypothesis is put forth that mare basalt petrogenesis is a consequence of the inevitable sinking of dense 4.6-4.4 b.y. late-stage, ilmenite-pyroxenite cumulates (plus or minus intercumulus liquid) into the primordial lunar interior. The fundamental control on the formation of high-Ti magmas as opposed to low-Ti magmas is the ambient temperature of the primordial interior at the time of arrival of the cumulate pods.

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