Loading Stresses and Magma Ascent In and Around Large Lunar Impact Basins: Scenarios for the Emplacement of Mare Basalts

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Mar 2010

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41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 1-5, 2010 in The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1533, p.2724

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We show that the filling of large lunar impact basins with mare basalts
creates a mechanical response beyond their rims that greatly facilitates
magma ascent, and discuss the implications for the evolution of various
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