Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
May 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987pggp.rept..351m&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program, 1986 p 351-353 (SEE N87-23341 16-91)
Physics
Geophysics
Flow Theory, Lava, Mass Flow, Viscous Flow, Volcanoes, Chemical Composition, Flow Velocity, Hawaii, Rheology, Viscosity, Volatility
Scientific paper
In planetary geology, lava flows on the Moon and Mars are commonly treated as relatively simple systems. Some of the complexities of actual lava flows are illustrated using the main flow system of the 1984 Mauna Loa eruption. The outline, brief narrative, and results given are based on a number of sources. The implications of the results to planetary geology are clear. Volume flow rates during an eruption depend, in part, on the volatile content of the lava. These differ from the volume flow rates calculated from post eruption flow dimensions and the duration of the eruption and from those using models that assume a constant density. Mass flow rates might be more appropriate because the masses of volatiles in lavas are usually small, but variable and sometimes unknown densities impose severe restrictions on mass estimates.
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