Generation of magma at lunar impact crater sites

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Dec 1974

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1974natur.252..556h&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 252, Dec. 13, 1974, p. 556-558. Research supported by the Natural Environment Research Council.

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Lunar Craters, Magma, Meteorite Craters, Volcanology, Energy Dissipation, Lava, Lunar Surface, Shear Stress, Stress Distribution

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Pike (1968) in his discussion of ways in which lava might be generated beneath craters had preferred a process dependent on the recovery of craters to a state of isostasy. A process of this kind is described. It is suggested that, for lunar craters larger than a certain size, the process of recovery gives rise to a great increase in temperature in a region beneath the crater and probably causes melting.

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