Mare basalt genesis - A cumulate-remelting model

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Apr 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976lpsc....7.1757s&link_type=abstract

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

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Basalt, Lunar Evolution, Lunar Maria, Metamorphism (Geology), Dynamic Models, Geochemistry, Ilmenite, Melting, Olivine, Pyroxenes, Spinel, Titanium

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In the framework of the cumulative-remelting model of lunar evolution, high-Ti basalts can be produced by extensive melting of a late-stage cumulate consisting of ilmenite-plagioclase-clinopyroxene-olivine at shallow depths immediately beneath about 60 km thick plagioclase-rich crust. Low-Ti mare basalts can be derived by small degrees of partial melting of an earlier cumulate containing mainly olivine-clinopyroxene-orthopyroxene with minor plagioclase or spinel at greater depth.

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