Lunar Mare Lava Flow Dynamics and Emplacement: Predictions of Non-Newtonian Flow Dynamics, Syn- and Post-emplacement Cooling and Volatile Release Patterns, and Vertical and Lateral Flow Structure Development

Lunar Mare Lava Flow Dynamics and Emplacement: Predictions of Non-Newtonian Flow Dynamics, Syn- and Post-emplacement Cooling and Volatile Release Patterns, and Vertical and Lateral Flow Structure Development

We apply basic principles of magma ascent from deep source regions and its eruption into a low-gravity vacuum environment to develop a theoretical treatment of the fluid dynamics and thermodynamics of mare basalt lava flow emplacement and evolution on the Moon. The vacuum conditions influenced the r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lionel Wilson, James W. Head
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
Subjects:
Lunar maria
Eruptive phenomena
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad0e12

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