Thermal Modeling of Mare Volcanism and the "Procellarum KREEP Terrane"
Abstract
The Procellarum/Imbrium region of the Moon likely contains a large portion of the Moon's incompatible elements. We show that the heat production of this province may be the cause of the bulk of lunar volcanism.
- Publication:
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 1999
- Bibcode:
- 1999LPI....30.1547W