Lava tubes on Earth, Moon and Mars: A review on their size and morphology revealed by comparative planetology

F Sauro, R Pozzobon, M Massironi… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sinuous collapse chains and skylights in lunar and Martian volcanic regions have often
been interpreted as collapsed lava tubes (also known as pyroducts). This hypothesis has …

Lunar mare basaltic volcanism: Volcanic features and emplacement processes

JW Head, L Wilson, H Hiesinger… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Volcanism is a fundamental process in the geological evolution of the Moon, providing clues
to the composition and structure of the mantle, the location and duration of interior melting …

Generation, ascent and eruption of magma on the Moon: New insights into source depths, magma supply, intrusions and effusive/explosive eruptions (Part 2 …

JW Head, L Wilson - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
We utilize a theoretical analysis of the generation, ascent, intrusion and eruption of basaltic
magma on the Moon to develop new insights into magma source depths, supply processes …

Generation, ascent and eruption of magma on the Moon: New insights into source depths, magma supply, intrusions and effusive/explosive eruptions (Part 1: Theory)

L Wilson, JW Head - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
We model the ascent and eruption of lunar mare basalt magmas with new data on crustal
thickness and density (GRAIL), magma properties, and surface topography, morphology and …

Magmatic evolution II: A new view of post-differentiation magmatism

C Shearer, CR Neal, TD Glotch… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Just as the use of new tools revolutionized lunar science in 1610 (Galileo's telescope), 1840
(photography), and 1960s–1970s and 1990s (over 45 robotic and human missions to the …

Tectonics of the Moon

AL Nahm, TR Watters, CL Johnson… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In less than a decade, the long-held view that the tectonics of the Moon were largely just a
consequence of the evolution of the near side mare basins has been changed dramatically …

Distribution, formation mechanisms, and significance of lunar pits

RV Wagner, MS Robinson - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images reveal the presence of steep-
walled pits in mare basalt (n= 8), impact melt deposits (n= 221), and highland terrain (n= 2) …

Lunar floor-fractured craters as magmatic intrusions: Geometry, modes of emplacement, associated tectonic and volcanic features, and implications for gravity …

LM Jozwiak, JW Head, L Wilson - Icarus, 2015 - Elsevier
Lunar floor-fractured craters are a class of 170 lunar craters with anomalously shallow,
fractured floors. Two end-member processes have been proposed for the floor formation …

Lunar pit morphology: Implications for exploration

RV Wagner, MS Robinson - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lunar pits are small (∼ 10–300 m wide) collapse features with vertical walls and sometimes
overhangs. We have identified almost 300 pits, mostly in ponds of cooled impact melt inside …

Controls on lunar basaltic volcanic eruption structure and morphology: Gas release patterns in sequential eruption phases

L Wilson, JW Head - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Assessment of mare basalt gas release patterns during individual eruptions provides the
basis for predicting the effect of vesiculation processes on the structure and morphology of …