NASA NTRS · 19770051901
Mare basalt genesis - A cumulate-remelting model
Abstract
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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Shih, C.-Y., Schonfeld, E.. 1976-01-01. Mare basalt genesis - A cumulate-remelting model. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19770051901
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