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Determining the compositions of extraterrestrial lava flows
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Fink, Jonathan H. |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Description | The primary purpose of this research project has been to develop techniques that allow the emplacement conditions of volcanic landforms on other planets to be related to attributes that can be remotely detected with available instrumentation. The underlying assumption of our work is that the appearance of a volcano, lava flow, debris avalanche, or exhumed magmatic intrusion can provide clues about the conditions operating when that feature was first emplaced. Magma composition, amount of crustal heat flow, state of tectonic stress, and climatic conditions are among the important variables that can be inferred from the morphology and texture of an igneous body. |
| File Size | 633303 |
| Page Count | 8 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20020079830 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t45q9w452 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2002-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Rock Intrusions Landforms Geomorphology Lava Heat Transmission Water Flow Volcanoes Tectonics Magma Planetary Surfaces Volcanic Eruptions Remote Sensing Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
