Space exploration missions have placed renewed focus on the South Circumpolar Region (SCR) of Moon due to its unexplored nature by landed missions, potential water resources, proximity ancient Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, and presence regions that provide near-permanent solar illumination. Unlike previous surface sites, SCR lacks extensive mare is most similar Apollo 16 Luna 20 dominated overlappin...

This Special Publication provides a snapshot of our understanding of volcanic processes through the use of palaeomagnetic and rock magnetic techniques. Here, we provide a context for the book, placing individual chapters within the milieu of previous work, including some magnetic techniques that were not used in the particular studies described herein. Thermoremanent magnetization is a powerful...

Introduction: Whereas previous experimental studies [1,2,3] and interpretation of Apollo seismic experiments [4,5] are permissive for garnet in the deep lunar mantle, interpretations of Lu-Hf isotopic systematics [6] and trace element data [7] seem to require garnet in the source of selected mare basalts. Understanding the mineralogy of the deep lunar mantle is critical to our further interpret...

[1] Granular mass flows of rock fragments are studied in the lab by means of a high-speed video camera at 2000 frames per second. These granular flows are generated using beds of pumice fragments positioned on a rough rotating disk, whose angular velocity is controlled by a motor. The experimental apparatus allows an understanding of the arrangement of the particles in granular mass flows with ...

Abstract. This paper focuses on the authigenic mineralization processes acting “Tufo Rosso a Scorie Nere” (TRS), i.e. one of main pyroclastic units Vico stratovolcano (Latium, Italy). The deposits appear in general massive and made “black vitreous vesiculated juvenile scoriae”, immersed an ashy matrix lithified after zeolitization processes. minerals are chabazite phillipsite, zeolitic content ...