Phreatomagmatic activity on the Moon: Possibility of pseudocraters at Mare Frigoris

• Main Author: Garcia, Jose Humberto
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: ScholarWorks@UTEP 2012
• Subjects: Geology|Planetology; Lola; Iceland
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.utep.edu/dissertations/AAI1518218

The discovery of water on the Moon raises the possibility that lava-water, or phreatomagmatic, interactions have occurred on the lunar surface in the past. Such interactions may have formed pseudocraters, crater-like landforms that result from steam explosions that occur when lava flows come in cont...