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Linked magma ocean solidification and atmospheric growth for Earth and Mars
- L. Elkins‐Tanton
- Geology, Physics
- 15 July 2008
Fractional crystallization and mantle-melting controls on calc-alkaline differentiation trends
- T. Grove, L. Elkins‐Tanton, S. Parman, N. Chatterjee, O. Müntener, G. Gaetani
- Geology
- 21 June 2003
The phase relations of primitive magnesian andesites and basaltic andesites from the Mt. Shasta region, N California have been determined over a range of pressure and temperature conditions and H2O…
The lunar magma ocean: Reconciling the solidification process with lunar petrology and geochronology
- L. Elkins‐Tanton, S. Burgess, Q. Yin
- Geology
- 1 March 2011
Possible formation of ancient crust on Mars through magma ocean processes
- L. Elkins‐Tanton, P. C. Hess, E. Parmentier
- Geology
- 1 December 2005
[1] Models for Martian magma oceans of varying depths predict that decompression mantle melting, perhaps forming Mars' earliest crust, could occur during gravitationally driven solid-state overturn…
Widespread mixing and burial of Earth’s Hadean crust by asteroid impacts
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Chondrites as samples of differentiated planetesimals
- L. Elkins‐Tanton, B. Weiss, M. Zuber
- Geology, Physics
- 1 March 2009
Thermal and Magmatic Evolution of the Moon
- C. Shearer, P. C. Hess, U. Wiechert
- Geology, Physics
- 2006
As with all science, our continually developing concepts of lunar evolution are firmly tied to both new types of observations and the integration of these observations to the known pool of data. This…
The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary and cratonic lithospheric layering beneath Australia from Sp wave imaging
- H. Ford, K. Fischer, D. L. Abt, C. Rychert, L. Elkins‐Tanton
- Geology
- 1 December 2010
Magma oceans in the inner solar system
- L. Elkins‐Tanton
- Geology, Physics
- 2 May 2012
Theory and observations point to the occurrence of magma ponds or oceans in the early evolution of terrestrial planets and in many early-accreting planetesimals. The apparent ubiquity of melting…
Magma ocean fractional crystallization and cumulate overturn in terrestrial planets: Implications for Mars
- L. Elkins‐Tanton, E. Parmentier, P. C. Hess
- Geology, Physics
- 1 December 2003
Abstract— Crystallization of a magma ocean on a large terrestrial planet that is significantly melted by the energy of accretion may lead to an unstable cumulate density stratification, which may…
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