Planetary Volcanism across the Solar System (Volume 1) (Comparative Planetology, Volume 1)

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Planetary Volcanism across the Solar System
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Contents
Contributors
About the editors
Chapter 1: Volcanism in the Solar System
	Reference
Chapter 2: Effusive silicate volcanism: Observations and processes
	Overview
	Introduction to silicate effusive volcanic processes and landforms
	Planetary basalt compositions
	Morphology of silicate volcanic features
		Smooth plains and lava flows
			Lava flows on Mercury
			Lava flows on Venus
			Lava flows on the Moon
			Lava flows on Mars
			Lava flows on Io
	Comparison with widespread effusive volcanism on Earth
		Shield volcanoes
			Shield volcanoes on Earth
			Shield volcanoes on Venus
			Shield volcanoes on Mars
		Rilles and volcanic channels
			Channels on Mercury
			Channels on Venus
			Channels on Earth
			Channels on the Moon
			Channels on Mars
			Channels on Io
	Volcanism on Vesta
	Volcanic outgassing from effusive eruptions
		Effects on airless bodies
		Effects on bodies with atmospheres
	Planetary calderas
		Calderas on Earth
		Calderas on Mars
		Calderas on Venus
		Calderas on Io
	Extensional volcanic landscapes
	Volcano stability
	References
	Further reading
Chapter 3: Planetary volcanism: Craters, lava flows, fissures, and insights into their formation from observations of the
	Introduction
		Hawai`i as a planetary analog
		Chronology of the 2018 Kīlauea eruptions
	Caldera collapse
	Lava lakes
	Lava channels
	Fissure chronology
	Collapse pits
	Vents
	Flows in the ocean
	Synthesis
	Acknowledgments
	References
Chapter 4: Explosive volcanism: Observations and processes
	Overview
	Explosive volcanic processes on bodies lacking an atmosphere: Theory
	Explosive volcanism on bodies lacking an atmosphere: Observations
		Io
		The Moon
		Mercury
		Differentiated asteroids
	Explosive volcanic processes in the presence of an atmosphere: Theory
	Explosive volcanism in an atmosphere: Observations
		Earth
		Venus
		Mars
	Conclusion
	Acknowledgments
	References
	Further reading
Chapter 5: Cryovolcanism
	Introduction
	Cryomagma production
		Generation of interior oceans
		Formation of liquid bodies within the ice shell
	Cryomagma compositions and properties
	Cryomagma eruption mechanisms
		Overcoming negative buoyancy
		Formation of eruptive conduits
			Fractures propagating downward from the surface
			Fractures propagating upward from the ice-ocean interface
			Fractures initiating within the ice shell
		Presence of gas clathrate hydrates
		Solid-state convection and diapirism
	Manifestation of cryovolcanism in the outer Solar System
		Explosive cryovolcanism: Active plumes and cryoclastic deposits
			Enceladus
			Europa
			Triton
			Ceres
		Effusive cryovolcanism
			Smooth plains
			Lobate or flow-like features
			Dome features
			Linear features
		Major constructional landforms
		Depressions, pits, and caldera-like features
	Summary and future directions
	Acknowledgments
	References
Chapter 6: The origin of magma on planetary bodies
	Introduction
	What is magma?
	The origin of magma: Changes in P, T, and X
		Decompression, -DeltaP
		Temperature increase, +DeltaT
			Advection of hot material
			Crustal burial and thickening
			Electrical melting
			Decay of radioactive isotopes
			Mechanical work of shearing
			Core formation
			Tidal heating
			Impact melting
			Accretionary heating
			Magma oceans
		Addition of a fluid flux +DeltaXfluid
	Factors controlling partial melt compositions
		Pressure and temperature
		Melt fraction
		Composition
	Movement and accumulation of magma
	Magma diversification
		Fractional crystallization
		Partial melting of planetary crusts: Production of tertiary crust
			Partial melting of dry basaltic crust
			Partial melting of wet basaltic crust
			Partial melting of feldspar-rich crust
				Melt composition
				Movement and extraction
			Mechanisms of crustal melting
		Assimilation of crust
	Summary
	References
Chapter 7: Ages of planetary surfaces
	Overview
	Absolute dating techniques
	Relative dating
	Impact craters as clocks
	Mercury
	Venus
	Moon
	Mars
	Galilean satellites: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto
	Summary
	References
Chapter 8: Composition of planetary crusts and planetary differentiation
	Introduction
	Nature of planetary crusts
		Primary crusts of the terrestrial planets, the Moon, and Vesta
			The lunar highland crust
			The early crust of Mercury
			Dawn, HED meteorites, and the crust of 4 Vesta
			The early Martian crust
			Primary crusts on Earth and Venus
		Secondary crusts throughout the inner Solar System
		Tertiary crust on Earth and beyond(?)
			Impact erosion and early planetary crustal evolution
	Planetary crustal composition models
	Crustal growth rates
	Scale and timing of planetary silicate differentiation
	Concluding remarks
	Acknowledgments
	References
Chapter 9: Volcanism in the Solar System: Review, synthesis, and some outstanding questions
	Exploring planets
	Silicate volcanism
	Cryovolcanism
	Closing remarks
	References
Index
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