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Lava worlds: From early earth to exoplanets

Gaidos, Eric; Chao, Keng-Hsien; deGraffenried, Rebecca +3 more

The magma ocean concept was first conceived to explain the geology of the Moon, but hemispherical or global oceans of silicate melt could be a widespread "lava world" phase of rocky planet accretion, and could persist on planets on short-period orbits around other stars. The formation and crystallization of magma oceans could be a defining stage i…

Olympus Mons volcano, Mars: A photogeologic view and new insights

Mouginis-Mark, Peter