Origin of picritic green glass magmas by polybaric fractional fusion

A preliminary presentation is given of a model which explains the picritic lunar mare green glass compositions as composites or magmas derived by polybaric fractional melting. The model accommodates changes in source composition and solidus temperature. As in the Klein and Langmuir model, the final compositions of the melts signify only average depths of melting. The onset of melting is deeper, final segregation is shallower.