Teneriffe region

Teneriffe dome (termed Ten1)

by Maximilian Teodorescu

Dome	Longitude	Latitude	Diameter [km]	Heigth  [m]	Slope[°]
Teneriffe1	-15.70°	49.08°	9.8x7.4 ± 0.5	55 ± 5	0.7 ±  0.07

The profile of domes that are flat and elongated suggests that there was not a gradual formation at the vent (the rising lava did not build up the dome in a series of flows) but a subsurface intrusion of magma, a possible intrusive origin, and interpreted as laccoliths. In this case, magma accumulates within the lunar crust, slowly increasing in pressure and causing the crustal rock above it to bow upward. Based on the classification scheme introduced for lunar domes, the examined feature fits the class In2 of putative intrusive domes.