Record of the ancient martian hydrosphere and atmosphere preserved in zircon from a martian meteorite

Mars exhibits ample evidence for an ancient surface hydrosphere. The oxygen isotope compositions of carbonate minerals and alteration products in martian meteorites suggest that this ancient hydrosphere was not in isotopic equilibrium with the martian lithosphere1–4. Martian meteorite NWA 7533 is co...

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Main Authors: Nemchin, Alexander, Humayun, M., Whitehouse, M., Hewins, R., Lorand, J., Kennedy, Allen, Grange, Marion, Zanda, B., Fieni, C., Deldicque, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14432