The Tharsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters

The only martian rock samples on Earth are meteorites ejected from the surface of Mars by asteroid impacts. The locations and geological contexts of the launch sites are currently unknown. Determining the impact locations is essential to unravel the relations between the evolution of the martian int...

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Main Authors: Lagain, Anthony, Benedix, Gretchen, Servis, Konstantinos, Baratoux, D., Doucet, Luc, Rajšic, Andrea, Devillepoix, Hadrien, Bland, Phil, Towner, Martin, Sansom, Ellie, Miljkovic, Katarina
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170102972
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90188
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author Lagain, Anthony
Benedix, Gretchen
Servis, Konstantinos
Baratoux, D.
Doucet, Luc
Rajšic, Andrea
Devillepoix, Hadrien
Bland, Phil
Towner, Martin
Sansom, Ellie
Miljkovic, Katarina
author_facet Lagain, Anthony
Benedix, Gretchen
Servis, Konstantinos
Baratoux, D.
Doucet, Luc
Rajšic, Andrea
Devillepoix, Hadrien
Bland, Phil
Towner, Martin
Sansom, Ellie
Miljkovic, Katarina
author_sort Lagain, Anthony
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description The only martian rock samples on Earth are meteorites ejected from the surface of Mars by asteroid impacts. The locations and geological contexts of the launch sites are currently unknown. Determining the impact locations is essential to unravel the relations between the evolution of the martian interior and its surface. Here we adapt a Crater Detection Algorithm that compile a database of 90 million impact craters, allowing to determine the potential launch position of these meteorites through the observation of secondary crater fields. We show that Tooting and 09-000015 craters, both located in the Tharsis volcanic province, are the most likely source of the depleted shergottites ejected 1.1 million year ago. This implies that a major thermal anomaly deeply rooted in the mantle under Tharsis was active over most of the geological history of the planet, and has sampled a depleted mantle, that has retained until recently geochemical signatures of Mars’ early history.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-901882023-02-23T07:01:15Z The Tharsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters Lagain, Anthony Benedix, Gretchen Servis, Konstantinos Baratoux, D. Doucet, Luc Rajšic, Andrea Devillepoix, Hadrien Bland, Phil Towner, Martin Sansom, Ellie Miljkovic, Katarina Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics MARTIAN MANTLE EJECTA MARS CHRONOLOGY THICKNESS LAUNCH CRUST EARTH The only martian rock samples on Earth are meteorites ejected from the surface of Mars by asteroid impacts. The locations and geological contexts of the launch sites are currently unknown. Determining the impact locations is essential to unravel the relations between the evolution of the martian interior and its surface. Here we adapt a Crater Detection Algorithm that compile a database of 90 million impact craters, allowing to determine the potential launch position of these meteorites through the observation of secondary crater fields. We show that Tooting and 09-000015 craters, both located in the Tharsis volcanic province, are the most likely source of the depleted shergottites ejected 1.1 million year ago. This implies that a major thermal anomaly deeply rooted in the mantle under Tharsis was active over most of the geological history of the planet, and has sampled a depleted mantle, that has retained until recently geochemical signatures of Mars’ early history. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90188 10.1038/s41467-021-26648-3 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170102972 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP210100336 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ NATURE PORTFOLIO fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
MARTIAN MANTLE
EJECTA
MARS
CHRONOLOGY
THICKNESS
LAUNCH
CRUST
EARTH
Lagain, Anthony
Benedix, Gretchen
Servis, Konstantinos
Baratoux, D.
Doucet, Luc
Rajšic, Andrea
Devillepoix, Hadrien
Bland, Phil
Towner, Martin
Sansom, Ellie
Miljkovic, Katarina
The Tharsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters
title The Tharsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters
title_full The Tharsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters
title_fullStr The Tharsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters
title_full_unstemmed The Tharsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters
title_short The Tharsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters
title_sort tharsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters
topic Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
MARTIAN MANTLE
EJECTA
MARS
CHRONOLOGY
THICKNESS
LAUNCH
CRUST
EARTH
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170102972
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170102972
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90188