Volcanism on Mars controlled by early oxidation of the upper mantle

J. Tuff, J. Wade and B. J. Wood ()
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J. Tuff: University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3AN, UK
J. Wade: University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3AN, UK
B. J. Wood: University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3AN, UK

Nature, 2013, vol. 498, issue 7454, 342-345

Abstract: The compositions of the 3.7-billion-year-old surface rocks on Mars — as observed by the Spirit rover at Gusev crater — are shown to be consistent with early mixing of oxidized surface material into the uppermost Martian mantle: such oxidation appears to have had less influence on more recent volcanic rocks, which are sampled as Martian meteorites.

Date: 2013
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