Solving the Martian meteorite age conundrum using micro-baddeleyite and launch-generated zircon

D. E. Moser (), K. R. Chamberlain, K. T. Tait, A. K. Schmitt, J. R. Darling, I. R. Barker and B. C. Hyde
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D. E. Moser: University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
K. R. Chamberlain: University of Wyoming, 1000 East University Avenue, 3006, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, USA
K. T. Tait: Mineralogy, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada
A. K. Schmitt: UCLA, 595 Charles Young Drive, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
J. R. Darling: University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
I. R. Barker: University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
B. C. Hyde: Mineralogy, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada

Nature, 2013, vol. 499, issue 7459, 454-457

Abstract: The age of the representative Martian meteorite NWA 5298 is determined using spatially correlated electron-beam nanostructural and uranium–lead isotopic measurements of microminerals, resolving a paradox of different age interpretations for the evolution of Martian crust.

Date: 2013
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