Origin and age of the earliest Martian crust from meteorite NWA 7533

M. Humayun (), A. Nemchin, B. Zanda, R. H. Hewins, M. Grange, A. Kennedy, J.-P. Lorand, C. Göpel, C. Fieni, S. Pont and D. Deldicque
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M. Humayun: Ocean and Atmospheric Science, and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University
A. Nemchin: Curtin University
B. Zanda: Laboratoire de Minéralogie et Cosmochimie du Muséum, CNRS and Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 75005 Paris, France
R. H. Hewins: Laboratoire de Minéralogie et Cosmochimie du Muséum, CNRS and Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 75005 Paris, France
M. Grange: Curtin University
A. Kennedy: Curtin University
J.-P. Lorand: Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, CNRS UMR 6112, Université de Nantes, 2 Rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
C. Göpel: Institut de Physique du Globe, Sorbonne Paris Cité, University Paris Diderot, CNRS UMR 7154, F-75005 Paris, France
C. Fieni: Laboratoire de Minéralogie et Cosmochimie du Muséum, CNRS and Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 75005 Paris, France
S. Pont: Laboratoire de Minéralogie et Cosmochimie du Muséum, CNRS and Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 75005 Paris, France
D. Deldicque: Ecole Normale Supérieure, UMR 8538, 75231 Paris Cedex 5, France

Nature, 2013, vol. 503, issue 7477, 513-516

Abstract: Chemical analysis of the meteorite NWA 7533 indicates that it may be a Martian regolith breccia and, if so, that the crust of Mars may have formed in the first 100 million years of the planet’s history.

Date: 2013
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