Martian magmatism from plume metasomatized mantle
A unified model for the formation of martian rock types is required to understand Mars’s formation and evolution. Here the authors show that nakhlite and chassignite meteorites originate from melting of metasomatized depleted mantle lithosphere, whereas shergottite melts originate from deep plume so...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07191-0 |