What Have We Learned About the Interior and Surface of Mars From Martian Meteorites?

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2021

Publication Title

52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Coference 2021

First page number:

1046

Last page number:

1047

Abstract

Diversity of martian samples: Martian meteorites are the only samples currently available from Mars, before samples will be returned to Earth in 2031 by the Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign. Samples are necessary to better constrain geological processes, including emplacement of magmatic rocks, geochemical diversity of the martian interior (crust and mantle), abundances and distribution of volatiles, planetary accretion and differentiation, bulk Mars composition, and secondary processes, such as alteration. Here we review the main discoveries from martian meteorites, focusing on the past six years [1].

Keywords

Extraterrestrial beings; Meteorites

Disciplines

Geology | Other Geography


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