Channon, Melanie (2010) Oxygen Isotope Compositions Of Mineral Separates From Martian Meteorites: Constraints On SNC Parental Magmas. Keck Institute for Space Studies , Pasadena, CA. (Unpublished) https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20151013-111913279
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Abstract
Many discoveries have been made suggesting that water once flowed on the surface of Mars. Igneous rocks from Mars (in the form of meteorites) can be studied to determine whether or not their magma sources have assimilated crust that has been altered by water such as an ocean or river. On Earth, unaltered igneous rocks that come from the mantle have a uniform oxygen isotopic composition. Igneous rocks coming from magma that intruded and assimilated aqueously altered crust have a different composition. In this study, oxygen isotopes were measured in mineral separates from 15 different martian meteorites by laser fluorination. Olivine from meteorites classified as shergottites and chassignites measured in this study were found to have the same isotopic composition, whereas olivine from nakhlites have a different composition. Shergottites and chassignites may have never been in contact with water and therefore reflect the oxygen isotopic composition of igneous minerals from the mantle. Nakhlites, on the other hand, may come from a region of Mars that was affected by water.
Item Type: | Report or Paper (Technical Report) | ||||
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Group: | Keck Institute for Space Studies | ||||
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Subject Keywords: | Keck Institute for Space Studies | ||||
DOI: | 10.26206/MFJ8-7989 | ||||
Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20151013-111913279 | ||||
Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20151013-111913279 | ||||
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ID Code: | 61052 | ||||
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Deposited By: | Iryna Chatila | ||||
Deposited On: | 13 Oct 2015 20:42 | ||||
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