Oxygen Isotope Compositions Of Mineral Separates From Martian Meteorites: Constraints On SNC Parental Magmas
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- Channon, Melanie
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.
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20151013-111913279
- Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS)
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2015-10-13Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2019-10-03Created from EPrint's last_modified field
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- Keck Institute for Space Studies