Opal‐A in the Nakhla meteorite: A tracer of ephemeral liquid water in the Amazonian crust of Mars

Autor: Martin Lee, Andreas Kovacs, Ian MacLaren, Susan Andersson, Tim O R Tomkinson, Darren F. Mark, Caroline Smith

Publikováno v: Meteoritics & planetary science 50(8), 1362-1377 (2015). doi:10.1111/maps.12471
MacLaren, I, Andersson, S M L, KováCs, A, Tomkinson, T O R & Mark, D F 2015, ' Opal-A in the Nakhla meteorite : A tracer of ephemeral liquid water in the Amazonian crust of Mars ', Meteoritics and Planetary Science, vol. 50, no. 8, pp. 1362-1377 . https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12471

The nakhlite meteorites are clinopyroxenites that are derived from a ~1300 million year old sill or lava flow on Mars. Most members of the group contain veins of iddingsite whose main component is a fine-grained and hydrous Fe- and Mg-rich silicate.

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https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12471