What Martian meteorites reveal about the interior and surface of Mars

A Udry, GH Howarth, CDK Herd, JMD Day, TJ Lapen… - 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Martian meteorites are the only direct samples from Mars, thus far. Currently, there are a total
of 262 individual samples originating from at least 11 ejection events. Geochemical …

Petrological traverse of the olivine cumulate Séítah formation at Jezero crater, Mars: A perspective from SuperCam onboard Perseverance

O Beyssac, O Forni, A Cousin, A Udry… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Séítah is the stratigraphically lowest formation visited by Perseverance in the Jezero crater
floor. We present the data obtained by SuperCam: texture by imagery, chemistry by Laser …

Constraints on martian chronology from meteorites

Z Váci, C Agee - Geosciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Martian meteorites provide the only direct constraints on the timing of Martian accretion, core
formation, magmatic differentiation, and ongoing volcanism. While many radiogenic isotope …

Mantle source to near-surface emplacement of enriched and intermediate poikilitic shergottites in Mars

RR Rahib, A Udry, GH Howarth, J Gross… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Poikilitic shergottites make up> 20% of the current martian meteorite collection, with a total of
27 samples. These meteorites are intrusive gabbroic to lherzolitic rocks and represent …

Northwest Africa 13669, a reequilibrated nakhlite from a previously unsampled portion of the nakhlite igneous complex

SR Ramsey, AM Ostwald, A Udry… - … & Planetary Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Northwest Africa (NWA) 13669 is a recently found nakhlite and here, we use 2‐D and 3‐D
mineralogy and texture, quantitative textural analysis of pyroxene, bulk rock and mineral …

Emplacement of shergottites in the Martian crust inferred from three‐dimensional petrofabric and crystal size distribution analyses

SA Eckley, RA Ketcham, Y Liu, J Gross… - … & Planetary Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Shergottites are mafic to ultramafic igneous rocks that represent the majority of known
Martian meteorites. They are subdivided into gabbroic, poikilitic, basaltic, and olivine–phyric …

Petrology and mineralogy of the martian olivine gabbroic shergottite Northwest Africa 13581: Insights into the enriched martian mantle source

Y Wu, W Hsu, S Liao, Z **ao, X Che, L Pan, Y Li… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Gabbroic and microgabbroic shergottites are intrusive igneous rocks on Mars and exhibit a
wide variety of mineralogical and geochemical properties. However, their source reservoirs …

Rapid characterisation of Mars' mantle reservoirs by in situ laser ablation 87Sr/86Sr analysis of shocked feldspar (maskelynite)

DL Burgin, JM Scott, PJ le Roux, G Howarth… - … et cosmochimica acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The 87 Sr/86 Sr isotopic properties of martian meteorites, measured by isolation
and purification of Rb and Sr fractions, have long been used to partially characterise Mars' …

Hydrogen isotopic variations in the Shergottites

S Wang, S Hu - Geosciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hydrogen isotopes in the shergottite Martian meteorites are among the most varied in Mars
laboratory samples. By collating results of previous studies on major hydroxyl, deuterium …

Highly siderophile elements in shergottite sulfides and the sulfur content of the martian mantle

M Paquet, JMD Day, A Udry, R Hattingh… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Shergottite meteorites are ultramafic to mafic igneous rocks derived from partial melting of
distinct regions of the martian mantle. As such, they trace magmatic processes, including …