The martian crustal magnetic field

A Mittelholz, CL Johnson - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mars' crustal magnetic field holds information on the planet's interior evolution and exterior
processes that have modified the crust. Crustal magnetization records an ancient dynamo …

Seismically detected cratering on Mars: Enhanced recent impact flux?

IJ Daubar, RF Garcia, AE Stott, B Fernando… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Seismic observations of impacts on Mars indicate a higher impact flux than previously
measured. Using six confirmed seismic impact detections near the NASA InSight lander and …

Fundamental constraints and questions from the study of martian meteorites and the need for returned samples

A Udry, AM Ostwald, JMD Day, LJ Hallis - Proceedings of the National …, 2025 - pnas.org
Physical materials from planetary bodies are crucial for understanding fundamental
processes that constrain the evolution of the solar system, as samples can be analyzed at …

Early crustal processes revealed by the ejection site of the oldest martian meteorite

A Lagain, S Bouley, B Zanda, K Miljković… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The formation and differentiation of the crust of Mars in the first tens of millions of years after
its accretion can only be deciphered from incredibly limited records. The martian breccia …

The source craters of the martian meteorites: Implications for the igneous evolution of Mars

CDK Herd, JS Hamilton, EL Walton, LL Tornabene… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Approximately 200 meteorites come from~ 10 impact events on the surface of Mars, yet their
pre-ejection locations are largely unknown. Here, we combine the results of diverse sets of …

Geologic, geomorphic, tectonic, and paleoclimatic controls on the distribution and preservation of Chicxulub distal ejecta: A global perspective

S James, SR Chandran, J Aswathi, D Padmakumar… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary (KPB), the only known global impact ejecta
layer, resulted from the Chicxulub Impact Event (66 Ma). KPB is well-documented across the …

Formation, preservation and extinction of high-pressure minerals in meteorites: temperature effects in shock metamorphism and shock classification

J Hu, TG Sharp - Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2022 - Springer
The goal of classifying shock metamorphic features in meteorites is to estimate the
corresponding shock pressure conditions. However, the temperature variability of shock …

Shock-recovered maskelynite indicates low-pressure ejection of shergottites from Mars

J Hu, PD Asimow, Y Liu, C Ma - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Diaplectic feldspathic glass, commonly known as maskelynite, is a widely used impact
indicator, notably for shergottites, whose shock conditions are keys to their geochemistry …

The Global Context Camera (CTX) Mosaic of Mars: A product of information‐preserving image data processing

JL Dickson, BL Ehlmann, L Kerber… - Earth and space …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and its Context Camera (CTX) have acquired
more than 100,000 separate panchromatic images that capture nearly the entire surface of …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of surface and subsurface water/ice on spatial distributions of impact crater ejecta on Mars

A Sokołowska, N Thomas, K Wünnemann - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Ejecta blankets around craters on a km-scale show stark differences in the ejecta mobility
(maximal extent of ejecta divided by the crater radius) with latitude and types of plains on …