On the diversity and formation modes of martian minerals

RM Hazen, RT Downs, SM Morrison… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A systematic survey of 161 known and postulated minerals originating on Mars points to 20
different mineral‐forming processes (paragenetic modes), which are a subset of formation …

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 …

A heterogeneous mantle and crustal structure formed during the early differentiation of Mars

JMD Day, M Paquet, A Udry, F Moynier - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Highly siderophile element abundances and Os isotopes of nakhlite and chassignite
meteorites demonstrate that they represent a comagmatic suite from Mars. Nakhlites …

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 …

Dominance of felsic continental crust on Earth after 3 billion years ago is recorded by vanadium isotopes

S Tian, X Ding, Y Qi, F Wu, Y Cai, RM Gaschnig… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
The transition from mafic to felsic upper continental crust (UCC) is crucial to habitability of
Earth, and may be related to the onset of plate tectonics. Thus, defining when this crustal …

Redox and mineral controls on Fe and Ti isotopic fractionations during calc-alkaline magmatic differentiation

AC Johnson, ZJ Zhang, N Dauphas, RL Rudnick… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Titanium and Fe isotopic compositions of lavas from a calc-alkaline differentiation suite and
corresponding mineral separates from the Rindjani Volcano, Indonesia show that Fe and Ti …

Amagmatic hydrothermal systems on Mars from radiogenic heat

L Ojha, S Karunatillake, S Karimi, J Buffo - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Long-lived hydrothermal systems are prime targets for astrobiological exploration on Mars.
Unlike magmatic or impact settings, radiogenic hydrothermal systems can survive for> 100 …

Six 'must-have'minerals for life's emergence: Olivine, pyrrhotite, bridgmanite, serpentine, fougerite and mackinawite

MJ Russell, A Ponce - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
Life cannot emerge on a planet or moon without the appropriate electrochemical
disequilibria and the minerals that mediate energy-dissipative processes. Here, it is argued …

Late delivery of exotic chromium to the crust of Mars by water-rich carbonaceous asteroids

K Zhu, M Schiller, L Pan, NS Saji, KK Larsen… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The terrestrial planets endured a phase of bombardment following their accretion, but the
nature of this late accreted material is debated, preventing a full understanding of the origin …

Stable Sn isotope signatures of Mid-ocean ridge basalts

JX She, E Kubik, W Li, F Moynier - Chemical Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
The constraint of Sn isotope composition of the Earth's mantle is the prerequisite for
understanding planet formation with Sn isotopes and Sn isotope fractionation in terrestrial …