[meteorite-list] Meteorites reveal lasting drought on Mars

[Paul]

Mars' Mega-Drought Revealed in Meteorite Rust
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has been used to
measure the weathering of meteorites on the Red
Planet, revealing just how little water there is on
the surface. Space, November 11, 2016
http://www.seeker.com/mars-meteorite-water-opportunity-rover-habitability-astrobiology-2089821823.html

Meteorites reveal lasting drought on Mars
https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2016/11/meteorites-reveal-drought-on-mars/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161111094715.htm
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/31680/20161112/meteorites-mars-suggest-super-drought-wiped-out-alien-life.htm

The paper is:

Schröder, C., P. A. Bland, M. P. Golombek, J. W. Ashley,
N. H. Warner, and J. A. Grant, 2016a, Amazonian
chemical weathering rate derived from stony
meteorite finds at Meridiani Planum on Mars. Nature
Communications, 2016; 7: 13459 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13459
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13459

Schröder, C., P. A. Bland, M. P. Golombek, J. W. Ashley,
N. H. Warner, and J. A. Grant, 2016b, Late-Amazonian chemical
weathering rate for Meridiani Planum, Mars, derived from
candidate stony meteorite finds. 79th Annual  Meeting of the
Meteoritical Society (2016)
http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2015/eposter/2354.pdf
http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2016/pdf/6529.pdf

Schröder, C., P. and others, nd, Properties and distribution
of paired candidate stony meteorites at Meridiani Planum, Mars
https://home.dtm.ciw.edu/users/lrn/preprints/schroeder2010.pdf
http://home.dtm.ciw.edu/users/lrn/publications.html

Yours,

Paul H.