[meteorite-list] Ancient zircons recovered from Martian meteorite

Paul etchplain at att.net
Sat Nov 21 15:43:56 EST 2020


Ancient zircon minerals from Mars reveal the elusive internal
structure of the red planet, University of Copenhagen The
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, November 17, 2020
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201117113057.htm

Big Think article by Robby Berman, November 19, 2020
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/mars-zircon

The paper is:

Maria M. Costa, Ninna K. Jensen, Laura C. Bouvier, James N.
Connelly, Takashi Mikouchi, Matthew S. A. Horstwood, Jussi-
Petteri Suuronen, Frédéric Moynier, Zhengbin Deng, Arnaud
Agranier, Laure A. J. Martin, Tim E. Johnson, Alexander A.
Nemchin, Martin Bizzarro. The internal structure and geodynamics
of Mars inferred from a 4.2-Gyr zircon record. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020;
202016326 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2016326117
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/11/10/2016326117

Yours,

Paul H.



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