A 4,565-My-old andesite from an extinct chondritic protoplanetOPEN ACCESS
Jean-Alix Barrat, Marc Chaussidon, Akira Yamaguchi, Pierre Beck, Johan Villeneuve, David J. Byrne, Michael W. Broadley, and Bernard Marty PNAS March 16, 2021 118 (11) LINK Update (6 May 2021): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The age…
Mineralogy and Bulk Elemental Composition of Ungrouped Relatively Sodic Gabbroic Achondrite Erg Chech 002: An Ancient Planetary Crustal Sample?
P. K. Carpenter, Irving A. J., Righter M., Lapen T. J., Tepper J. H. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #2205 PDF “A unique mafic gabbroic achondrite characterized by sodic plagioclase may represent…
26Al Chronology of Erg Chech 002, the Oldest Andesite in the Solar System
M. Chaussidon, Barrat J. A., Yamaguchi A., Beck P., Villeneuve J. et al. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #2222 PDF “26Al chronology shows that the Erg Chech 002 meteorite of andesitic composition…
Collisional stripping of planetary crustsOPEN ACCESS
Philip J. Carter, Zoë M. Leinhardt, Tim Elliott, Sarah T. Stewart, Michael J. Walter Accepted for publication in EPSL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Geochemical studies of planetary accretion and evolution have invoked various degrees of collisional…
Influence of redox conditions on the intensity of Mars crustal magnetic anomalies
Brachfeld, S., Shah, D., First, E., Hammer, J. and Bowles, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12505 Article first published online: 21 SEP 2015 LINK
Petrology of igneous clasts in Northwest Africa 7034: Implications for the petrologic diversity of the martian crust
Alison R. Santos, Carl B. Agee, Francis M. McCubbin, Charles K. Shearer, Paul V. Burger, Romain Tartèse, Mahesh Anand Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 25 February 2015 LINK
Pb-isotopic evidence for an early, enriched crust on Mars
J.J. Bellucci, A.A. Nemchin, M.J. Whitehouse, M. Humayun, R. Hewins, B. Zanda Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 410, 15 January 2015, Pages 34–41 available online 2 December 2014 LINK (open access)
Thermal history of Vesta’s crust constrained by U-Pb dating and trace element chemistry of zircon in the Agoult eucrite
Tsuyoshi Iizuka (University of Tokyo), Akira Yamaguchi (NIPR), Makiko K. Haba (NIPR), Yuri Amelin (ANU), Peter Holden (ANU), S. Zink (ANU), M. H. Huyskens (ANU), Trevor Ireland (ANU) PDF LINK
Origin and age of the earliest Martian crust from meteorite NWA 7533
Humayun M et al. (2013) Nature 503, 513–516 (28 November 2013) doi:10.1038/nature12764 LINK
Planetary science: A chunk of ancient Mars
McSween H.Y. Nature 503, 473–474 (28 November 2013) doi:10.1038/nature12836 LINK
