New temperature and oxygen fugacity data of Martian nakhlite from Northwest Africa (NWA) 5790 and implications for shallow sulphur degassingOPEN ACCESS
Zilong Wang, Wei Tian & Yankun Di Earth, Planets and Space, Volume 73, Article number: 164 (2021)Published: 17 August 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Newly analysed titanomagnetite–ilmenite (Tim–Ilm) intergrowths from Martian nakhlite meteorite Northwest…
Martian Magmatic Clay Minerals Forming Vesicles: Perfect Niches for Emerging Life?OPEN ACCESS
Jean-Christophe Viennet, Sylvain Bernard, Corentin Le Guillou, Violaine Sautter, Brian Grégoire, Albert Jambon, Sylvain Pont, Olivier Beyssac, Brigitte Zanda, Roger Hewins, Laurent Remusat Astrobiology, Vol. 21, No. 5Published Online: 30 Apr 2021 (Updated: 12 October…
Caleta el Cobre 022 Martian meteorite: Increasing nakhlite diversityOPEN ACCESS
L. Krämer Ruggiu, J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, A. Udry, V. Debaille, P. Rochette, J.‐P. Lorand, L. Bonal, P. Beck, V. Sautter, H. Busemann,M. M. M. Meier, C. Maden, G. Hublet, R. Martinez Meteoritics & Planetary…
Taking the pulse of Mars via dating of a plume-fed volcanoOPEN ACCESS
Benjamin E. Cohen, Darren F. Mark, William S. Cassata, Martin R. Lee, Tim Tomkinson & Caroline L. Smith Nature Communications 8, Article number: 640 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00513-8 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mars hosts the…
Magma Emplacement on Mars Inferred from a Comprehensive Suite of Nakhlites and Chassignites
Udry A. * Day J. M. D. Moynier F. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6027] abstract (PDF) “We combine quantitative textural and bulk rock geochemical observations on a suite of 15 nakhlites…
Northwest Africa 5790: A previously unsampled portion of the upper part of the nakhlite pile.
Brian Balta, J., Sanborn, M. E., Mayne, R. G., Wadhwa, M., McSween, H. Y. and Crossley, S. D. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12744 First published: 14 November 2016 LINK “We present a geochemical study…
The formation environment of potassic-chloro-hastingsite in the nakhlites MIL 03346 and pairs and NWA 5790: Insights from terrestrial chloro-amphibole.
Giesting, P. A. and Filiberto, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12675 LINK “Potassic-chloro-hastingsite has been found in melt inclusions in MIL 03346, its paired stones, and NWA 5790. It is some of the most…
Northwest Africa 5790: Revisiting Nakhlite PetrogenesisOPEN ACCESS
A. Jambon, V. Sautter, J-A. Barrat, J. Gattacceca, P. Rochette, O. Boudouma, D. Badia, B. Devouard Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 July 2016 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Submitted: 18…
Noble gases in 18 Martian meteorites and angrite Northwest Africa 7812—Exposure ages, trapped gases, and a re-evaluation of the evidence for solar cosmic ray-produced neon in shergottites and other achondrites
Wieler, R., Huber, L., Busemann, H., Seiler, S., Leya, I., Maden, C., Masarik, J., Meier, M. M. M., Nagao, K., Trappitsch, R. and Irving, A. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12600 Article first published…
Modal abundances of pyroxene, olivine, and mesostasis in nakhlites: Heterogeneity, variation, and implications for nakhlite emplacement.
Corrigan, C. M., Velbel, M. A. and Vicenzi, E. P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12492 LINK
Evidence for methane in Martian meteorites
Nigel J. F. Blamey, John Parnell, Sean McMahon, Darren F. Mark, Tim Tomkinson, Martin Lee, Jared Shivak, Matthew R. M. Izawa, Neil R. Banerjee, Roberta L. Flemming, Nature Communications 6, Article number: 7399 doi:10.1038/ncomms8399 Published…
The Northwest Africa (NWA) 5790 meteorite: A mesostasis-rich nakhlite with little or no Martian aqueous alteration (OPEN ACCESS)
Tomkinson, T., Lee, M. R., Mark, D. F., Dobson, K. J. and Franchi, I. A. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12424 PDF LINK (OPEN ACCESS)
Ferric saponite and serpentine in the nakhlite martian meteorites
Hicks LJ, Bridges JC and Gurman SJ Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 136, 1 July 2014, Pages 194–210 LINK (open access)