[meteorite-list] First Mars ID

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:44 2004
Message-ID: <200201102142.NAA17189_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

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> That would be-
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> McSween.H.Y., Jr (1984) SNC Meteorites: Are they martian rocks?
> Geology 12, 3-6
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1984? That seems a little late, I think the first paper was in 1974
by Papanastassiou and Wasserburg when they dated Nahkla at 1.3 billion
years, which ruled out the asteroids as the parent body. Other pre-1984 papers
include:

Ashwal, L. D.; Warner, J. L.; and Wood, C. A. "SNC Meteorites: Evidence Against an Asteroidal Origin." Proc. Thirteenth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Part I. J. Geophys. Res. Sup. 87, A393-A400, 1982.
                               
Bogard, D. D. and Johnson, P. "Martian Gases in an Antarctic Meteorite?" Science 221, 651-654, 1983.

Papanastassiou, D. A. and Wasserburg, G. J. "Evidence for the Late Formation and Young Metamorphism in the Achondrite Nakhla." Geophys. Res. Let. 1, 23-26, 1974.

Wood, C. A. and Ashwal, L. D. "SNC Meteorites: Igneous Rocks from Mars?" Proc. Lunar Pl. Sci. 12B, 1359-1375, 1981.

Ron Baalke
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