[meteorite-list] RE: Meteorites ~ Deep-Freeze on Mars

From: Pete Pete <rsvp321_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Jul 24 01:14:57 2005
Message-ID: <BAY104-F23618AF340B8A348594749F8CB0_at_phx.gbl>

Hello, Al,

I've read both links - Thank you.
The way I understand the paper is that the depths of origin for the martian
meteorites have been determined, but not the location(s) on the planet as of
then:

>>"Michael Lipschutz, professor of chemistry, analyzed the trace element
>>content of the 12 meteorites that are known to have originated from Mars
>>and found that the rocky fragments came from six different regions below
>>the surface of the planet."<<

and

>>"Further studies may help pinpoint the location of each of the regions,
>>and could shed light on Mars' geological history, Lipschutz says."<<

The paper is a bit dated (1998), but your lead to Ron Baalke's link;

http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/index.html

has at least a few recent articles that identify specific surface sources...
This is what I was after.

Much appreciated!

Pete


From: AL Mitterling <almitt_at_kconline.com>
To: Pete Pete <rsvp321_at_hotmail.com>
CC: baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] RE: Meteorites ~ Deep-Freeze on Mars
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 22:57:42 -0500

Hi Pete,


In regards to finding Martian locations related to Martian Meteorites,
Actually on August 4th 1998 such a report was made by Dr. Lipschultz from
Purdue University. I'll just give the link but give a brief description
here.

Six areas have been determined (with a good degree of certainty) that are
probable source regions that may have delivered Meteorites from Mars. This
was based on 15 volatile trace elements. I might add that the suspect areas
all have craters that could be the launch impact area of the Martian
Meteorites we hold in our collections.

http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html4ever/9808.Lipschutz.meteorite.html

--AL Mitterling


Pete Pete wrote:


>I know that Lunar meteorites can be identified as to the general area of
>origin, including areas from the far side of the moon, but I haven't read
>any information about meteorites from Mars in this respect.
>
>
>Cheers,
>Pete
Received on Sun 24 Jul 2005 01:14:55 AM PDT