[meteorite-list] Nakhlite fragment suggests impact caused water to flow on Mars

From: Robert A. Juhl <bartraj2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:26:10 +0900
Message-ID: <4D4A2052.2000001_at_mac.com>

Rare fragments of Martian meteorites have been investigated at the
University of Leicester revealing one of the ways water flowed near the
surface of Mars....

Hitesh Changela and Dr John Bridges used electron microscopes in the
University?s Advanced Microscopy Centre to study the structure and
composition of five nakhlites....

By comparing the five meteorites, they showed the presence of veins
created during an impact on Mars. They suggest that this impact was
associated with a 1-10 km diameter crater.

Findings from the research have been published in Meteoritics and
Planetary Science (Dec. 2010 issue, vol 45).

http://www.24dash.com/news/education/2011-02-02-Rare-meteorites-reveal-Mars-collision-caused-water-flow

Robert A. Juhl
Received on Wed 02 Feb 2011 10:26:10 PM PST