[meteorite-list] Ancient zircons recovered from Martian meteorite

From: Paul <etchplain_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 14:43:56 -0600
Message-ID: <e6b1cd80-a538-8808-8cc8-d3927d4e00d9_at_att.net>

Ancient zircon minerals from Mars reveal the elusive internal
structure of the red planet, University of Copenhagen The
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, November 17, 2020
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201117113057.htm

Big Think article by Robby Berman, November 19, 2020
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/mars-zircon

The paper is:

Maria M. Costa, Ninna K. Jensen, Laura C. Bouvier, James N.
Connelly, Takashi Mikouchi, Matthew S. A. Horstwood, Jussi-
Petteri Suuronen, Fr?d?ric Moynier, Zhengbin Deng, Arnaud
Agranier, Laure A. J. Martin, Tim E. Johnson, Alexander A.
Nemchin, Martin Bizzarro. The internal structure and geodynamics
of Mars inferred from a 4.2-Gyr zircon record. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020;
202016326 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2016326117
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/11/10/2016326117

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Sat 21 Nov 2020 03:43:56 PM PST