TY - CHAP
T1 - SNC Meteorites
T2 - Atmosphere Implantation Ages and the Climatic Evolution of Mars
AU - Moyano-Cambero, C. E.
AU - Trigo-Rodríguez, Josep M.
AU - Martín-Torres, F. Javier
N1 - Funding Information:
JMTR acknowledges CSIC grant #201050I043 and AYA2011-26522 grant.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - SNC meteorites are Martian rocks that provide valuable information about the atmospheric composition of Mars over time. These meteorites experienced significant shock during the impact that released them from Mars, and during the flight through the Martian atmosphere some of the gases were retained in the melted shock-altered glasses. As using different radiogenic systems can precisely date such shock processes, SNC achondrites can be considered time capsules capable of providing significant insight into the atmospheric evolution of Mars. Different SNCs were released by impacts at different times, having then different atmosphere-implantation ages, so in practice we can obtain clues on the composition of Mars’ atmosphere at different times. Taking this information into account, we have developed a 1D model of the evolution of Martian Mars’ atmosphere mass, near surface temperature and pressure.
AB - SNC meteorites are Martian rocks that provide valuable information about the atmospheric composition of Mars over time. These meteorites experienced significant shock during the impact that released them from Mars, and during the flight through the Martian atmosphere some of the gases were retained in the melted shock-altered glasses. As using different radiogenic systems can precisely date such shock processes, SNC achondrites can be considered time capsules capable of providing significant insight into the atmospheric evolution of Mars. Different SNCs were released by impacts at different times, having then different atmosphere-implantation ages, so in practice we can obtain clues on the composition of Mars’ atmosphere at different times. Taking this information into account, we have developed a 1D model of the evolution of Martian Mars’ atmosphere mass, near surface temperature and pressure.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4614-5191-4_13
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4614-5191-4_13
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85042436837
T3 - Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
SP - 165
EP - 172
BT - Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
PB - Springer Netherlands
ER -