Evidence for shock heating and constraints on Martian surface temperatures revealed by 40Ar/39Ar thermochronometry of Martian meteorites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6900-6920

  Cassata, William S ^a,b   Shuster, David L ^a   Renne, Paul R ^a,b   Weiss, Benjamin P ^c  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEATING; MARTIAN METEORITE; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PETROLOGY; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 78049354134     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.08.027     Document Type: Article

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