• DOI:10.1146/ANNUREV.EARTH.33.092203.122637
Corpus ID: 45843366

EARLY CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF MARS 1

@article{Nimmo2005EARLYCE,
  title={EARLY CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF MARS 1},
  author={F. Nimmo},
  journal={Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences},
  year={2005},
  volume={33},
  pages={133-161}
}

• F. Nimmo
• Published 2005
• Geology
• Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

▪ Abstract The bulk of the ∼50-km-thick Martian crust formed at ∼4.5 Gyr B.P., perhaps from a magma ocean. This crust is probably a basaltic andesite or andesite and is enriched in incompatible and heat-producing elements. Later additions of denser basalt to the crust were volumetrically minor, but resurfaced significant portions of the Northern hemisphere. A significant fraction of the total thickness of the crust was magnetized prior to 4 Gyr B.P., with the magnetization later selectively… Expand