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Agua desgaseada en Marte: restricciones de las inclusiones de fusión en los meteoritos SNC
Resumen
Los meteoritos marcianos revelan que los primeros magmas de Marte contenían 1.4% de agua. Esto sugiere un interior más húmedo, con agua desgaseada potencialmente formando 200 metros de profundidad global.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias planetarias Ciencias planetarias.
- La geoquímica es la geoquímica.
- La mineralogía es la Mineralogía.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los meteoritos de Shergottite-nakhlite-chassignite (SNC) se consideran rocas ígneas de Marte.
- Estos meteoritos contienen inclusiones de fusión dentro de cristales de formación temprana, preservando la evidencia de las condiciones magmáticas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para determinar el contenido de agua preeruptiva de los magmas marcianos.
- Para estimar la cantidad total de agua desgaseada de Marte durante el tiempo geológico.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de las inclusiones fundidas que contienen anfíboles dentro de los meteoritos SNC.
- Cálculo de las historias de solidificación para inferir el contenido de agua del magma progenitor.
- Estimación del volumen de materiales ígneos en Marte.
Principales resultados:
- Los magmas marcianos comúnmente contenían aproximadamente el 1,4% de agua en peso.
- La desgasificación desde hace 3.900 millones de años sugiere un volumen total de agua equivalente a ~200 metros de profundidad global.
- Este volumen de agua es mayor que las estimaciones geoquímicas anteriores, pero menor que las estimaciones basadas en la erosión de las inundaciones.
Conclusiones:
- El interior marciano era probablemente mucho más húmedo de lo que se pensaba.
- El Marte primitivo experimentó una sustancial desgasificación de agua antes de la estabilización de la corteza o a través de impactos cometarios.
- Estos hallazgos apoyan los modelos de un interior marciano temprano más hidroso.
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