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Researchers find evidence of hot water on Mars — in a rock on Earth
The zircon’s internal structure also contains nanoscale inclusions of magnetite, a mineral that forms in oxidizing and watery conditions. All in all, this is a strong indication that Martian ...
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Hot springs on Mars? Ancient evidence of warm water suggests life existed on Red Planet
The zircon grain, part of a meteorite nicknamed ... fine structures and detect the presence of nanoscale chemical inclusions. Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) allowed ...
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The laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) facility was established in 2018 and mainly performs U-Pb zircon geochronology and ... This lab is dedicated to the analysis ...
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Hydrothermal fluids can transport suspended metal-rich melt droplets (nano-to-micron-sized) that are precursors to polymineral inclusions ... Using Al-in-zircon geochemistry, we demonstrate ...