An accurate assessment of the bulk chemical composition of Mars is fundamental to
understanding planetary accretion, differentiation, mantle evolution, the nature of the …

The SNC meteorites are thought to be igneous martian rocks, based on their young
crystallization ages and a close match between the composition of gases implanted in them …

Comparing compositional models of the terrestrial planets provides insights into
physicochemical processes that produced planet-scale similarities and differences. The …

Aims. We present an inversion method based on Bayesian analysis to constrain the interior
structure of terrestrial exoplanets, in the form of chemical composition of the mantle and core …

Early in terrestrial planet evolution energetic impact, radiodecay, and core formation may
have created one or more whole or partial silicate mantle magma oceans. The time to …

Ophiolites, sections of ocean crust tectonically displaced onto land, offer significant potential
to support chemolithoautotrophic life through the provision of energy and reducing power …

Abstract Knowledge of the interior structure of Mars is of fundamental importance to the
understanding of its past and present state as well as its future evolution. The most …

We derive the bulk chemical composition, physical properties, and trace element
abundances of Mars from two assumptions:(1) Mars is the parent body for the Shergottite …

The northern lowlands of Mars may have been produced by plate tectonics. Preexisting old
thick highland crust was subducted, while seafloor spreading produced thin lowland crust …

The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Magnetic Field Investigation was designed to provide fast
vector measurements of the ambient magnetic field in the near‐Mars environment and over …