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The Tharsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters

Baratoux, D.; Towner, M. C.; Lagain, A. +8 more

The only martian rock samples on Earth are meteorites ejected from the surface of Mars by asteroid impacts. The locations and geological contexts of the launch sites are currently unknown. Determining the impact locations is essential to unravel the relations between the evolution of the martian interior and its surface. Here we adapt a Crater Det…