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The Source Crater of Martian Shergottite Meteorites

Poulet, François; Werner, Stephanie C.; Ody, Anouck

Absolute ages for planetary surfaces are often inferred by crater densities and only indirectly constrained by the ages of meteorites. We show that the <5 million-year-old and 55-km-wide Mojave Crater on Mars is the ejection source for the meteorites classified as shergottites. Shergottites and this crater are linked by their coinciding meteori…