The importance of the study of igneous rocks and compositions to constrain the martian planetary evolution

Whitepaper #076 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: habitability and water; interior evolution and volcanism; Mars

by Arya Udry, Justin Filiberto, Juliane Gross, Mariek Schmidt, Deanne Rogers, Libby Hausrath, Roger Wiens, and Nina Lanza

Published onMar 18, 2021

This white paper summarizes the scientific importance of studying igneous compositions in meteorites, surface samples, and through orbital analyses to better constrain the geology of Mars as a whole and better understand the geological processes that have shaped Mars in the past and present.

The importance of the study of igneous rocks and compositions to constrain the martian planetary evolution

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