Ancient plutonic processes on Mars inferred from the detection of possible anorthositic terrains
2013
The formation of the silicate mineral anorthosite is thought to require magmatic processes that are not expected on Mars because of its predominately mafic terrains. Localized spectral detections by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are consistent with anorthosite, suggestive of ancient intrusive igneous processes similar to those active on Earth.
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