Doc Socks Junior Posted July 15, 2015 #1 Share Posted July 15, 2015 So, looks like Curiosity found some light-colored rocks. The Mars "paradigm", as it were, has held that basalt is king there. Images and ChemCam data has shown ancient igneous rocks of a distinctly different composition. Really cool. Mars in the Noachian... http://esciencenews.com/articles/2015/07/14/curiosity.rover.finds.evidence.mars.primitive.continental.crust The ChemCam laser instrument on NASA's Curiosity rover has turned its beam onto some unusually light-colored rocks on Mars, and the results are surprisingly similar to Earth's granitic continental crust rocks. This is the first discovery of a potential "continental crust" on Mars. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieRunner Posted July 15, 2015 #2 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Makes sense really. It had to be super hot at one point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted July 16, 2015 #3 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Some more info and a remarkable find. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/210011-curiosity-rover-finds-surprising-evidence-of-ancient-continental-crust-on-mars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Socks Junior Posted July 17, 2015 Author #4 Share Posted July 17, 2015 http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/1999/ast29apr99_1/ Some magnetism work on the plate tectonics angle. 16 years old now. Always room for ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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