Silica-rich volcanism in the early solar system dated at 4.565 Ga

Achondritic meteorites can record volcanism and crust formation on planetesimals in the early Solar System. Here, the authors date the Northwest Africa 11119 meteorite with an Al-Mg age of 4564.8 ± 0.3 Ma indicating that this is the earliest evidence of silicic volcanism in the Solar System to date....

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Main Authors: Poorna Srinivasan, Daniel R. Dunlap, Carl B. Agee, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Daniel Coleff, Karen Ziegler, Ryan Zeigler, Francis M. McCubbin
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e8396062f38545bfad80bb4bdf860d83
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