'Nakhlites' on Earth: Chemistry of Clinopyroxenites from Theo's Flow, Ontario, Canada

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27.1341t&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 1341

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Basalt: Genesis, Comparative Planetology, Nakhlite, Theo'S Flow: Canada, Theolite

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The nakhlites (basaltic rocks rich in augite pyroxene) have been considered a uniquely martian phenomenon, testifying to fundamental differences between Mars and the Earth. However, very similar augite-rich basalt flows are present in Archaean terranes on Earth. New chemical data confirm the similarity and extend it to trace elements. Like the nakhlites, the parent magmas of one such flow (Theo's) is LREE-enriched with minimal Eu anomaly, and depleted in the most incompatible elements. Clearly, nakhlite-forming petrogenesis on Mars had a terrestrial equivalent during the Archaean. Studies of these Earth basalts will clarify the nakhlites' origin, and the nakhlites will in turn clarify petrogenetic processes in the Archaean (and subsequent) Earth.

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