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Reconstructing Impact And Fluid Histories On Earth And Mars By Nanoscale Measurements, Gabriel A. Arcuri
Reconstructing Impact And Fluid Histories On Earth And Mars By Nanoscale Measurements, Gabriel A. Arcuri
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The U-Pb geochronology minerals zircon (ZrSiO4) and baddeleyite (ZrO2) occur as microscopic grains in many planetary rocks, are among the oldest known solids, and preserve robust records of chemical, isotopic and orientation microstructures useful for reconstructing the evolution of early planetary lithospheres and hydrosphere. Less well known are the nanoscale characteristics of these long-lived minerals, and their connections, if any, to processes that operated at larger length scales in the crust important to habitability such as global planetary bombardment and fluid flow. The aim of this thesis was therefore to develop and apply nanoscale analytical techniques, …