@article{fdi:010083348,
  title = {{T}he {T}harsis mantle source of depleted shergottites revealed by 90 million impact craters},
  author = {{L}again, {A}. and {B}enedix, {G}. {K}. and {S}ervis, {K}. and {B}aratoux, {D}avid and {D}oucet, {L}. {S}. and {R}ajsic, {A}. and {D}evillepoix, {H}. {A}. {R}. and {B}land, {P}. {A}. and {T}owner, {M}. {C}. and {S}ansom, {E}. {K}. and {M}iljkovic, {K}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he ejection sites of the martian meteorites are still unknown. {H}ere, the authors build a database of 90 million craters and show that {T}harsis region is the most likely source of depleted shergottites ejected 1.1 {M}a ago, thus confirming that some portions of the mantle were recently anomalously hot. {T}he only martian rock samples on {E}arth are meteorites ejected from the surface of {M}ars by asteroid impacts. {T}he locations and geological contexts of the launch sites are currently unknown. {D}etermining the impact locations is essential to unravel the relations between the evolution of the martian interior and its surface. {H}ere we adapt a {C}rater {D}etection {A}lgorithm that compile a database of 90 million impact craters, allowing to determine the potential launch position of these meteorites through the observation of secondary crater fields. {W}e show that {T}ooting and 09-000015 craters, both located in the {T}harsis volcanic province, are the most likely source of the depleted shergottites ejected 1.1 million year ago. {T}his implies that a major thermal anomaly deeply rooted in the mantle under {T}harsis was active over most of the geological history of the planet, and has sampled a depleted mantle, that has retained until recently geochemical signatures of {M}ars' early history.},
  keywords = {{MARS} {PLANETE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature {C}ommunications},
  volume = {12},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {6352 [9 p.]},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41467-021-26648-3},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010083348},
}