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SCIENCE
Volume 328, Issue 5986, Pages 1682-1686Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1189013
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The composition of the ancient martian crust is a key ingredient in deciphering the environment and evolution of early Mars. We present an analysis of the composition of large craters in the martian northern plains based on data from spaceborne imaging spectrometers. Nine of the craters have excavated assemblages of phyllosilicates from ancient, Noachian crust buried beneath the plains' cover. The phyllosilicates are indistinguishable from those exposed in widespread locations in the southern highlands, demonstrating that liquid water once altered both hemispheres of Mars.
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