Bulk and stable isotopic compositions of carbonate minerals in Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001: No proof of high formation temperature
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Abstract— Understanding the origin of carbonate minerals in the Martian meteorite Allan Hills (ALH) 84001 is crucial to evaluating the hypothesis that they contain traces of ancient Martian life. Using arguments based on chemical equilibria among carbonates and fluids, an origin at >650 °C (inimical to life) has been proposed. However, the bulk and stable isotopic compositions of the carbonate minerals are open to multiple interpretations and so lend no particular support to a high‐temperature origin. Other methods (possibly less direct) will have to be used to determine the formation temperature of the carbonates in ALH 84001.
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- Authors
- TREIMAN, A. H., & ROMANEK, C. S.
- Affiliations
- Lunar and Planetary Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- TREIMAN, ALLAN H.
- ORCID
- TREIMAN, ALLAN H.
- Venue
- Meteoritics & Planetary Science
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1998-07
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 737-742
- ISSN
- 1086-9379 (ISSN-L)
- 1945-5100
- OpenAlex
- W2091499184
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 2.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Meteoritics and Planetary Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Planetary Science and Exploration
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Keywords
- Allan Hills 84001, Martian meteorites, carbonate minerals, stable isotopes, formation temperature
- MeSH terms
- Calcium Carbonate, Carbon Isotopes, Carbonates, Iron, Isotopes, Magnesium, Minerals, Oxygen Isotopes, Temperature, Meteoroids
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