Complex Formation History of Highly Evolved Basaltic Shergottite, Zagami

• Main Authors: Nyquist, L. E., Niihara, T., Park, J., Mikouchi, T., Hirata, D., Misawa, K.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration; DML
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20120011726

Zagami, a basaltic shergottite, contains several kinds of lithologies such as Normal Zagami consisting of Fine-grained (FG) and Coarse-grained (CG), Dark Mottled lithology (DML), and Olivine-rich late-stage melt pocket (DN). Treiman and Sutton concluded that Zagami (Normal Zagami) is a fractional crystallization product from a single magma. It has been suggested that there were two igneous stages (deep magma chamber and shallow magma chamber or surface lava flow) on the basis of chemical zoning features of pyroxenes which have homogeneous Mg-rich cores and FeO, CaO zoning at the rims. Nyquist et al. reported that FG has a different initial Sr isotopic ratio than CG and DML, and suggested the possibility of magma mixing on Mars. Here we report new results of petrology and mineralogy for DML and the Olivine-rich lithology (we do not use DN here), the most evolved lithology in this rock, to understand the relationship among lithologies and reveal Zagami s formation history