Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Widespread impact-generated porosity in early planetary crusts

  • Sean E. Wiggins,
  • Brandon C. Johnson,
  • Gareth S. Collins,
  • H. Jay Melosh,
  • Simone Marchi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32445-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Large impacts can create deep lying porosity far away from the crater. This result explains GRAIL’s findings and suggests impacts could support widespread fluid circulation, which has implications for habitable environments on early Earth and Mars.