Widespread impact-generated porosity in early planetary crusts - Nature.com


8/16/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 8 months ago

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.

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