A Review of the “Black Beauty” Martian Regolith Breccia and Its Martian Habitability Record

Uninhabitable and Potentially Habitable Environments on Mars: Evidence from Meteorite ALH 84001

(2021) Allan H. Treiman   ASTROBIOLOGY

Earth-like Habitable Environments in the Subsurface of Mars

(2021) J.D. Tarnas et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Manganese oxides in Martian meteorites Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 and 7533

(2021) Yang Liu et al.   ICARUS

Abiotic and biotic processes that drive carboxylation and decarboxylation reactions

(2020) Cody S. Sheik et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Multiple early-formed water reservoirs in the interior of Mars

(2020) Jessica J. Barnes et al.   Nature Geoscience

The sulfur budget and sulfur isotopic composition of Martian regolith breccia NWA 7533

(2020) Jean‐Pierre Lorand et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Water on Mars: Insights from apatite in regolith breccia Northwest Africa 7034

(2020) Jemma Davidson et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Volatile abundances and hydrogen isotope ratios of apatite in Martian basaltic breccia NWA 11522—A paired stone of NWA 7034

(2020) Aimee Smith et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

The internal structure and geodynamics of Mars inferred from a 4.2-Gyr zircon record

(2020) Maria M. Costa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ancient geologic events on Mars revealed by zircons and apatites from the Martian regolith breccia NWA 7034

(2019) Sen Hu et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Decline of giant impacts on Mars by 4.48 billion years ago and an early opportunity for habitability

(2019) D. E. Moser et al.   Nature Geoscience

Chronology of martian breccia NWA 7034 and the formation of the martian crustal dichotomy

(2018) William S. Cassata et al.   Science Advances

A complex history of silicate differentiation of Mars from Nd and Hf isotopes in crustal breccia NWA 7034

(2018) Rosalind M.G. Armytage et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Evidence for extremely rapid magma ocean crystallization and crust formation on Mars

(2018) Laura C. Bouvier et al.   NATURE

Organic synthesis on Mars by electrochemical reduction of CO2

(2018) A. Steele et al.   Science Advances

Mineralogical constraints on the thermal history of martian regolith breccia Northwest Africa 8114

(2018) J.L. MacArthur et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

The noble gas concentrations of the Martian meteorites GRV 99027 and paired NWA 7906/NWA 7907

(2017) Peter C. Stephenson et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Habitability: A Review

(2016) C.S. Cockell et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Rare-earth-element minerals in martian breccia meteorites NWA 7034 and 7533: Implications for fluid–rock interaction in the martian crust

(2016) Yang Liu et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Ancient impactor components preserved and reworked in martian regolith breccia Northwest Africa 7034

(2016) Steven Goderis et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Regolith breccia Northwest Africa 7533: Mineralogy and petrology with implications for early Mars

(2016) Roger H. Hewins et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Heterogeneous distribution of H2 O in the Martian interior: Implications for the abundance of H2 O in depleted and enriched mantle sources

(2016) Francis M. McCubbin et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotopic and REE studies of igneous components in the bulk matrix domain of Martian breccia Northwest Africa 7034

(2016) Laurence E. Nyquist et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

The provenance, formation, and implications of reduced carbon phases in Martian meteorites

(2016) Andrew Steele et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Exsolution and shock microstructures of igneous pyroxene clasts in the Northwest Africa 7533 Martian meteorite

(2016) Hugues Leroux et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Geologic history of Martian regolith breccia Northwest Africa 7034: Evidence for hydrothermal activity and lithologic diversity in the Martian crust

(2016) Francis M. McCubbin et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Young Martian crater Gratteri and its secondary craters

(2016) Cathy Quantin et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Biosignatures on Mars: What, Where, and How? Implications for the Search for Martian Life

(2015) Frances Westall et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Pb-isotopic evidence for an early, enriched crust on Mars

(2015) J.J. Bellucci et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Petrology of igneous clasts in Northwest Africa 7034: Implications for the petrologic diversity of the martian crust

(2015) Alison R. Santos et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Nickeliferous pyrite tracks pervasive hydrothermal alteration in Martian regolith breccia: A study in NWA 7533

(2015) Jean-Pierre Lorand et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Petrography and composition of Martian regolith breccia meteorite Northwest Africa 7475

(2015) Axel Wittmann et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Tracing the fate of carbon and the atmospheric evolution of Mars

(2015) Renyu Hu et al.   Nature Communications

Modern atmospheric signatures in 4.4 Ga Martian meteorite NWA 7034

(2014) J.A. Cartwright et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Petrogenesis of a vitrophyre in the martian meteorite breccia NWA 7034

(2014) Arya Udry et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Inventory of H2 O in the ancient Martian regolith from Northwest Africa 7034: The important role of Fe oxides

(2014) Nele Muttik et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Martian meteorites and Martian magnetic anomalies: A new perspective from NWA 7034

(2014) J. Gattacceca et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Record of the ancient martian hydrosphere and atmosphere preserved in zircon from a martian meteorite

(2014) A. A. Nemchin et al.   Nature Geoscience

Habitability, Taphonomy, and the Search for Organic Carbon on Mars

(2014) J. P. Grotzinger   SCIENCE

Origin and age of the earliest Martian crust from meteorite NWA 7533

(2013) M. Humayun et al.   NATURE

Unique Meteorite from Early Amazonian Mars: Water-Rich Basaltic Breccia Northwest Africa 7034

(2013) C. B. Agee et al.   SCIENCE

Impact-generated hydrothermal systems on Earth and Mars

(2012) Gordon R. Osinski et al.   ICARUS

Global modelling of the early martian climate under a denser CO2 atmosphere: Water cycle and ice evolution

(2012) R. Wordsworth et al.   ICARUS

Is Water the Universal Solvent for Life?

(2012) A. Pohorille et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

A Reduced Organic Carbon Component in Martian Basalts

(2012) A. Steele et al.   SCIENCE

Preservation of Martian Organic and Environmental Records: Final Report of the Mars Biosignature Working Group

(2011) Roger E. Summons et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Uninhabited habitats on Mars

(2011) Charles S. Cockell et al.   ICARUS

Early Mars hydrology: 2. Hydrological evolution in the Noachian and Hesperian epochs

(2011) Jeffrey C. Andrews-Hanna et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The oxidation state of Hadean magmas and implications for early Earth’s atmosphere

(2011) Dustin Trail et al.   NATURE

Impact-generated hydrothermal systems capable of forming phyllosilicates on Noachian Mars

(2009) S. P. Schwenzer et al.   GEOLOGY

Environmental Genomics Reveals a Single-Species Ecosystem Deep Within Earth

(2008) D. Chivian et al.   SCIENCE