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ArticleNature2025

An evaporite sequence from ancient brine recorded in Bennu samples.

T J McCoy, S S Russell, T J Zega, K L Thomas-Keprta, S A Singerling, F E Brenker, N E Timms, W D A Rickard, J J Barnes, G Libourel and 56 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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26 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

66 authors.

T J McCoy *Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA. mccoyt@si.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4573-3553
S S Russell *Planetary Materials Group, Natural History Museum, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5531-7847
T J ZegaLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
K L Thomas-KeprtaJacobs Technology, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA.
S A SingerlingSchwiete Cosmochemistry Laboratory, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8639-5039
F E BrenkerSchwiete Cosmochemistry Laboratory, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9735-8206
N E TimmsSpace Technology and Science Centre, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2997-4303
W D A RickardJohn de Laeter Centre, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8118-730X
J J BarnesLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
G LibourelUniversité Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange, Nice, France.
S RayDepartment of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9591-9380
C M CorriganDepartment of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
P HaenecourLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Z GainsforthSpace Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8180-3507
G DominguezDepartment of Physics, California State University, San Marcos, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0861-2744
A J KingPlanetary Materials Group, Natural History Museum, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6113-5417
L P KellerAstromaterials Research & Exploration Science (ARES), NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1560-2939
M S ThompsonDepartment of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0824-9225
S A SandfordNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA.
R H JonesDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
H YurimotoNatural History Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0702-0533
K RighterAstromaterials Research & Exploration Science (ARES), NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA.
S A EckleyJacobs Technology, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2692-2164
P A BlandSpace Technology and Science Centre, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
M A MarcusLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
D N DellaGiustinaLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5643-1956
T R IrelandSchool of the Environment, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7617-3889
N V AlmeidaPlanetary Materials Group, Natural History Museum, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4871-8225
C S HarrisonPlanetary Materials Group, Natural History Museum, London, UK.
H C BatesPlanetary Materials Group, Natural History Museum, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0469-9483
P F SchofieldPlanetary Materials Group, Natural History Museum, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0902-0588
L B SeifertAstromaterials Research & Exploration Science (ARES), NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6044-4226
N SakamotoCreative Research Institution, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2335-1359
N KawasakiNatural History Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6502-6488
F JourdanSpace Technology and Science Centre, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5626-4521
S M ReddySpace Technology and Science Centre, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4726-5714
D W SaxeyJohn de Laeter Centre, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7433-946X
I J OngLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2133-0466
B S PrinceLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6217-4290
K IshimaruLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
L R SmithLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8798-2988
M C BennerLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-5222-2792
N A KerrisonLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8977-1009
M PortailUniversité Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CRHEA, Valbonne, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2305-6758
V GuigozUniversité Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CRHEA, Valbonne, France.
P-M ZanettaCNRS, Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne, Saint-Etienne, France.
L R WardellDepartment of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-2777-7632
T GoodingDepartment of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
T R RoseDepartment of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
T SalgePlanetary Materials Group, Natural History Museum, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4414-4917
L LeJacobs Technology, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6760-2431
V M TuJacobs Technology, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Z ZeszutLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3886-3365
C MayersSpace Technology and Science Centre, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
X SunJohn de Laeter Centre, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-0943
D H HillLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0744-702X
N G LunningAstromaterials Research & Exploration Science (ARES), NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA.
V E HamiltonSouthwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8675-2083
D P GlavinNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7779-7765
J P DworkinNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3961-8997
H H KaplanNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6562-9462
I A FranchiFaculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4151-0480
K T TaitDepartment of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5403-2727
S TachibanaDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4603-9440
H C ConnollyLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1803-5098
D S LaurettaLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2597-5950

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evaporation or freezing of water-rich fluids with dilute concentrations of dissolved salts can produce brines, as observed in closed basins on Earth

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