Volatile, Isotope, and Organic Analysis of Martian Fines with the Mars Curiosity Rover

A. Leshin, L.; R. Mahaffy, P.; R. Webster, C.; Cabane, M.; Coll, P.; G. Conrad, P.; D. Archer, P.; K. Atreya, S.; E. Brunner, A.; Buch, A.; L. Eigenbrode, J.; J. Flesch, G.; B. Franz, H.; Freissinet, C.; P. Glavin, D.; C. McAdam, A.; E. Miller, K.; W. Ming, D.; V. Morris, R.; Navarro-González, R.; B. Niles, P.; Owen, T.; O. Pepin, R.; Squyres, S.; Steele, A.; C. Stern, J.; E. Summons, R.; Y. Sumner, D.; Sutter, B.; Szopa, C.; Teinturier, S.; G. Trainer, M.; J. Wray, J.; P. Grotzinger, J.; Science Team, MSL; Kemppinen, Osku; Bridges, Nathan; R. Johnson, Jeffrey; Minitti, Michelle; Cremers, David; F. Bell, James; Edgar, Lauren; Farmer, Jack; Godber, Austin; Wadhwa, Meenakshi; Wellington, Danika; McEwan, Ian; Newman, Claire; Richardson, Mark; Charpentier, Antoine; Peret, Laurent; King, Penelope; Blank, Jennifer; Weigle, Gerald; Schmidt, Mariek; Li, Shuai; Milliken, Ralph; Robertson, Kevin; Sun, Vivian; Baker, Michael; Edwards, Christopher; Ehlmann, Bethany; Farley, Kenneth; Griffes, Jennifer; Miller, Hayden; Newcombe, Megan; Pilorget, Cedric; Rice, Melissa; Siebach, Kirsten; Stack, Katie; Stolper, Edward; Brunet, Claude; Hipkin, Victoria; Léveillé, Richard; Marchand, Geneviève; Sobrón Sánchez, Pablo; Favot, Laurent; Cody, George; Flückiger, Lorenzo; Lees, David; Nefian, Ara; Martin, Mildred; Gailhanou, Marc; Westall, Frances; Israël, Guy; Agard, Christophe; Baroukh, Julien; Donny, Christophe; Gaboriaud, Alain; Guillemot, Philippe; Lafaille, Vivian; Lorigny, Eric; Paillet, Alexis; Pérez, René; Saccoccio, Muriel; Yana, Charles; Armiens‐Aparicio, Carlos; Caride Rodríguez, Javier; Carrasco Blázquez, Isaías; Gómez Gómez, Felipe; Gómez-Elvira, Javier; Hettrich, Sebastian; Lepinette Malvitte, Alain; Marín Jiménez, Mercedes; Martínez-Frías, Jesús; Martín-Soler, Javier; Javier Martín-Torres, F.; Molina Jurado, Antonio; Mora-Sotomayor, Luis; Muñoz Caro, Guillermo; Navarro López, Sara; Peinado-González, Verónica; Pla-García, Jorge; Antonio Rodriguez Manfredi, José; José Romeral-Planelló, Julio; Alejandra Sans Fuentes, Sara; Sebastian Martinez, Eduardo; Torres Redondo, Josefina; Urqui-O’Callaghan, Roser; Zorzano Mier, María-Paz; Chipera, Steve; Lacour, Jean-Luc; Mauchien, Patrick; Sirven, Jean-Baptiste; Manning, Heidi; Fairén, Alberto; Hayes, Alexander; Joseph, Jonathan; Sullivan, Robert; Thomas, Peter; Dupont, Audrey; Lundberg, Angela; Melikechi, Noureddine; Mezzacappa, Alissa; DeMarines, Julia; Grinspoon, David; Reitz, Günther; Prats, Benito; Atlaskin, Evgeny; Genzer, Maria; Harri, Ari-Matti; Haukka, Harri; Kahanpää, Henrik; Kauhanen, Janne; Kemppinen, Osku; Paton, Mark; Polkko, Jouni; Schmidt, Walter; Siili, Tero; Fabre, Cécile; Beth Wilhelm, Mary; Poitrasson, Franck; Patel, Kiran; Gorevan, Stephen; Indyk, Stephen; Paulsen, Gale; Gupta, Sanjeev; Bish, David; Schieber, Juergen; Gondet, Brigitte; Langevin, Yves; Geffroy, Claude; Baratoux, David; Berger, Gilles; Cros, Alain; d’Uston, Claude; Forni, Olivier; Gasnault, Olivier; Lasue, Jérémie; Lee, Qiu-Mei; Maurice, Sylvestre; Meslin, Pierre-Yves; Pallier, Etienne; Parot, Yann; Pinet, Patrick; Schröder, Susanne; Toplis, Mike; Lewin, Éric; Brunner, Will; Heydari, Ezat; Achilles, Cherie; Oehler, Dorothy; Coscia, David; Israël, Guy; Dromart, Gilles; Robert, François; Sautter, Violaine; Le Mouélic, Stéphane; Mangold, Nicolas; Nachon, Marion; Stalport, Fabien; François, Pascaline; Raulin, François; Cameron, James; Clegg, Sam; Cousin, Agnès; DeLapp, Dorothea; Dingler, Robert; Steele Jackson, Ryan; Johnstone, Stephen

doi:10.1126/science.1238937

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Volatile, Isotope, and Organic Analysis of Martian Fines with the Mars Curiosity Rover

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Authors:

L. A. Leshin

P. R. Mahaffy

C. R. Webster

Abstract

Samples from the Rocknest aeolian deposit were heated to ~835°C under helium flow and evolved gases analyzed by Curiosity’s Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite. H 2 O, SO 2 , CO 2 , and O 2 were the major gases released. Water abundance (1.5 to 3 weight percent) and release temperature suggest ...

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