Martian Gases in an Antarctic Meteorite?

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Bogard, D. D., Johnson, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1983
• Subjects: Antarctic; Elephant Moraine; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.221.4611.651; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.221.4611.651

Significant abundances of trapped argon, krypton, and xenon have been measured in shock-altered phases of the achondritic meteorite Elephant Moraine 79001 from Antarctica. The relative elemental abundances, the high ratios of argon-40 to argon-36 (≥ 2000), and the high ratios of xenon-129 to xenon-1...