Volatile and Organic Compositions of Sedimentary Rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Ming, D. W., Archer, P. D., Glavin, D. P., Eigenbrode, J. L., Franz, H. B., Sutter, B., Brunner, A. E., Stern, J. C., Freissinet, C., McAdam, A. C., Mahaffy, P. R., Cabane, M., Coll, P., Campbell, J. L., Atreya, S. K., Niles, P. B., Bell, J. F., III, Bish, D. L., Brinckerhoff, W. B., Buch, A., Conrad, P. G., Des Marais, D. J., Ehlmann, B. L., Fairén, A. G., Farley, K., Flesch, G. J., Francois, P., Gellert, R., Grant, J. A., Grotzinger, J. P., Gupta, S., Herkenhoff, K. E., Hurowitz, J. A., Leshin, L. A., Lewis, K. W., McLennan, S. M., Miller, K. E., Moersch, J., Morris, R. V., Navarro-González, R., Pavlov, A. A., Perrett, G. M., Pradler, I., Squyres, S. W., Summons, R. E., Steele, A., Stolper, E. M., Sumner, D. Y., Szopa, C., Teinturier, S., Trainer, M. G., Treiman, A. H., Vaniman, D. T., Vasavada, A. R., Webster, C. R., Wray, J. J., Yingst, R. A., MSL Science Team
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2014
• Subjects: Yellowknife Bay; Gale Crater; Mars; Mars Science Laboratory; Curiosity; Yellowknife
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1245267

Hâ‚‚O, COâ‚‚, SOâ‚‚, Oâ‚‚, Hâ‚‚, Hâ‚‚S, HCl, chlorinated hydrocarbons, NO and other trace gases were evolved during pyrolysis of two mudstone samples acquired by the Curiosity rover at Yellowknife Bay within Gale crater, Mars. Hâ‚‚O/OH-bearing phases included 2:1 phyllosilicate(s), bassanite, akagan...