Evolved Gas Analyses of Sedimentary Rocks and Eolian Sediment in Gale Crater, Mars: Results of the Curiosity Rover's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Instrument from Yellowknife Bay to the Namib Dune

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
• Main Authors: Sutter, B., McAdam, A. C., Mahaffy, P. R., Ming, D. W., Edgett, K. S., Rampe, E. B., Eigenbrode, J. L., Franz, H. B., Freissinet, C., Grotzinger, J. P., Steele, A., House, C. H., Archer, P. D., Malespin, C. A., Navarro-González, R., Stern, J. C., Bell, J. F., Calef, F. J., Gellert, R., Glavin, D. P., Thompson, L. M., Yen, A. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2017
• Subjects: Mars; nitrate; perchlroate; carbonate; organic-carbon; sulfate; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JE005225

The Sample Analysis at Mars instrument evolved gas analyzer (SAM-EGA) has detected evolved water, H_2, SO_2, H_2S, NO, CO_2, CO, O_2 and HCl from two eolian sediments and nine sedimentary rocks from Gale Crater, Mars. These evolved gas detections indicate nitrates, organics, oxychlorine phase, and s...