The Deuterium to Hydrogen Ratio in the Water that Formed the Yellowknife Bay Mudstones in Gale Crater

• Main Authors: Mahaffy, Paul R., Kashyap, Srishti, Atreya, Sushil K., Jones, J., Brunner, Anna E., Mcadam, Amy Catherine, Navarro-Gonzales, Rafael, Stern, Jennifer Claire, Leshin, Laurie Ann, Webster, Chris R.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration; Astrophysics; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay; Bay Lake
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20140005418

A suite of isotope ratios of light elements in the present martian atmosphere (13C/12C, 15N/14N, 18O/16O, 38Ar/36Ar, and D/H) are all substantially enriched in the heavy element suggesting atmospheric loss to space over the past billions of years with preferential loss of the lighter isotope from ea...