Decarboxylation of Carbon Compounds as a Potential Source for CO2 and CO Observed by SAM at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

• Main Authors: Archer, P. Jr., Eigenbrode, J. L., Bower, H.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20140011762

Martian carbon was detected in the Sheepbed mudtsone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument onboard Curiosity, the rover of the Mars Science Laboratory missio]. The carbon was detected as CO2 thermally evolved from drilled and sieved rock powder that wa...