Origin of Chlorobenzene Detected by the Curiosity Rover in Yellowknife Bay: Evidence for Martian Organics in the Sheepbed Mudstone

• Main Authors: Brunner, A., Conrad, P., Ming, D., Grotzinger, J., Navarro-Gonzalez, R., Mahaffy, P., Glavin, D., Coll, P., Steele, A., Miller, K., Archer, D., Coscia, D., Freissnet, C., Martin, M., Summons, R. E., Buch, A., Sutter, B., Cabane, M., Eigenbrode, J., Szopa, C., Teinturier, S., Dworkin, J., McKay, C.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20140011764

The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on the Curiosity rover is designed to determine the inventory of organic and inorganic volatiles thermally evolved from solid samples using a combination of evolved gas analysis (EGA), gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS), and tunable laser spectro...