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

• Main Authors: Dworkin, J., Ming, D., Summons, R., Coll, P., Grotzinger, J., Szopa, C., Glavin, Daniel P., McKay, C., Freissinet, Caroline, Miller, K., Archer, D., Eigenbrode, J., Franz, H., Martin, M., Navarro-Gonzalez, R., Coscia, D., Cabane, M., Sutter, B., Brunner, A., Kashyap, S., Buch, A., Mahaffy, P., Conrad, P., Steele, A., Brinkerhoff, W.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20140017076

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...