Abundance and Isotopic Composition of Gases in the Martian Atmosphere from the Curiosity Rover

P. Mahaffy; C. Webster; S. Atreya; H. Franz; Michael Wong; P. Conrad; D. Harpold; J. Jones; L. A. Leshin; H. Manning; T. Owen; R. Pepin; S. Squyres; M. Trainer

DOI:10.1126/science.1237966

Corpus ID: 206548973

Abundance and Isotopic Composition of Gases in the Martian Atmosphere from the Curiosity Rover

@article{Mahaffy2013AbundanceAI,
  title={Abundance and Isotopic Composition of Gases in the Martian Atmosphere from the Curiosity Rover},
  author={P. Mahaffy and C. Webster and S. Atreya and H. Franz and Michael Wong and P. Conrad and D. Harpold and J. Jones and L. A. Leshin and H. Manning and T. Owen and R. Pepin and S. Squyres and M. Trainer},
  journal={Science},
  year={2013},
  volume={341},
  pages={263 - 266}
}

P. Mahaffy, C. Webster, +11 authors M. Trainer

Published 2013

Environmental Science, Medicine

Science

Mars' Atmosphere from Curiosity The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on the Curiosity rover that landed on Mars in August last year is designed to study the chemical and isotopic composition of the martian atmosphere. Mahaffy et al. (p. 263) present volume-mixing ratios of Mars' five major atmospheric constituents (CO2, Ar, N2, O2, and CO) and isotope measurements of 40Ar/36Ar and C and O in CO2, based on data from one of SAM's instruments, obtained between 31 August and 21 November… CONTINUE READING

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