Primordial argon isotope fractionation in the atmosphere of Mars measured by the SAM instrument on Curiosity and implications for atmospheric loss

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 5605-5609

  Atreya, Sushil K ^a   Trainer, Melissa G ^b   Franz, Heather B ^b   Wong, Michael H ^a   Manning, Heidi L K ^c   Malespin, Charles A ^b   Mahaffy, Paul R ^b   Conrad, Pamela G ^b   Brunner, Anna E ^b   Leshin, Laurie A ^d   Jones, John H ^e   Webster, Christopher R ^f   Owen, Tobias C ^g   Pepin, Robert O ^h   Navarro Gonzalez R ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Université du Québec à Montréal   (United States)

^d Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^e NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

argon isotopes; atmospheric loss; habitability; Mars; planetary atmospheres; solar system

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPES; HABITABILITY; HIGH-PRECISION MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER;

FRACTIONATION; METEORITES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ISOTOPES;

ARGON ISOTOPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; METEORITE;

EID: 84887133112     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057763     Document Type: Article

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