@article{2ff12d6f49fa4b988767281d14f660ec,
title = "Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars",
abstract = "H2O, CO2, SO2, O2, H 2, H2S, HCl, chlorinated hydrocarbons, NO, and other trace gases were evolved during pyrolysis of two mudstone samples acquired by the Curiosity rover at Yellowknife Bay within Gale crater, Mars. H 2O/OH-bearing phases included 2:1 phyllosilicate(s), bassanite, akaganeite, and amorphous materials. Thermal decomposition of carbonates and combustion of organic materials are candidate sources for the CO2. Concurrent evolution of O2 and chlorinated hydrocarbons suggests the presence of oxychlorine phase(s). Sulfides are likely sources for sulfur-bearing species. Higher abundances of chlorinated hydrocarbons in the mudstone compared with Rocknest windblown materials previously analyzed by Curiosity suggest that indigenous martian or meteoritic organic carbon sources may be preserved in the mudstone; however, the carbon source for the chlorinated hydrocarbons is not definitively of martian origin.",
author = "{MSL Science Team} and Ming, {D. W.} and Archer, {P. D.} and Glavin, {D. P.} and Eigenbrode, {J. L.} and Franz, {H. B.} and B. Sutter and Brunner, {A. E.} and Stern, {J. C.} and C. Freissinet and McAdam, {A. C.} and Mahaffy, {P. R.} and M. Cabane and P. Coll and Campbell, {J. L.} and Atreya, {S. K.} and Niles, {P. B.} and Bell, {J. F.} and Bish, {D. L.} and Brinckerhoff, {W. B.} and A. Buch and Conrad, {P. G.} and {Des Marais}, {D. J.} and Ehlmann, {B. L.} and Fair{\'e}n, {A. G.} and K. Farley and Flesch, {G. J.} and P. Francois and R. Gellert and Grant, {J. A.} and Grotzinger, {J. P.} and S. Gupta and Herkenhoff, {K. E.} and Hurowitz, {J. A.} and Leshin, {L. A.} and Lewis, {K. W.} and McLennan, {S. M.} and Miller, {K. E.} and J. Moersch and Morris, {R. V.} and R. Navarro-Gonz{\'a}lez and Pavlov, {A. A.} and Perrett, {G. M.} and I. Pradler and Squyres, {S. W.} and Summons, {R. E.} and A. Steele and Stolper, {E. M.} and Sumner, {D. Y.} and C. Szopa and Christopher Edwards",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1126/science.1245267",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "343",
journal = "Science",
issn = "0036-8075",
publisher = "American Association for the Advancement of Science",
number = "6169",
}