A sink for methane on Mars? The answer is blowing in the wind

Knak Jensen, Svend J.; Skibsted, Jørgen; Jakobsen, Hans J.; ten Kate, Inge L.; Gunnlaugsson, Haraldur P.; Merrison, Jonathan P.; Finster, Kai; Bak, Ebbe; Iversen, Jens J.; Kondrup, Jens C.; Nørnberg, Per

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.03.036

A sink for methane on Mars? The answer is blowing in the wind

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A sink for methane on Mars? The answer is blowing in the wind

Knak Jensen, Svend J.; Skibsted, Jørgen; Jakobsen, Hans J.; ten Kate, Inge L.; Gunnlaugsson, Haraldur P.; Merrison, Jonathan P.; Finster, Kai; Bak, Ebbe; Iversen, Jens J.; Kondrup, Jens C.; Nørnberg, Per

(2014) Icarus, volume 236, pp. 24 - 27

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Abstract

Tumbling experiments that mimic the wind erosion of quartz grains in an atmosphere of 13C-enriched methane are reported. The eroded grains are analyzed by 13C and 29Si solid-state NMR techniques after several months of tumbling. The analysis shows that methane has reacted with the eroded surface to form covalent Si-CH3 ... read more

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Keywords: Aeolian processes, Atmospheres, chemistry, Mars, atmosphere, Space and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.03.036

ISSN: 0019-1035

Publisher: Academic Press Inc.

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