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The history of Martian volatiles

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Jakosky, Bruce M., Jones, John H.·1997·Reviews of Geophysics

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The behavior of water and other volatiles on Mars is key to understanding the evolution of the climate. The early climate played a fundamental role in producing the observed surface morphology and possibly in enabling the existence of an early biosphere. Geochemical and isotopic data can be used to infer the history of volatiles. On the basis of the isotopic data from the atmosphere and from components of the surface (as measured in meteorites that come from Mars), there appear to be at least two reservoirs of volatiles, one that has undergone exchange with the atmosphere and has been isotopically fractionated, and a second that is unfractionated and may represent juvenile gases. The fractionation of the atmospheric component has occurred primarily through the escape of gas to space. In addition, the atmospheric gases have mixed substantially with crustal reservoirs of volatiles. Such exchange may have occurred in aqueous or hydrothermal environments. The history of escape to space, as driven by the properties of the Sun through time, is consistent with the surface geomorphology. Together, they suggest an early environment that was substantially different from the present one and the evolution through time to a colder, dryer climate.

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  • The isotopic fractionation of noble gases in the Martian atmosphere indicates the majority of the primordial atmosphere was lost very early.

    “The escape rate of CO 2 to space until the Hesperian is highly uncertain. Escape rates were highest just after Mars' formation, and the isotopic fractionation of noble gases in the atmosphere indicates the majority of the primordial atmosphere was lost very early (Jakosky & Jones 1997).”

    From The Climate of Early Mars (2016) · cites this paper as Jakosky & Jones 1997

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Authors
Jakosky, B. M., & Jones, J. H.
Affiliations
  • University of Colorado Boulder (US)
  • Johnson Space Center (US)
Venue
Reviews of Geophysics
Published
1997-02
Volume
35
Issue
1
Pages
1-16
ISSN
  • 0096-1043 (ISSN-L)
  • 8755-1209
  • 1944-9208
OpenAlex
W2153597165
Cited by
144
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104
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FWCI
10.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Reviews of Geophysics (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Keywords
Martian volatiles, water on Mars, Mars atmosphere, isotope fractionation, volatile reservoirs, atmospheric escape, hydrothermal environments, climate evolution, Martian meteorites

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