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Abiotic Input of Fixed Nitrogen by Bolide Impacts to Gale Crater During the Hesperian: Insights From the Mars Science Laboratory
Rafael Navarro-González
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Karina F. Navarro
1
Patrice Coll
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Christopher P. Mckay
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Jennifer C. Stern
4
Brad Sutter
5, 6
P. Douglas Archer Jr
6, 5
Arnaud Buch
7
Michel Cabane
8
Pamela Conrad
4
Jennifer L. Eigenbrode
4
Heather Franz
4
Caroline Freissinet
8
Daniel P. Glavin
4
Joanna V. Hogancamp
5, 6
Amy Mcadam
4
Charles A. Malespin
4
F. Javier Martin-Torres
9
Douglas W. Ming
6
Richard V. Morris
6
Benny Prats
4
François Raulin
2
José Antonio Rodríguez-Manfredi
10
Cyril Szopa
8
María-Paz Zorzano-Mier
9
Paul R. Mahaffy
4
Sushil Atreya
11
Melissa Trainer
4
Ashwin Vasavada
12
Rafael Navarro-González 1
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Karina F. Navarro 1
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Patrice Coll 2
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Christopher P. Mckay 3
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Jennifer C. Stern 4
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Brad Sutter 5, 6
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P. Douglas Archer Jr 6, 5
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Arnaud Buch 7
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Michel Cabane 8
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Pamela G. Conrad 4
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Jennifer L. Eigenbrode 4
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Heather B. Franz 4
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Caroline Freissinet 8
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Daniel P. Glavin 4
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Joanna V. Hogancamp 5, 6
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Amy Mcadam 4
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Charles A. Malespin 4
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F. Javier Martin-Torres 9
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Douglas W. Ming 6
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Richard V. Morris 6
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Benny Prats 4
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François Raulin 2
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José Antonio Rodríguez-Manfredi 10
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Cyril Szopa 8
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María-Paz Zorzano-Mier 9
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Paul R. Mahaffy 4
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Sushil Atreya 11
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Melissa Grady Trainer 4
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Ashwin Vasavada 12
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Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares [Mexico] (04510 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexique - Mexico)
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LISA (UMR_7583) - Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques ( Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne - Bât. Lamarck case postale 7059 - Faculté des Sciences et Technologie 61 avenue du Général de Gaulle 94010 Créteil Cedex - France)
- UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 : UMR_7583 (61 avenue du Général de Gaulle - 94010 Créteil cedex - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- UPD7 - Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 : UMR_7583 (5 rue Thomas-Mann - 75205 Paris cedex 13 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR_7583 (France)
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ARC - NASA Ames Research Center (Moffett Field, California 94035 - United States)
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GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD 20771 - United States)
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Jacobs Technology ESCG (2224 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058 - United States)
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JSC - NASA Johnson Space Center (NASA, Parkway Houston, Texas 77058 - United States)
- NASA (www.nasa.gov - United States)
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LGPM - Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés et Matériaux - EA 4038 (CentraleSupélec - Bâtiment Eiffel - 3 rue Joliot Curie 91190 GIF-SUR-YVETTE - France)
- CentraleSupélec (3, rue Joliot Curie, Plateau de Moulon, 91192 GIF-SUR-YVETTE Cedex - France)
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IMPEC - LATMOS (France)
- LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (11 boulevard d'Alembert
Quartier des Garennes
78280 - Guyancourt - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers : UMR8190 (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8190 (France)
- UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines : UMR8190 (55 avenue de Paris - 78035 Versailles cedex - France)
- SU - Sorbonne Université : UMR8190 (21 rue de l’École de médecine - 75006 Paris - France)
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Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering [Luleå] (971 87 Luleå , Sweden - Sweden)
- LUT - Luleå University of Technology (SE-97187 Luleå, Sweden - Sweden)
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CAB - Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid] (28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid - Spain)
- INTA - Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial ( Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid - Spain)
- CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (Serrano 117, 28006 Madrid - Spain)
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AOSS - Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences [Ann Arbor] (Ann Arbor, MI 48109 - United States)
- University of Michigan [Ann Arbor] (500 Church Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1090 - United States)
- University of Michigan System (Michigan - United States)
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JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA - United States)
- NASA (www.nasa.gov - United States)
- CALTECH - California Institute of Technology (1200 East California Blvd, Pasadena, California 91125 - United States)
Abstract : Molecular hydrogen (H2) from volcanic emissions is suggested to warm the Martian surface when carbon dioxide (CO2) levels dropped from the Noachian (4100 to 3700 Myr) to the Hesperian (3700 to 3000 Myr). Its presence is expected to shift the conversion of molecular nitrogen (N2) into different forms of fixed nitrogen (N). Here we present experimental data and theoretical calculations that investigate the efficiency of nitrogen fixation by bolide impacts in CO2‐N2 atmospheres with or without H2. Surprisingly nitric oxide (NO) was produced more efficiently in 20% H2 in spite of being a reducing agent and not likely to increase the rate of nitrogen oxidation. Nevertheless, its presence led to a faster cooling of the shockwave raising the freeze‐out temperature of NO resulting in an enhanced yield. We estimate that the nitrogen fixation rate by bolide impacts varied from 7×10‐4 to 2×10‐3 g N Myr‐1 cm‐2, and could imply fluvial concentration to explain the nitrogen (1.4±0.7 g N Myr‐1 cm‐2) detected as nitrite (NO2–) and nitrate (NO3–) by Curiosity at Yellowknife Bay. One possible explanation is that the nitrogen detected in the lacustrine sediments at Gale was deposited entirely on the crater's surface, and was subsequently dissolved and transported by superficial and ground waters to the lake during favorable wet climatic conditions. The nitrogen content sharply decreases in younger sediments of the Murray formation suggesting a decline of H2 in the atmosphere, and the rise of oxidizing conditions causing a shortage in the supply to putative microbial life.
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Rafael Navarro-González, Karina F. Navarro, Patrice Coll, Christopher P. Mckay, Jennifer C. Stern, et al.. Abiotic Input of Fixed Nitrogen by Bolide Impacts to Gale Crater During the Hesperian: Insights From the Mars Science Laboratory. Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets, Wiley-Blackwell, 2019, 124 (1), pp.94-113. ⟨10.1029/2018je005852⟩. ⟨insu-01962074⟩
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