Category: Planetary Geology

Correct Frame of reference for Planetary Geology

Follow the Methane! – Air & Space Magazine

Follow the Methane!Air & Space MagazineBut regardless of whether the methane comes from geologic or microbial activity, finding it is difficult. The spikes in methane concentration seen by Curiosity only amounted to seven parts per billion, and that was a…

Follow the Methane! – Air & Space Magazine

Follow the Methane!Air & Space MagazineBut regardless of whether the methane comes from geologic or microbial activity, finding it is difficult. The spikes in methane concentration seen by Curiosity only amounted to seven parts per billion, and that was a…

Follow the Methane! – Air & Space Magazine

Follow the Methane!Air & Space MagazineGenerally, a biological source should show more of the lighter isotopes of methane while geological sources would have a more evenly distributed ratio, he said. Measuring isotopes, however, requires large amounts of the gas. “It…

Follow the Methane! – Air & Space Magazine

Follow the Methane!Air & Space MagazineGenerally, a biological source should show more of the lighter isotopes of methane while geological sources would have a more evenly distributed ratio, he said. Measuring isotopes, however, requires large amounts of the gas. “It…

Follow the Methane! – Air & Space Magazine

Follow the Methane!Air & Space MagazineGenerally, a biological source should show more of the lighter isotopes of methane while geological sources would have a more evenly distributed ratio, he said. Measuring isotopes, however, requires large amounts of the gas. “It…

Follow the Methane! – Air & Space Magazine

Follow the Methane!Air & Space MagazineBut regardless of whether the methane comes from geologic or microbial activity, finding it is difficult. The spikes in methane concentration seen by Curiosity only amounted to seven parts per billion, and that was a…

Follow the Methane! – Air & Space Magazine

Follow the Methane!Air & Space MagazineGenerally, a biological source should show more of the lighter isotopes of methane while geological sources would have a more evenly distributed ratio, he said. Measuring isotopes, however, requires large amounts of the gas. “It…

Follow the Methane! – Air & Space Magazine

Follow the Methane!Air & Space MagazineGenerally, a biological source should show more of the lighter isotopes of methane while geological sources would have a more evenly distributed ratio, he said. Measuring isotopes, however, requires large amounts of the gas. “It…

Follow the Methane! – Air & Space Magazine

Follow the Methane!Air & Space MagazineGenerally, a biological source should show more of the lighter isotopes of methane while geological sources would have a more evenly distributed ratio, he said. Measuring isotopes, however, requires large amounts of the gas. “It…