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古代火星上的富氮大气与同位素演化模型一致

A nitrogen-rich atmosphere on ancient Mars consistent with isotopic evolution models

Renyu Hu, Trent B. Thomas

摘要:

火星大气中氮同位素的比例是制约火星大气演化的关键因素。然而,由于溅射和光化学过程造成的大气损失,预计重同位素的富集程度大于测量值。一个大规模的,多酒吧早期的二氧化碳为主的大气和最近的火山出气已被提出来解释这种差异,许多以前的模型已经假设大气氮迅速达到稳定状态,损失到空间平衡火山出气。在这里,我们使用随时间变化的模型表明,火星大气中氮的丰度和同位素组成可以用一系列进化情景来解释,在这些情景中,氮的初始分压足够高,无法达到稳定状态,氮水平逐渐下降到今天的值超过40亿年。我们的解决方案不需要一个多酒吧早期的CO2大气,并与火山出气地质测绘和大气中的36 Ar/38 Ar比表示一致。包括这些情景的蒙特卡罗模拟估计,在38亿年前形成山谷网络时,N2的分压为60 - 740毫巴(90%置信度,中值为310毫巴)。我们认为,如此高的氮分压可能对早期火星的变暖有很大的贡献。

英文摘要:

The ratio of nitrogen isotopes in the Martian atmosphere is a key constraint on the planet's atmospheric evolution. However, enrichment of the heavy isotope expected due to atmospheric loss from sputtering and photochemical processes is greater than measurements. A massive, multi-bar early CO2-dominated atmosphere and recent volcanic outgassing have been proposed to explain this discrepancy, and many previous models have assumed atmospheric nitrogen rapidly reached a steady state where loss to space balanced volcanic outgassing. Here we show using time-dependent models that the abundance and isotopic composition of nitrogen in the Martian atmosphere can be explained by a family of evolutionary scenarios in which the initial partial pressure of nitrogen is sufficiently high that a steady state is not reached and nitrogen levels gradually decline to present-day values over 4 billion years. Our solutions do not require a multi-bar early CO2 atmosphere and are consistent with volcanic outgassing indicated by both geologic mapping and the atmospheric 36Ar/38Ar ratio. Monte Carlo simulations that include these scenarios estimate that the partial pressure of N2 was 60 - 740 mbar (90% confidence, with a median value of 310 mbar) at 3.8 billion years ago when the valley networks formed. We suggest that such a high nitrogen partial pressure could have contributed substantially to warming on early Mars.

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