Landed XRD/XRF analysis of prime targets in the search for past or present Martian life

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E13, 1998, Pages 31477-31489

  Vaniman, D ^a,b,c,d   Bish, D ^a   Blake, D ^a   Elliott, S T ^a   Sarrazin, P ^a   Collins, S A ^a   Chiperai, S ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FOSSIL; INSTRUMENTATION; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROMETRY; VOLCANO; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXOBIOLOGY; FOSSILS; MARS; MINERALS; ROBOTICS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

MARS; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 0032567259     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE01428     Document Type: Article

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