Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy of soils, rocks and ice at subzero temperatures in simulated martian conditions

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1546-1556

  Lazic, V ^a   Rauschenbach, I ^b   Jovicevic, S ^c   Jessberger, E K ^b   Fantoni, R ^a   Di Fino, M ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Ice; LIBS; Soil; Temperature; Water

Indexed keywords

ICE; LASER APPLICATIONS; ROCKS; SUPERCOOLING; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; SIMULATED MARTIAN CONDITIONS; SURFACE POLISHING;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 36849095585     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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