Calibration of carbonate composition using micro-raman analysis: application to planetary surface exploration

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-309

  Rividi, Nicolas ^a   Van Zuilen, Mark ^a,b   Philippot, Pascal ^a   Ménez, Bénédicte ^a   Godard, Gaston ^a   Poidatz, Emmanuel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biosignatures; Carbonates; Composition; Mars; Raman; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPACE FLIGHT; STANDARD; SURFACE PROPERTY; ARCHAEON;

ARCHAEA; CALIBRATION; CARBONATES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; PLANETS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77952502305     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0388     Document Type: Article

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