Remote laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy analysis of East African Rift sedimentary samples under Mars conditions

Chemical Geology

Volumn 294-295, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-151

  Dyar, M D ^a   Carmosino, M L ^b   Tucker, J M ^a   Brown, E A ^a   Clegg, S M ^c   Wiens, R C ^c   Barefield, J E ^c   Delaney, J S ^d   Ashley, G M ^d   Driese, S G ^e  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk analysis; East African Rift; Elemental analysis; LIBS; Mars; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

BULK ANALYSIS; CHEMCAM; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DATA SETS; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; LIBS; LOCAL MINIMUMS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MARS; MARTIAN SURFACE; OPTIMAL RESULTS; REMOTE LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE VALUES; SEDIMENTARY SAMPLES; TRAINING SETS; VALIDATION MODEL;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRATION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; LASER METHOD; MARS; MODEL VALIDATION; PLANETARY SURFACE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT;

EID: 84855169043     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.11.019     Document Type: Article

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