Calibration of the Mars Science Laboratory alpha particle X-ray spectrometer

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 170, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 319-340

  Campbell, John L ^a   Perrett, Glynis M ^a   Gellert, Ralf ^a   Andrushenko, Stefan M ^a   Boyd, Nicholas I ^a   Maxwell, John A ^a   King, Penelope L ^b,c   Schofield, Céleste D M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

APXS; Calibration; Geochemical analysis; Mars; MSL

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS PROCESS; APXS; ATOMIC NUMBERS; EXPECTED VALUES; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL REFERENCE MATERIAL; HOMOGENEOUS SAMPLES; INSTRUMENT SETUP; ITERATIVE CORRECTIONS; LANDING SITE; MARS; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY MISSIONS; MINERAL PHASIS; MSL; ROUTINE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE COMPOSITION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ATOMS; BASALT; BROMINE; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; MANGANESE; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; RUBIDIUM; SILICATES; SITE SELECTION; SODIUM; SPECTROMETERS; STRONTIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

MINERALS;

EID: 84866739376     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-012-9873-5     Document Type: Article

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