Textural and modal analyses of picritic basalts with ChemCam Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Cousin, A ^a   Sautter, V ^b   Fabre, C ^c   Maurice, S ^a   Wiens, R C ^d  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; MARS; OLIVINE; PHENOCRYST; PICRITE; PYROXENE; SATELLITE MISSION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84867567352     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JE004132     Document Type: Article

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