Testing the veracity of LIBS analyses on Mars using the LIBSSIM program

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-54

  McCanta, M C ^a   Dobosh, P A ^b   Dyar, M D ^b   Newsom, H E ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk composition; Mars; Mission data; Surface composition

Indexed keywords

BULK CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BULK COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL INFORMATION; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN; MARS; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; MISSION DATA;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SOFTWARE TESTING; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING;

EID: 84878107062     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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