Igneous mineralogy at bradbury rise: The first chemcam campaign at gale crater

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-46

  Sautter, V ^a   Fabre, C ^b   Forni, O ^c   Toplis, M J ^c   Cousin, A ^d   Ollila, A M ^e   Meslin, P Y ^c   Maurice, S ^c   Wiens, R C ^d   Baratoux, D ^c   Mangold, N ^f   Le Mouelic S ^f   Gasnault, O ^c   Berger, G ^c   Lasue, J ^c   Anderson, R A ^g   Lewin, E ^h   Schmidt, M ⁱ   Dyar, D ^j   Ehlmann, B L ^k   Bridges, J ^l   Clark, B ^m   Pinet, P ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

ⁱ BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^k CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^m Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

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Author keywords

ChemCam; Curiosity; feldspar; Gale Crater; igneous rocks; laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)

Indexed keywords

ALKALI FELDSPAR; CRATER; IGNEOUS ROCK; MARS; MINERALOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84896889706     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JE004472     Document Type: Article

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