ChemCam results from the Shaler outcrop in Gale crater, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 249, Issue , 2015, Pages 2-21

  Anderson, Ryan ^a   Bridges, J C ^b   Williams, A ^c   Edgar, L ^d   Ollila, A ^e   Williams, J ^e   Nachon, M ^f   Mangold, N ^f   Fisk, M ^g   Schieber, J ^h   Gupta, S ⁱ   Dromart, G ^j   Wiens, R ^k   Le Mouelic S ^f   Forni, O ^l   Lanza, N ^k   Mezzacappa, A ^m   Sautter, V ⁿ   Blaney, D ^o   Clark, B ^p   Clegg, S ^k   Gasnault, O ^l   Lasue, J ^l   Leveille R ^q   Lewin, E ^r   Lewis, K W ^s   Maurice, S ^l   Newsom, H ^e   Schwenzer, S P ^t   Vaniman, D ^u   more..

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^k LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^l IRAP   (France)

^m DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ Museum Histoire Naturelle de Paris   (France)

^o CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^p Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^q MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^s JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^u PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Mars; Mars, surface; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922509482     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.07.025     Document Type: Article

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