Understanding the signature of rock coatings in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy data

Icarus

Volumn 249, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-73

  Lanza, Nina L ^a   Ollila, Ann M ^b   Cousin, Agnes ^a   Wiens, Roger C ^a   Clegg, Samuel ^a   Mangold, Nicolas ^c   Bridges, Nathan ^d   Cooper, Daniel ^a   Schmidt, Mariek ^e   Berger, Jeffrey ^f   Arvidson, Raymond ^g   Melikechi, Noureddine ^h   Newsom, Horton E ^b   Tokar, Robert ⁱ   Hardgrove, Craig ^j   Mezzacappa, Alissa ^h   Jackson, Ryan S ^b   Clark, Benton ^k   Forni, Olivier ^l,m   Maurice, Sylvestre ^l,m   Nachon, Marion ^c   Anderson, Ryan B ⁿ   Blank, Jennifer ^o   Deans, Matthew ^p   Delapp, Dorothea ^a   Léveillé, Richard ^q   McInroy, Rhonda ^a   Martinez, Ronald ^a   Meslin, Pierre Yves ^l,m   Pinet, Patrick ^l,m   more..

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^m IRAP   (France)

ⁿ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^o BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^p NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^q MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Experimental techniques; Geological processes; Mars, surface; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027933845     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.05.038     Document Type: Article

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