1. Calcium Sulfate Characterized by ChemCam/Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars
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Nachon, M, Clegg, S. N, Mangold, N, Schroeder, S, Kah, L. C, Dromart, G, Ollila, A, Johnson, J. R, Oehler, D. Z, Bridges, J. C, LeMouelic, S, Forni, O, Wiens, R. C, Rapin, W, Anderson, R. B, Blaney, D. L, Bell, J. F. , III, Clark, B, Cousin, A, Dyar, M. D, Ehlmann, B, Fabre, C, Gasnault, O, Grotzinger, J, Lasue, J, Lewin, E, Leveille, R, McLennan, S, Maurice, S, Meslin, P.-Y, Rice, M, Squyres, S. W, Stack, K, Sumner, D. Y, Vaniman, D, and Wellington, D
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Geophysics - Abstract
Onboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover, the ChemCam instrument consists of :(1) a Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectrometer (LIBS) for elemental analysis of the targets [1;2] and (2) a Remote Micro Imager (RMI), for the imaging context of laser analysis [3]. Within the Gale crater, Curiosity traveled from Bradbury Landing through the Rocknest region and into Yellowknife Bay (YB). In the latter, abundant light-toned fracture-fill material were seen [4;5]. ChemCam analysis demonstrate that those fracture fills consist of calcium sulfates [6].
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- 2014