Calcium Sulfate Characterized by ChemCam/Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars

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, Cur...

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Main Authors: Bridges, J. C., Maurice, S., Anderson, R. B., Blaney, D. L., Lewin, E., LeMouelic, S., Rapin, W., Wellington, D., Vaniman, D., Clegg, S. N., Leveille, R., Mangold, N., Oehler, D. Z., Gasnault, O., Wiens, R. C., Nachon, M., Bell, J. F. , III, Ehlmann, B., Grotzinger, J., Dromart, G., Johnson, J. R., McLennan, S., Lasue, J., Dyar, M. D., Clark, B., Meslin, P.-Y., Stack, K., Ollila, A., Fabre, C., Forni, O., Cousin, A., Sumner, D. Y., Squyres, S. W., Schroeder, S., Rice, M., Kah, L. C.
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Published: 2014
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Geophysics
Yellowknife
Yellowknife Bay
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20140006499
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Summary: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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