The Amorphous Component in Martian Basaltic Soil in Global Perspective from MSL and MER MissionsThe mineralogy instrument CheMin onboard the MSL rover Curiosity analyzed by transmission XRD [1] the <150 microns size fraction of putative global basaltic martian soil from scoops 4 and 5 of the Rocknest aeolian bedform (sol 81-120). Here, we combine chemical (APXS) and mineralogical (Mossbauer; MB) results from the MER rovers with chemical (APXS) and mineralogical (CheMin) results from Curiosity to constrain the relative proportions of amorphous and crystalline components, the bulk chemical composition of those components, and the
Document ID
20130010069
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Morris, R. V. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Ming, D. W. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Blake, D. F. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Vaniman, D. T.
Bish, D. L. (Indiana Univ. United States)
Chipera, S. J.
Downs, R. T.
Gellert, R. (Guelph Univ. Ontario, Canada)
Treiman, A. H. (Lunar and Planetary Inst. Houston, TX, United States)
Yen, A. S. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Achilles, C. N. (Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. Houston, TX, United States)
Anderson, R. C. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bristow, T. F. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Crisp, J. A. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Des Marais, D. J. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Farmer, J. D.
Grotzinger, J. P. (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Leshin, L. A.
McAdam, A. C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Morookian, J. M. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Morrison, S. M.
Rampe, E. B. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Sarrazin, P. C. (inXitu United States)
Spanovich, N. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Stolper, E. M. (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)