Calcium Sulfate Characterized by ChemCam/Curiosity at Gale Crater, MarsOnboard 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].
Document ID
20140006499
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Nachon, M. (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Nantes, France)
Clegg, S. N. (Los Alamos National Lab. NM, United States)
Mangold, N. (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Nantes, France)
Schroeder, S. (Toulouse Univ. France)
Kah, L. C. (Tennessee Univ. Knoxville, TN, United States)
Dromart, G. (Lyon-1 Univ. Lyon, France)
Ollila, A. (New Mexico Univ. Albuquerque, NM, United States)
Johnson, J. R. (Johns Hopkins Univ. Laurel, MD, United States)
Oehler, D. Z. (Jacobs Technology, Inc. Houston, TX, United States)
Bridges, J. C. (Leicester Univ. United Kingdom)
LeMouelic, S. (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Nantes, France)
Forni, O. (Toulouse Univ. France)
Wiens, R. C. (Los Alamos National Lab. NM, United States)
Rapin, W. (Toulouse Univ. France)
Anderson, R. B. (Geological Survey Flagstaff, AZ, United States)
Blaney, D. L. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bell, J. F. , III (Arizona State Univ. Tempe, AZ, United States)
Clark, B. (Space Science Inst. Boulder, CO, United States)
Cousin, A. (Los Alamos National Lab. NM, United States)
Dyar, M. D. (Mount Holyoke Coll. South Hadley, MA, United States)
Ehlmann, B. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Fabre, C. (Paris VI Univ. France)
Gasnault, O. (Toulouse Univ. France)
Grotzinger, J. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lasue, J. (Toulouse Univ. France)
Lewin, E. (ISTerre Grenoble, France)
Leveille, R. (Canadian Space Agency Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
McLennan, S. (State Univ. of New York Stony Brook, NY, United States)
Maurice, S. (Toulouse Univ. France)
Meslin, P.-Y. (Toulouse Univ. France)
Rice, M. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Squyres, S. W. (Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY, United States)
Stack, K. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Sumner, D. Y. (California Univ. Davis, CA, United States)
Vaniman, D. (Planetary Science Inst. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Wellington, D. (Arizona State Univ. Tempe, AZ, United States)