The Alpha Particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS) on the Curiosity rover in Gale Crater [1] is the 4th such instrument to have landed on Mars [2]. Along the rover's traverse down-section toward Glenelg (through sol 102), the APXS has examined four rocks and one soil [3]. Gale rocks are geochemically diverse and expand the range of Martian rock compositions to include high volatile and alkali contents (up to 3.0 wt% K2O) with high Fe and Mn (up to 29.2% FeO*).


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    Titel :

    APXS of First Rocks Encountered by Curiosity in Gale Crater: Geochemical Diversity and Volatile Element (K and ZN) Enrichment


    Beteiligte:
    Schmidt, M. E. (Autor:in) / King, P. L. (Autor:in) / Gellert, R. (Autor:in) / Elliott, B. (Autor:in) / Thompson, L. (Autor:in) / Berger, J. (Autor:in) / Bridges, J. (Autor:in) / Campbell, J. L (Autor:in) / Grotzinger, J. (Autor:in) / Hurowitz, J. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ; 2013 ; TheWoodlands, TX, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.2013


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch