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 and (2) a Remote Micro Imager (RMI), for the imaging context of laser analysis. 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 occur. ChemCam analysis demonstrates that those fracture fills consist of calcium sulfates.[


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    Title :

    Calcium Sulfate Characterized by Chemcam/Curiousity at Gale Crater, Mars


    Contributors:
    Nachon, M. (author) / Clegg, S. M. (author) / Mangold, N. (author) / Schroeder, S. (author) / Kah, L. C. (author) / Dromart, G. (author) / Ollila, A. (author) / Johnson, J. R (author) / Oehler, D. Z. (author) / Bridges, J. C. (author)

    Conference:

    Lunar and Planetary Science Conrference ; 2014 ; The Woodlands, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2014-03-17


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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