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List of works by Melinda Darby Dyar

A Fully Customized Baseline Removal Framework for Spectroscopic Applications

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A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

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A Spectral Comparison of Jarosites Using Techniques Relevant to the Robotic Exploration of Biosignatures on Mars

scientific article published on 06 December 2018

A study of machine learning regression methods for major elemental analysis of rocks using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

scholarly article by Thomas F. Boucher et al published May 2015 in Spectrochimica Acta Part B

Accurate predictions of iron redox state in silicate glasses: A multivariate approach using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 101 no. 3, March 2016

Accurate predictions of microscale oxygen barometry in basaltic glasses using V K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy: A multivariate approach

scientific article published in August 2018

Acid production by FeSO4·nH2O dissolution and implications for terrestrial and martian aquatic systems

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 94 no. 4, April 2009

Acid-fog deposition at Kilauea volcano: A possible mechanism for the formation of siliceous-sulfate rock coatings on Mars

scientific article (publication date: 2006)

Akaganeite and schwertmannite: Spectral properties and geochemical implications of their possible presence on Mars

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 100 no. 4, April 2015

Alteration of Hawaiian basalts under sulfur-rich conditions: Applications to understanding surface-atmosphere interactions on Mars and Venus

scientific article published in February 2014

Amorphization of S, Cl-salts induced by Martian Dust Activities

Amorphization of S, Cl‐Salts Induced by Martian Dust Activities

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Amorphous salts formed from rapid dehydration of multicomponent chloride and ferric sulfate brines: Implications for Mars

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An FTIR study of hydrogen in anorthoclase and associated melt inclusions

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 91 no. 1, January 2006

An Occurrence of Phlogopite-rich Alteration in the Yerington District, Nevada

scientific article published on 14 May 2019

Application of distance correction to ChemCam laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurements

Assessment of shock effects on amphibole water contents and hydrogen isotope compositions: 1. Amphibolite experiments

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CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY OF DARK BLUE AQUAMARINE FROM THE TRUE BLUE SHOWING, YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA

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Calcium sulfate veins characterized by ChemCam/Curiosity at Gale crater, Mars

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Calibration for iron redox state and oxygen fugacity in silicate glasses from x-ray absorption spectroscopy

scientific article published in September 2023

Candidates source regions of martian meteorites as identified by OMEGA/MEx

Carbonate precipitation under bulk acidic conditions as a potential biosignature for searching life on Mars

Ceramic ChemCam Calibration Targets on Mars Science Laboratory

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Character and spatial distribution of OH/H2O on the surface of the Moon seen by M3 on Chandrayaan-1.

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Characterization of Hydrogen in Basaltic Materials With Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for Application to MSL ChemCam Data

Characterization of LIBS emission lines for the identification of chlorides, carbonates, and sulfates in salt/basalt mixtures for the application to MSL ChemCam data

Characterization of Navajo Sandstone concretions: Mars comparison and criteria for distinguishing diagenetic origins

scientific article published in January 2011

Characterization of alteration products in tephra from Haleakala, Maui: a visible-infrared spectroscopy, Mössbauer spectroscopy, XRD, EMPA and TEM study

Characterization of the mechanism of gasification of a powder river basin coal with a composite catalyst for producing desired syngases and liquids

scholarly article by Rodolfo Monterroso et al published April 2014 in Applied Catalysis A: General

Characterizing the source of potentially asbestos-bearing commercial vermiculite insulation using in situ IR spectroscopy

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 103 no. 4, April 2018

ChemCam activities and discoveries during the nominal mission of the Mars Science Laboratory in Gale crater, Mars

Chemistry and texture of the rocks at Rocknest, Gale Crater: Evidence for sedimentary origin and diagenetic alteration

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Comparison of baseline removal methods for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of geological samples

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Comparison of partial least squares and lasso regression techniques as applied to laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of geological samples

article by Melinda Darby Dyar et al published April 2012 in Spectrochimica Acta Part B

Comparison of univariate and multivariate models for prediction of major and minor elements from laser-induced breakdown spectra with and without masking

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Constraints on the crystal-chemistry of Fe/Mg-rich smectitic clays on Mars and links to global alteration trends

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Coordinated analyses of Antarctic sediments as Mars analog materials using reflectance spectroscopy and current flight-like instruments for CheMin, SAM and MOMA

Coordinated spectral and XRD analyses of magnesite-nontronite-forsterite mixtures and implications for carbonates on Mars

Correcting for variable laser-target distances of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurements with ChemCam using emission lines of Martian dust spectra

Correlation between OH concentration and oxygen isotope diffusion rate in diopsides from the Adirondack Mountains, New York

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 87 no. 7, July 2002

Correlations of octahedral cations with OH − , O 2− , Cl − , and F − in biotite from volcanic rocks and xenoliths

scientific article published in January 2002

Crystal-chemistry of interstratified Mg/Fe-clay minerals from seafloor hydrothermal sites

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Degeneration of biogenic superparamagnetic magnetite

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

Distribution and Characteristics of Boulder Halos at High Latitudes on Mars: Ground Ice and Surface Processes Drive Surface Reworking

Effects of differential recoil-free fraction on ordering and site occupancies in Mossbauer spectroscopy of orthopyroxenes

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Elemental geochemistry of sedimentary rocks at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

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Evidence for rapid topographic evolution and crater degradation on Mercury from simple crater morphometry

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Fe oxidation processes at Meridiani Planum and implications for secondary Fe mineralogy on Mars

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Fe-BEARING OLENITE WITH TETRAHEDRALLY COORDINATED Al FROM AN ABYSSAL PEGMATITE AT KUTNA HORA, CZECH REPUBLIC: STRUCTURE, CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY, OPTICAL AND XANES SPECTRA

scholarly article by J. Cempirek et al published 1 February 2006 in The Canadian Mineralogist

First detection of fluorine on Mars: Implications for Gale Crater's geochemistry

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Fluor-schorl, a new member of the tourmaline supergroup, and new data on schorl from the cotype localities

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Fluoro-potassichastingsite from the Greenwood mine, Orange County, New York: A new end-member calcic amphibole ⬇️

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Forgotten major elements: Hydrogen and oxygen variation in biotite from metapelites

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Habitability, Geodynamics, and the Case for Venus ⬇️

white paper published in 2020

Hydrogen detection with ChemCam at Gale crater

scholarly article

Improved accuracy in quantitative laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using sub-models

In situ evidence for continental crust on early Mars

In situ measurement of ferric iron in lunar glass beads using Fe-XAS

scientific article published in March 2017

Isotope ratios of H, C, and O in CO2 and H2O of the martian atmosphere

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Lamellar magnetism and exchange bias in billion-year-old titanohematite with nanoscale ilmenite exsolution lamellae: I. Mineral and magnetic characterization

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Li-bearing tourmalines in Variscan granitic pegmatites from the Moldanubian nappes, Lower Austria

Limitations of Fe2+ and Mn2+ site occupancy in tourmaline: Evidence from Fe2+- and Mn2+-rich tourmaline

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 97 no. 8-9, August 2012

Linkages between mineralogy, fluid chemistry, and microbial communities within hydrothermal chimneys from the Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge

scientific article published on 11 January 2016

Low temperature aqueous alteration of basalt: Mineral assemblages of Deccan basalts and implications for Mars

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MENZERITE-(Y), A NEW SPECIES, [(Mg,Fe2+)(Fe3+,Al)](Si3)O12, FROM A FELSIC GRANULITE, PARRY SOUND, ONTARIO, AND A NEW GARNET END-MEMBER, [Mg2](Si3)O12

MIL03346, the most oxidized Martian meteorite: A first look at spectroscopy, petrography, and mineral chemistry

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Magnetite formation from ferrihydrite by hyperthermophilic archaea from Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge hydrothermal vent chimneys

scientific article published on 10 March 2014

Manifold preprocessing for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy under Mars conditions

Martian Dunite NWA 2737: Petrographic constraints on geological history, shock events, and olivine color

scientific article published on 17 April 2007

Martian dunite NWA 2737: Integrated spectroscopic analyses of brown olivine

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Matrix Effects in Quantitative Analysis of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) of Rock Powders Doped with Cr, Mn, Ni, Zn, and Co.

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Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy and visible/near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy of Fe-sulfate minerals

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 100 no. 1, December 2014

Midinfrared spectroscopy of synthetic olivines: Thermal emission, specular and diffuse reflectance, and attenuated total reflectance studies of forsterite to fayalite

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Mineralogy and geochemistry of the main glauconite bed in the Middle Eocene of Texas: paleoenvironmental implications for the verdine facies

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Mineralogy of the Paso Robles soils on Mars

scholarly article by M. D. Lane et al published 1 May 2008 in American Mineralogist

Mineralogy of the Venus Surface

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Mossbauer parameters of iron in phosphate minerals: Implications for interpretation of martian data

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 99 no. 5-6, May 2014

Mossbauer parameters of iron in sulfate minerals

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 98 no. 11-12, November 2013

Multivariate analysis of remote laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy spectra using partial least squares, principal component analysis, and related techniques

article by Samuel M. Clegg et al published January 2009 in Spectrochimica Acta Part B

Mössbauer spectroscopy of phyllosilicates: effects of fitting models on recoil-free fractions and redox ratios

Neglected Fe3+/Fe2+ ratios—A study of Fe3+ content of megacrysts from alkali basalts

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Optimization of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for rapid geochemical analysis

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Partitioning of Chlorine Between NaCl Brines and Ferro-Pargasite: Implications For the Formation of Chlorine-Rich Amphiboles In Mafic Rocks

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Physical alteration of antigorite: a Mössbauer spectroscopy, reflectance spectroscopy and TEM study with applications to Mars

Planetary geochemical investigations using Raman and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

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Pre-flight calibration and initial data processing for the ChemCam laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory rover

scholarly article by Roger C. Wiens et al published April 2013 in Spectrochimica Acta Part B

Recalibration of the Mars Science Laboratory ChemCam instrument with an expanded geochemical database

Reduction and Morphological Transformation of Synthetic Nanophase Iron Oxide Minerals by Hyperthermophilic Archaea

scientific article published on 11 July 2018

Reflectance and emission spectroscopy study of four groups of phyllosilicates: smectites, kaolinite-serpentines, chlorites and micas

Remote laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy analysis of East African Rift sedimentary samples under Mars conditions

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Serpentinization, iron oxidation, and aqueous conditions in an ophiolite: Implications for hydrogen production and habitability on Mars

scholarly article by Rebecca N. Greenberger et al published April 2015 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Shock metamorphism of clay minerals on Mars by meteor impact

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Soil diversity and hydration as observed by ChemCam at Gale crater, Mars

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Solfataric alteration at the South Sulfur Bank, Kilauea, Hawaii, as a mechanism for the formation of sulfates, phyllosilicates, and silica on Mars

scientific article published in November 2024

Spectral and morphological characteristics of synthetic nanophase iron (oxyhydr)oxides

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

Spectral and thermal properties of perchlorate salts and implications for Mars

scientific article published on 01 August 2014

Spectral identification of hydrated sulfates on Mars and comparison with acidic environments on Earth

Spectral properties of Ca-sulfates: Gypsum, bassanite, and anhydrite

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 99 no. 10, October 2014

Spectral properties of Martian and other planetary glasses and their detection in remotely sensed data

scientific article published in January 2017

Spectroscopic characteristics of synthetic olivine: An integrated multi-wavelength and multi-technique approach

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 94 no. 7, June 2009

Spectroscopy of Yamato 984028

Spectroscopy of synthetic Mg-Fe pyroxenes I: Spin-allowed and spin-forbidden crystal field bands in the visible and near-infrared

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Stability and fate of ferrihydrite during episodes of water/rock interactions on early Mars: An experimental approach

article published in 2017

Strategies for Mars remote Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy analysis of sulfur in geological samples

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Structural and spectroscopic changes to natural nontronite induced by experimental impacts between 10 and 40 GPa

scientific article published in May 2015

Surface weathering on Venus: Constraints from kinetic, spectroscopic, and geochemical data

scientific article published in April 2021

Synergistic enhancement of chemical looping-based CO2 splitting with biomass cascade utilization using cyclic stabilized Ca2Fe2O5 aerogel

scientific article published in 2019

Temperature programmed desorption studies of water interactions with Apollo lunar samples 12001 and 72501

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The ChemCam Instrument Suite on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests

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The LaPaz Icefield 04840 meteorite: Mineralogy, metamorphism, and origin of an amphibole- and biotite-bearing R chondrite

scholarly article by Molly McCanta et al published December 2008 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

The Venus Emissivity Mapper (VEM) concept

The Venus Emissivity Mapper (VEM): obtaining global mineralogy of Venus from orbit

scholarly article published 18 September 2018

The Venus Emissivity Mapper concept

The absorption indicatrix as an empirical model to describe anisotropy in X-ray absorption spectra of pyroxenes

scientific article published in April 2022

The effect of oxidation on the mineralogy and magnetic properties of olivine

scholarly article by Joseph Knafelc et al published 1 May 2019 in American Mineralogist

The influence of octahedral and tetrahedral cation substitution on the structure of smectites and serpentines as observed through infrared spectroscopy

article by J . Bishop et al published December 2002 in Clay Minerals

The low-iron, reduced surface of Mercury as seen in spectral reflectance by MESSENGER

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The magnetic properties of natural and synthetic (Fex, Mg1−x)2 SiO4 olivines

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The petrochemistry of Jake_M: a martian mugearite

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The relationship between radar scattering and surface roughness of lunar volcanic features

scientific article published in November 2014

Thermal stability of water and hydroxyl on the surface of the Moon from temperature-programmed desorption measurements of lunar analog materials

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Tourmaline of the elbaite-schorl series from the Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, California: A detailed investigation

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 95 no. 1, December 2009

Trace element geochemistry (Li, Ba, Sr, and Rb) usingCuriosity's ChemCam: Early results for Gale crater from Bradbury Landing Site to Rocknest

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Use of multivariate analysis for synchrotron micro-XANES analysis of iron valence state in amphiboles

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Venus Evolution Through Time: Key Science Questions, Selected Mission Concepts and Future Investigations

scientific article published in October 2023

Volatile, isotope, and organic analysis of martian fines with the Mars Curiosity rover

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Water interactions with micronized lunar surrogates JSC-1A and albite under ultra-high vacuum with application to lunar observations

article by Michael J Poston et al published January 2013 in Journal of geophysical research. Planets

Wave vector and field vector orientation dependence of Fe K pre-edge X-ray absorption features in clinopyroxenes

scientific article published in September 2023

What the ancient phyllosilicates at Mawrth Vallis can tell us about possible habitability on early Mars

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XRD, micro-XANES, EMPA, and SIMS investigation on phlogopite single crystals from Mt. Vulture (Italy)

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