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

scientific article

A Mars 2020 Perseverance SuperCam Perspective on the Igneous Nature of the Máaz Formation at Jezero Crater and Link With Séítah, Mars

A first look at the SuperCam RMI images aboard Perseverance

scientific article published on 4 March 2021

AEGIS autonomous targeting for ChemCam on Mars Science Laboratory: Deployment and results of initial science team use

scientific article published on 21 June 2017

Alkali trace elements in Gale crater, Mars, with ChemCam: Calibration update and geological implications

article published in 2017

Alternating wet and dry depositional environments recorded in the stratigraphy of Mount Sharp at Gale crater, Mars

scientific article

An Examination of Soil Crusts on the Floor of Jezero Crater, Mars

scientific article published in October 2023

An Insight Into Ancient Aeolian Processes and Post‐Noachian Aqueous Alteration in Gale Crater, Mars, Using ChemCam Geochemical Data From the Greenheugh Capping Unit

scientific article published in September 2022

Analyses of High‐Iron Sedimentary Bedrock and Diagenetic Features Observed With ChemCam at Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars: Calibration and Characterization

scientific article

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

Architecture of fluvial and deltaic deposits exposed along the eastern edge of Jezero crater western fan

scientific article published on 22 November 2023

Askival: An altered feldspathic cumulate sample in Gale crater

scientific article published in January 2023

Author Correction: In situ recording of Mars soundscape

correction of a scholarly article

Bagnold Dunes Campaign Phase 2: Visible/Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy of Longitudinal Ripple Sands

scholarly article by Jeffrey R. Johnson et al published 27 September 2018 in Geophysical Research Letters

Bedrock Geochemistry and Alteration History of the Clay‐Bearing Glen Torridon Region of Gale Crater, Mars

journal article

Bedrock geochemistry measured by ChemCam along a 2-km eastward traverse in the Glen Torridon region, Gale crater, Mars

scientific article published on 22 July 2021

Boron and Lithium in Calcium Sulfate Veins: Tracking Precipitation of Diagenetic Materials in Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater

scholarly article

Bulk composition and early differentiation of Mars

scholarly article

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

scholarly article

Carbonate Detection With SuperCam in Igneous Rocks on the Floor of Jezero Crater, Mars

scientific article published in June 2023

Centimeter to decimeter hollow concretions and voids in Gale Crater sediments, Mars

scholarly article

Characteristics of pebble- and cobble-sized clasts along the Curiosity rover traverse from Bradbury Landing to Rocknest

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

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

ChemCam investigation of the John Klein and Cumberland drill holes and tailings, Gale crater, Mars

scientific article

ChemCam passive reflectance spectroscopy of surface materials at the Curiosity landing site, Mars

scientific article

ChemCam results from the Shaler outcrop in Gale crater, Mars

scientific article

Chemical alteration of fine-grained sedimentary rocks at Gale crater

article by Nicolas Mangold et al published March 2019 in Icarus

Chemical compositions at Mars landing sites subject to Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer constraints

scholarly article

Chemical variability in mineralized veins observed by ChemCam on the lower slopes of Mount Sharp in Gale crater, Mars

scholarly article

Chemical variations in Yellowknife Bay formation sedimentary rocks analyzed by ChemCam on board the Curiosity rover on Mars

article by Nicolas Mangold et al published March 2015 in Journal of geophysical research. Planets

Chemically striking regions on Mars and Stealth revisited

scholarly article

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

scientific article

Chemistry of diagenetic features analyzed by ChemCam at Pahrump Hills, Gale crater, Mars

scientific article

Chemistry of fracture-filling raised ridges in Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater: Window into past aqueous activity and habitability on Mars

scientific article

Classification of igneous rocks analyzed by ChemCam at Gale crater, Mars

article by Agnes Cousin et al published May 2017 in Icarus

Classification scheme for sedimentary and igneous rocks in Gale crater, Mars

scholarly article

Clustering Supported Classification of ChemCam Data From Gale Crater, Mars

journal article

Collection and In Situ Analyses of Regolith Samples by the Mars 2020 Rover: Implications for Their Formation and Alteration History

scientific article published in February 2025

Comparison of Orbital and in situ NIR-spectra in Jezero Crater: insight from the first Supercam Infrared Spectrometer data

scientific article published on 21 July 2021

Comparison of orbital and Supercam in situ investigation of the floor Units of Jezero crater

scientific article published on 15 May 2023

Composition from fast neutrons: Application to the Moon

article

Composition of conglomerates analyzed by the Curiosity rover: Implications for Gale Crater crust and sediment sources

article

Composition of northern low-albedo regions of Mars: Insights from the Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer

scholarly article

Compositional Variations in Sedimentary Deposits in Gale Crater as Observed by ChemCam Passive and Active Spectra

preprint article published on 9 December 2022

Compositional Variations in Sedimentary Deposits in Gale Crater as Observed by ChemCam Passive and Active Spectra

scientific article published in March 2023

Compositionally and density stratified igneous terrain in Jezero crater, Mars

scientific article published on 26 August 2022

Compositions of coarse and fine particles in martian soils at gale: A window into the production of soils

article

Concentration of H, Si, Cl, K, Fe, and Th in the low- and mid-latitude regions of Mars

scholarly article

Constraints on iron sulfate and iron oxide mineralogy from ChemCam visible/near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy of Mt. Sharp basal units, Gale Crater, Mars

scholarly article by Jeffrey R. Johnson et al published July 2016 in American Mineralogist

Contrasting Regional Soil Alteration Across the Topographic Dichotomy of Mars

scholarly article

Contribution of Mars Odyssey GRS at Central Elysium Planitia

Contribution of a martian atmosphere to laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) data and testing its emission characteristics for normalization applications

scientific article

Copper enrichments in the Kimberley formation in Gale crater, Mars: Evidence for a Cu deposit at the source

scientific article

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

Curiosity at Gale crater, Mars: characterization and analysis of the Rocknest sand shadow

scientific article

Deposition and erosion of a Light-Toned Yardang-forming unit of Mt Sharp, Gale crater, Mars

scientific article published in January 2021

Detection of Copper by the ChemCam Instrument Along Curiosity's Traverse in Gale Crater, Mars: Elevated Abundances in Glen Torridon

scientific article published in March 2023

Determining the Absolute Abundances of Natural Radioactive Elements on the Lunar Surface by the Kaguya Gamma-ray Spectrometer

article by S. Kobayashi et al published 22 May 2010 in Space Science Reviews

Discovery of silica‐rich lacustrine and eolian sedimentary rocks in Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article published in 2016

Distribution of hydrogen in the near surface of Mars: evidence for subsurface ice deposits

scientific article

Diverse Lava Flow Morphologies in the Stratigraphy of the Jezero Crater Floor

Early Mars sub-aerial environments conducive to prebiotic evolution

scientific article published on 22 November 2022

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

scientific article

Episodic aqueous conditions punctuated dominantly aeolian deposition within the layered sulphate-bearing unit, Gale crater (Mars)

scientific article published on 23 September 2022

Evidence for Amorphous Sulfates as the Main Carrier of Soil Hydration in Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article published on 3 November 2022

Evidence for water ice near the lunar poles

article

Expected first results from the SuperCam microphone onboard the NASA Perseverance rover

scientific article published on 4 March 2021

Exploring the sulfate-bearing unit: Recent ChemCam results at Gale crater, Mars

scientific article published on 3 July 2024

First Sounds from Mars

scientific article

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

scholarly article

Fluidized-sediment pipes in Gale crater, Mars, and possible Earth analogs

scholarly article

From Lake to River: Documenting an Environmental Transition Across the Jura/Knockfarril Hill Members Boundary in the Glen Torridon Region of Gale Crater (Mars)

scientific article published in September 2022

Gamma-ray constraints on the chemical composition of the martian surface in the Tharsis region: A signature of partial melting of the mantle?

article

Geochemical Variation in the Stimson Formation of Gale Crater: Provenance, Mineral Sorting, and a Comparison with Modern Martian Dunes

journal article from 'Icarus' published in 2020

Geochemistry of the Bagnold dune field as observed by ChemCam and comparison with other aeolian deposits at Gale Crater

scholarly article by Agnes Cousin et al published October 2017 in Journal of geophysical research. Planets

Global distribution of neutrons from Mars: results from Mars odyssey.

scientific article

H layering in the top meter of Mars

scientific article

Hard X rays and low-energy gamma rays from the Moon: Dependence of the continuum on the regolith composition and the solar activity

scholarly article

Homogeneity assessment of the SuperCam calibration targets onboard rover perseverance

scientific article published in May 2022

Hydration state of calcium sulfates in Gale crater, Mars: Identification of bassanite veins

scholarly article by W. Rapin et al published October 2016 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Hydrogen detection with ChemCam at Gale crater

scholarly article

Identifying Ancient Dune Processes in the Stimson Formation of Gale Crater Using Geochemical Data from ChemCam: New Insights from the Greenheugh Capping Unit

conference paper published in 2021

Igneous mineralogy at Bradbury Rise: The first ChemCam campaign at Gale crater

scholarly article by V. Sautter et al published January 2014 in Journal of geophysical research. Planets

In situ calibration using univariate analyses based on the onboard ChemCam targets: first prediction of Martian rock and soil compositions

article

In situ evidence for continental crust on early Mars

In situ recording of Mars soundscape

scientific article published in May 2022

Incorporating AEGIS autonomous science into Mars Science Laboratory rover mission operations

Independent Component Analysis of the Gamma Ray Spectrometer data of SELENE (Kaguya)

scientific article published in August 2009

Independent component analysis classification of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy spectra

article

Infrared Reflectance of Jezero geological units from Supercam/Mars2020 Observations 

scientific article published on 27 March 2022

Investigation of the stratigraphic and chemical relationships between Bradbury and Siccar Point lithostratigraphic groups in Gale crater, Mars

scientific article published on 23 September 2022

Iron Mobility During Diagenesis at Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars

scholarly article

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

scientific article

Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy library for the Martian environment

Listening to laser sparks: a link between Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, acoustic measurements and crater morphology

Long-Distance 3D Reconstructions Using Photogrammetry with Curiosity’s ChemCam Remote Micro-Imager in Gale Crater (Mars)

scientific article published on 12 October 2021

Long-Distance 3D Reconstructions Using Photogrammetry with Curiosity’s ChemCam Remote Micro-Imager in Gale Crater (Mars)

Long-Term Evolution of the Martian Crust-Mantle System

Long-Term Evolution of the Martian Crust-Mantle System

Lunar X-ray fluorescence observations by the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS): Results from the nearside southern highlands

article by S. Narendranath et al published July 2011 in Icarus

Lunar farside Th distribution measured by Kaguya gamma-ray spectrometer

scholarly article

Magmatic complexity on early Mars as seen through a combination of orbital, in-situ and meteorite data

scientific article

Manganese-Iron Phosphate Nodules at the Groken Site, Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article published on 25 August 2023

Manganese-rich sandstones as an indicator of ancient oxic lake water conditions in Gale crater, Mars

scientific article published in May 2024

Mapping Mars geochemically

article

Mars Odyssey neutron data: 1. Data processing and models of water-equivalent-hydrogen distribution

scholarly article

Mars Science Laboratory Observations of Chloride Salts in Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article published on 23 August 2019

Martian Case Study of Multivariate Correlation and Regression with Planetary Datasets

Martian Eolian Dust Probed by ChemCam

scholarly article by Jeremie Lasue et al published 23 October 2018 in Geophysical Research Letters

Martian aeolian activity at the Bagnold Dunes, Gale Crater: The view from the surface and orbit

Martian fluvial conglomerates at Gale crater

scientific article

Observation of > 5 wt % zinc at the Kimberley outcrop, Gale crater, Mars

Observations of the Perseverance rover at the Jezero crater delta front using the SuperCam instrument

scientific article published on 15 May 2023

Optical design and performance of the SuperCam instrument for the Perseverance rover

scientific article published on 11 June 2021

Origin and composition of three heterolithic boulder- and cobble-bearing deposits overlying the Murray and Stimson formations, Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article published on 06 June 2020

Overview of Secondary Phosphate Facies observed by Chemcam in Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article published on 27 March 2022

Overview of the Morphology and Chemistry of Diagenetic Features in the Clay‐Rich Glen Torridon Unit of Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article published on 21 April 2022

Overview of the facies and stratigraphy of a distal Delta remnant at the Kodiak butte (Jezero crater, Mars)

scientific article published on 23 September 2022

Overview of the facies and stratigraphy of a distal Delta remnant at the Kodiak butte (Jezero crater, Mars)

Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars

article published in the journal Science

Petrological Traverse of the Olivine Cumulate Séítah Formation at Jezero Crater, Mars: A Perspective From SuperCam Onboard Perseverance

scientific article published in July 2023

Post-landing major element quantification using SuperCam laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

scientific article

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

Pre-launch radiometric calibration of the infrared spectrometer onboard SuperCam for the Mars2020 rover

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Predicting changes in depositional environments up Mount Sharp stratigraphy

scientific article published on 8 October 2020

Pulsed laser-induced heating of mineral phases: Implications for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy combined with Raman spectroscopy

article published in 2019

Quantification of manganese for ChemCam Mars and laboratory spectra using a multivariate model

scientific article published in July 2021

Quantification of water content by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy on Mars

scholarly article

Quantitative Assessments of the Martian Hydrosphere

article

Quantitative geochemical mapping of martian elemental provinces

scientific article

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

Recipes for Spatial Statistics with Global Datasets: A Martian Case Study

article

Reconstructing the 3D shape of sulfate unit outcrops (Gale crater, Mars) using ChemCam’s Remote Micro Imager onboard the Curiosity rover

scientific article published on 21 July 2021

Reflectance of Jezero Crater Floor: 1. Data Processing and Calibration of the Infrared Spectrometer (IRS) on SuperCam

scientific article published in January 2023

Reflectance of Jezero Crater Floor: 2. Mineralogical Interpretation

scientific article published in July 2023

Reflectance of Jezero crater floor: 1. Data processing and calibration of the Infrared Spectrometer (IRS) on SuperCam

scientific article published on 26 July 2022

Retrieval of water vapor column abundance and aerosol properties from ChemCam passive sky spectroscopy

article

Roughness effects on the hydrogen signal in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

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

scientific article

Solar proton damage in high-purity germanium detectors

scholarly article by B. Pirard et al published March 2007 in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research

Statistical analysis of thorium and fast neutron data at the lunar surface

scholarly article

Sulfates hydrating bulk soil in the Martian low and middle latitudes

scholarly article

SuperCam Calibration Targets: Design and Development

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

SuperCam calibration targets on board the perseverance rover: Fabrication and quantitative characterization

scientific article published in February 2022

Terrain physical properties derived from orbital data and the first 360 sols of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover observations in Gale Crater

The Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer: First results

journal article

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

article

The ChemCam Instrument Suite on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover: Science Objectives and Mast Unit Description

journal article

The ChemCam Remote Micro-Imager at Gale crater: Review of the first year of operations on Mars

scientific article published in March 2015

The Chemostratigraphy of the Murray Formation and Role of Diagenesis at Vera Rubin Ridge in Gale Crater, Mars, as Observed by the ChemCam Instrument

scientific article published in September 2020

The Curiosity rover investigates an aridification sequence in the layered sulfate-bearing unit

scientific article published on 23 September 2022

The D-CIXS X-ray spectrometer on the SMART-1 mission to the Moon—First results

The Mastcam-Z Radiometric Calibration Targets on NASA's Perseverance Rover: Derived Irradiance Time-Series, Dust Deposition, and Performance over the First 350 Sols on Mars

preprint dated 28 October 2022

The Mastcam-Z Radiometric Calibration Targets on NASA's Perseverance Rover: Derived Irradiance Time-Series, Dust Deposition, and Performance over the First 350 Sols on Mars

preprint dated 20 July 2022

The Mastcam‐Z Radiometric Calibration Targets on NASA's Perseverance Rover: Derived Irradiance Time‐Series, Dust Deposition, and Performance Over the First 350 Sols on Mars

scientific article published in December 2022

The Potassic Sedimentary Rocks in Gale Crater, Mars as Seen by ChemCam Onboard Curiosity

conference paper published in 2016

The Prow outcrop: an “open catalog” of multiscale 3D fluvial sedimentary structures in the lower sulfate unit of Gale crater (Mars)

scientific article published on 23 September 2022

The South Pole-Aitken basin region, Moon: GIS-based geologic investigation using Kaguya elemental information

The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the Mars 2020 Rover: Science Objectives and Mast-Unit Description

scientific article

The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the NASA Mars 2020 Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests

scientific article published on 21 December 2020

The SuperCam infrared spectrometer for the perseverance rover of the Mars2020 mission

scientific article

The Supercam Microphone to support LIBS investigation on Mars: review of the first laser-spark recordings

scientific article published on 2 May 2024

The association of hydrogen with sulfur on Mars across latitudes, longitudes, and compositional extremes

article

The global distribution of calcium on the Moon: Implications for high-Ca pyroxene in the eastern mare region

scholarly article

The high precision gamma-ray spectrometer for lunar polar orbiter SELENE

article by N. Hasebe et al published July 2008 in Advances in Space Research

The potassic sedimentary rocks in Gale Crater, Mars, as seen by ChemCam on board Curiosity

article by L. Le Deit et al published May 2016 in Journal of geophysical research. Planets

The scientific rationale for the C1XS X-ray spectrometer on India's Chandrayaan-1 mission to the moon

The sound of geological targets on Mars from the absolute intensity of laser-induced sparks shock waves

scientific article published in July 2023

Thermal history of Mars inferred from orbital geochemistry of volcanic provinces

scientific article published on 06 April 2011

Thermal history of Mars inferred from orbital geochemistry of volcanic provinces

scientific article published in Nature

Time-resolved Raman and luminescence spectroscopy of synthetic REE-doped hydroxylapatites and natural apatites

scientific article published in July 2022

Topographic control of hydrogen deposits at low latitudes to midlatitudes of Mars

scholarly article

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

article

Understanding the Chemistry of the Rocks at Jezero crater, Mars, through the Combined Use of SuperCam Spectroscopic and Optical Techniques

scientific article published on 12 December 2021

Uranium on the Moon: Global distribution and U/Th ratio

scholarly article by N. Yamashita et al published May 2010 in Geophysical Research Letters

Using 3D reconstructions of centimeter-scale sedimentary structures to document changes in the depositional settings of Glen Torridon region (Gale crater, Mars)

scientific article published on 8 October 2020

Using ChemCam LIBS data to constrain grain size in rocks on Mars: Proof of concept and application to rocks at Yellowknife Bay and Pahrump Hills, Gale crater

scholarly article

Using ChemCam-Derived Geochemistry to Identify the Paleonet Sediment Transport Direction and Source Region Characteristics of the Stimson Formation in Gale Crater, Mars

conference paper published in 2019

Variations in K/Th on Mars

scholarly article

Vertical distribution of hydrogen at high northern latitudes on Mars: The Mars Odyssey Neutron Spectrometer

scholarly article

Visible/near-infrared spectral diversity from in situ observations of the Bagnold Dune Field sands in Gale Crater, Mars

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

scientific article

X-ray fluorescence observations of the moon by SMART-1/D-CIXS and the first detection of Ti Kα from the lunar surface

article by B.M. Swinyard et al published June 2009 in Planetary and Space Science