List of works by David T. Vaniman

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

scientific article

A Review of the Phyllosilicates in Gale Crater as Detected by the CheMin Instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity Rover

scientific article

Calcium Sulfates at Gale Crater and Limitations on Gypsum Stability

conference paper published in 2017

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

scholarly article

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

scholarly article

Ceramic ChemCam Calibration Targets on Mars Science Laboratory

scientific article

Characterization and Calibration of the CheMin Mineralogical Instrument on Mars Science Laboratory

article

Characterizing the Phyllosilicate Component of the Sheepbed Mudstone in Gale Crater, Mars Using Laboratory XRD and EGA

conference paper published in 2014

CheMin Instrument Performance and Calibration on Mars

conference paper published in 2013

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

ChemCam results from the Shaler outcrop in Gale crater, Mars

scientific article

Chemical Composition of Crystalline, Smectite, and Amorphous Components for Rocknest Soil and John Klein and Cumberland Mudstone Drill Fines Using APXS, CheMin, and SAM Datasets from Gale Crater, Mars

conference paper published in 2014

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

Chemistry, mineralogy, and grain properties at Namib and High dunes, Bagnold dune field, Gale crater, Mars: A synthesis of Curiosity rover observations.

scientific article published on 7 December 2017

Clay Minerals of Glen Torridon, Mount Sharp, Gale Crater, Mars

conference paper published in 2019

Clay Minerals of the Clay-Bearing Unit, Mount Sharp, Gale Crater, Mars

conference paper published in 2019

Collapsed Smectite in Gale Crater: Martian Clay Minerals May Have Been on Acid

conference paper published in 2018

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

article

Confidence Hills mineralogy and CheMin results from base of Mt. Sharp, Pahrump Hills, Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article published in 2015

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

Crystal chemistry of martian minerals from Bradbury Landing through Naukluft Plateau, Gale crater, Mars

scholarly article by Shaunna M. Morrison et al published 1 June 2018 in American Mineralogist

Crystal-Chemical Analysis of Martian Minerals in Gale Crater

conference paper published in 2015

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

scientific article

Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars

scientific article

Detection of Siderite (FeCO3) in Glen Torridon Samples by the Mars Science Laboratory Rover

conference paper published in 2020

Diagenesis in the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars

conference paper published in 2016

Diagenetic silica enrichment and late-stage groundwater activity in Gale crater, Mars

scholarly article

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

scientific article published in 2016

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

scientific article

Evidence for Multiple Diagenetic Episodes in Ancient Fluvial-Lacustrine Sedimentary Rocks in Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article published on 13 August 2020

Exploring Martian Impact Craters: What They Can Reveal About the Subsurface and Why They are Important in the Search for Life

conference paper published in 2010

Exploring Martian Impact Craters: Why They are Important for the Search for Life

conference paper published in 2010

Field deployment of a portable X-ray diffraction/X-ray flourescence instrument on Mars analog terrain

article published in 2005

First X-Ray Diffraction Results from Mars Science Laboratory: Mineralogy of Rocknest Aeolian Bedform at Gale Crater

conference paper published in 2013

Gale crater and impact processes – Curiosity’s first 364 Sols on Mars

scholarly article

Glen Torridon Mineralogy and the Sedimentary History of the Clay Mineral-Bearing Unit

conference paper published in 2020

Griffith Saponite as an Analogue for Clay Minerals at Yellowknife Bay in Gale Crater, Mars: A Marker for Low-Temperature Hydrothermal Processes

conference paper published in 2014

Ground Truth Mineralogy vs. Orbital Observations at the Bagnold Dune Field

conference paper published in 2017

Gypsum, bassanite, and anhydrite at Gale crater, Mars

scientific article published in July 2018

High Sanidine with a Hydrothermal Origin on Manua Kea Volcano (Hawaii) as a Process Analogue for High Sanidine Detected at Gale Crater (Mars) by CheMin XRD

conference paper published in 2018

High-Temperature, Perhaps Silicic, Volcanism on Mars Evidenced by Tridymite Detection in High-SiO2 Sedimentary Rock at Gale Crater, Mars

conference paper published in 2016

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

Hydrothermal Formation of Monoclinic High Sanidine on Mauna Kea Volcano (Hawaii) Provides Non-Igneous Formation Process for Monoclinic High Sanidine at Gale Crater (Mars)

conference paper published in 2019

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

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In situ evidence for continental crust on early Mars

In situ radiometric and exposure age dating of the martian surface

scientific article

Iron and Sulfur Mineralogy of Gale Crater Sediments Signals Changes in Habitable Conditions During Diagenesis

conference paper published in 2015

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

scientific article

Landed XRD/XRF analysis of prime targets in the search for past or present Martian life

scientific article published on December 1998

Lunar Sourcebook: A User's Guide to the Moon

book published in 2005

Mars Science Laboratory Mission and Science Investigation

article

Mineral Trends in Early Hesperian Lacustrine Mudstone at Gale Crater, Mars

conference paper published in 2017

Mineralogy and Elemental Composition of Wind Drift Soil at Rocknest, Gale Crater

conference paper published in 2013

Mineralogy and Genesis of the Windjana Sandstone, Kimberley Area, Gale Crater Mars

conference paper published in 2015

Mineralogy by X-Ray Diffraction on Mars: The CheMin Instrument on Mars Science Laboratory

conference paper published in 2014

Mineralogy of Aeolian Sand in Gale Crater, Mars

conference paper published in 2018

Mineralogy of Vera Rubin Ridge in Gale Crater from the Mars Science Laboratory CheMin Instrument

conference paper published in 2020

Mineralogy of a mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

scientific article

Mobility of Potassium-Rich Fluids on Mars: Implications for Diagenesis

conference paper published in 2018

Oxidation of Manganese at Kimberley, Gale Crater: More Free Oxygen in Mars' Past?

conference paper published in 2015

Oxidation of manganese in an ancient aquifer, Kimberley formation, Gale crater, Mars

scholarly article

Potential Cement Phases in Sedimentary Rocks Drilled by Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars

conference paper published in 2015

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

Relationships between unit-cell parameters and composition for rock-forming minerals on Earth, Mars, and other extraterrestrial bodies

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 103 no. 6, June 2018

Relevance to Mars of Cation Exchange between Nontronite and Mg-Sulfate Brine

conference paper published in 2011

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

scientific article

The Amorphous Component in Martian Basaltic Soil in Global Perspective from MSL and MER Missions

conference paper published in 2013

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 Mineralogical Record of Ancient Fluvio-Lacustrine Environments in Gale Crater as Measured by the MSL CheMin Instrument

conference paper published in 2019

The Mineralogy and Sedimentary History of the Glen Torridon Region, Gale Crater, Mars

conference paper published in 2021

The Valles/Toledo Caldera Complex, Jemez Volcanic Field, New Mexico

The first X-ray diffraction measurements on Mars

scientific article

Transient liquid water and water activity at Gale crater on Mars

scholarly article by F. Javier Martín-Torres et al published 13 April 2015 in Nature Geoscience

Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

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