Constraints on iron sulfate and iron oxide mineralogy from ChemCam visible/near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy of Mt. Sharp basal units, Gale Crater, Mars - Johnson, Jeffrey R; Bell, III; Bender, Steve; Blaney, Diana; Cloutis, Edward; Ehlmann, Bethany L; Fraeman, Abigail; Gasnault, Olivier; Kinch, Kjartan; Le Mouélic, Stéphane; Maurice, Sylvestre; Rampe, Elizabeth; et al. (The American mineralogist, 2016)
Keywords: basalts; chain silicates; ChemCam; Clay minerals; Curiosity Rover; drilling; Extraterrestrial geology; ferric sulfates; Gale Crater; GEOSCIENCES; hematite; Hills; identification; igneous rocks; infrared spectroscopy; Invited Centennial article; IR spectroscopy; Iron; Iron oxides; iron sulfates; Landforms; landing sites; Leaching; magnetite; Mars; Mars remote sensing; Mars Science Laboratory; Mars spectroscopy; Metal oxides; Mine tailings; Mineralogy; Minerals; Mount Sharp; near-infrared spectra; nesosilicates; nonsilicates; olivine; olivine group; optical spectra; orthosilicates; oxides; Planetary Sciences; planets; pyroxene group; Reflectance; Remote sensing; Sciences of the Universe; Sedimentary rocks; silicates; spectra; spectroscopy; Spectrum analysis; Sulfates; terrestrial planets; visible/near-infrared; volcanic rocks; X-ray diffraction