Recent advances in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy quantification: From fundamental understanding to data processing

Z Wang, MS Afgan, W Gu, Y Song, Y Wang… - TrAC Trends in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is regarded as the future superstar for
chemical analysis, but the relatively high measurement uncertainty and error remain the …

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy–a geochemical tool for the 21st century

RS Harmon, GS Senesi - Applied Geochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a simple, straightforward, and versatile
form of atomic emission spectroscopy that focuses a rapidly-pulsed laser beam onto a …

Mineralogy and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediments in Gale crater, Mars: A review after six Earth years of exploration with Curiosity

EB Rampe, DF Blake, TF Bristow, DW Ming… - Geochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover arrived at Mars in August 2012 with a
primary goal of characterizing the habitability of ancient and modern environments. Curiosity …

A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

JP Grotzinger, DY Sumner, LC Kah, K Stack, S Gupta… - Science, 2014 - science.org
The Curiosity rover discovered fine-grained sedimentary rocks, which are inferred to
represent an ancient lake and preserve evidence of an environment that would have been …

[HTML][HTML] Cyanobacteria and microalgae in supporting human habitation on Mars

LJ Mapstone, MN Leite, S Purton, IA Crawford… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Establishing the first human presence on Mars will be the most technically challenging
undertaking yet in the exploration beyond our planet. The remoteness of Mars from Earth …

Habitability: a review

CS Cockell, T Bush, C Bryce, S Direito, M Fox-Powell… - Astrobiology, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Habitability is a widely used word in the geoscience, planetary science, and astrobiology
literature, but what does it mean? In this review on habitability, we define it as the ability of …

Transient liquid water and water activity at Gale crater on Mars

FJ Martín-Torres, MP Zorzano, P Valentín-Serrano… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Water is a requirement for life as we know it. Indirect evidence of transient liquid water has
been observed from orbiter on equatorial Mars, in contrast with expectations from large …

The ladder of life detection

M Neveu, LE Hays, MA Voytek, MH New, MD Schulte - Astrobiology, 2018 - liebertpub.com
We describe the history and features of the Ladder of Life Detection, a tool intended to guide
the design of investigations to detect microbial life within the practical constraints of robotic …

Evolved gas analyses of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediment in Gale Crater, Mars: Results of the Curiosity rover's sample analysis at Mars instrument from …

B Sutter, AC Mcadam, PR Mahaffy… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The sample analysis at Mars instrument evolved gas analyzer (SAM‐EGA) has detected
evolved water, H2, SO2, H2S, NO, CO2, CO, O2, and HCl from two eolian sediments and …

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

M Nachon, SM Clegg, N Mangold… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The Curiosity rover has analyzed abundant light‐toned fracture‐fill material within the
Yellowknife Bay sedimentary deposits. The ChemCam instrument, coupled with Mastcam …