2 papers
astro-ph.EP2024
In-situ crystallographic mapping constrains sulfate deposition and timing in Jezero crater, Mars
Michael W. M. Jones, David T. Flannery, Joel A. Hurowitz +25
Late-stage Ca-sulfate-filled fractures are common on Mars. Notably, the Shenandoah formation in the western edge of Jezero crater preserves a variety of Ca-sulfate minerals in the…
physics.app-ph2024
Pre-Flight Calibration of PIXL for X-ray Fluorescence Elemental Quantification
Christopher M. Heirwegh, William Timothy Elam, Yang Liu +22
The Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL) is a rasterable focused-beam X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer mounted on the arm of National Aeronautics and Space Adm…