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Marion Nachon

Researcher at Texas A&M University

Publications -  79
Citations -  2720

Marion Nachon is an academic researcher from Texas A&M University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mars Exploration Program & Outcrop. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 74 publications receiving 2049 citations. Previous affiliations of Marion Nachon include University of California, Davis & Centre national de la recherche scientifique.

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

Douglas W. Ming, +442 more
- 24 Jan 2014 - 
TL;DR: Higher abundances of chlorinated hydrocarbons in the mudstone compared with Rocknest windblown materials previously analyzed by Curiosity suggest that indigenous martian or meteoritic organic carbon sources may be preserved in the Mudstone; however, the carbon source for the chlorinatedHydrocarbons is not definitively of martian origin.
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Elemental Geochemistry of Sedimentary Rocks at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars.

TL;DR: The absence of predicted geochemical variations indicates that magnetite and phyllosilicates formed by diagenesis under low-temperature, circumneutral pH, rock-dominated aqueous conditions during the early history of Mars.
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Calcium sulfate veins characterized by ChemCam/Curiosity at Gale crater, Mars

TL;DR: The Curiosity rover has analyzed abundant light-toned fracture-fill material within the Yellowknife Bay sedimentary deposits as mentioned in this paper, showing that these fracture fills consist of calcium sulfate veins, which appear to be hydrated at a level expected for gypsum and bassanite.
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ChemCam activities and discoveries during the nominal mission of the Mars Science Laboratory in Gale crater, Mars

TL;DR: In this paper, the first laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) target was acquired on Sol 13 of the landed portion of the mission (a Sol is a Mars day). Up to Sol 800, more than 188 000 LIBS spectra were acquired on more than 5800 points distributed over about 650 individual targets.