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Richard C. Quinn
Researcher at Ames Research Center
Publications - 100
Citations - 5398
Richard C. Quinn is an academic researcher from Ames Research Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mars Exploration Program & Martian soil. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 97 publications receiving 4842 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard C. Quinn include Search for extraterrestrial intelligence & Leiden University.
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Detection of Perchlorate and the Soluble Chemistry of Martian Soil at the Phoenix Lander Site
Michael H. Hecht,Samuel P. Kounaves,Richard C. Quinn,S. J. West,S. M. M. Young,Douglas W. Ming,David C. Catling,David C. Catling,B. C. Clark,William V. Boynton,John H. Hoffman,Lauren DeFlores,K. Gospodinova,J. Kapit,Peter H. Smith +14 more
TL;DR: Results suggest that the soil at the Phoenix landing site must have suffered alteration through the action of liquid water in geologically the recent past, and revealed an alkaline environment in contrast to that found by the Mars Exploration Rovers, indicating that many different environments have existed on Mars.
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Mars-like soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile, and the dry limit of microbial life
Rafael Navarro-González,Fred A. Rainey,P. Molina,Danielle Bagaley,Becky J. Hollen,José de la Rosa,Alanna M. Small,Richard C. Quinn,Frank J. Grunthaner,Luis Cáceres,Benito Gómez-Silva,Christopher P. McKay +11 more
TL;DR: The presence of Mars-like soils in the extreme arid region of the Atacama Desert is reported and incubation experiments show active decomposition of organic species in these soils by nonbiological processes.
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Richard C. Quinn,Andreas Elsaesser,Pascale Ehrenfreund,Antonio J. Ricco,A. Breitenbach,J. Chan,A. Fresneau,Jason Alonzo,Andrew Mattioda,Farid Salama,O. Santos,E. M. Sciamma-O'Brien,Hervé Cottin,Emmanuel Dartois,Louis Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt,René Demets,Bernard Foing,Zita Martins,Mark A. Sephton,Marco Spaans +19 more
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Evidence for Calcium Carbonate at the Mars Phoenix Landing Site
William V. Boynton,D. W. Ming,Samuel P. Kounaves,S. M. M. Young,Raymond E. Arvidson,Michael H. Hecht,John H. Hoffman,Paul B. Niles,D. K. Hamara,Richard C. Quinn,Peter H. Smith,Brad Sutter,David C. Catling,David C. Catling,R. V. Morris +14 more
TL;DR: Results suggest that the soil at the Phoenix landing site must have suffered alteration through the action of liquid water in geologically the recent past, and an alkaline environment was revealed, in contrast to that found by the Mars Exploration Rovers, indicating that many different environments have existed on Mars.
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On the possibility of liquid water on present‐day Mars
Robert M. Haberle,Christopher P. McKay,James M. Schaeffer,N. A. Cabrol,Edmon A. Grin,Aaron P. Zent,Richard C. Quinn +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a validated general circulation model was used to determine where and for how long the surface pressure and surface temperature on Mars meet the minimum requirements for the existence of liquid water in the present climate system: pressures and temperatures above the triple point of water but below the boiling point.