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D-Index
54
Citations
11688
World Ranking
2674
National Ranking
298

Best Publications

  • Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer experiment: Investigation description and surface science results

    Philip Christensen;J. L. Bandfield;V. E. Hamilton;Steven Ruff

  • The Sample Analysis at Mars Investigation and Instrument Suite

    Paul R. Mahaffy;Christopher R. Webster;Michel Cabane;Pamela G. Conrad

  • Spectral and other physicochemical properties of submicron powders of hematite (alpha-Fe2O3), maghemite (gamma-Fe2O3), magnetite (Fe3O4), goethite (alpha-FeOOH), and lepidocrocite (gamma-FeOOH).

    Richard V. Morris;Howard V. Lauer;Charles A. Lawson;Everett K. Gibson

  • Detection of crystalline hematite mineralization on Mars by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer: Evidence for near‐surface water

    Philip Christensen;J. L. Bandfield;R. N. Clark;K. S. Edgett

  • Mineralogic and compositional properties of Martian soil and dust: Results from Mars Pathfinder

    J. F. Bell;H. Y. McSween;J. A. Crisp;R. V. Morris

  • Global mapping of Martian hematite mineral deposits: Remnants of water‐driven processes on early Mars

    Philip Christensen;R. V. Morris;M. D. Lane;J. L. Bandfield;J. L. Bandfield

  • Evidence for pigmentary hematite on Mars based on optical, magnetic, and Mossbauer studies of superparamagnetic (nanocrystalline) hematite

    Richard V. Morris;David G. Agresti;Howard V. Lauer;Jeffery A. Newcomb

  • Characterization and Calibration of the CheMin Mineralogical Instrument on Mars Science Laboratory

    David Blake;David Vaniman;Cheries Achilles;Robert Anderson

  • Chemical, multispectral, and textural constraints on the composition and origin of rocks at the Mars Pathfinder landing site

    H. Y. McSween;S. L. Murchie;J. A. Crisp;N. T. Bridges

  • Ground ice at the Phoenix Landing Site: Stability state and origin

    Michael T. Mellon;Raymond E. Arvidson;Hanna G. Sizemore;Mindi L. Searls

  • Characteristics, distribution, origin, and significance of opaline silica observed by the Spirit rover in Gusev crater, Mars

    Steven W. Ruff;Jack D. Farmer;Wendy M. Calvin;Kenneth E. Herkenhoff

  • Silicic volcanism on Mars evidenced by tridymite in high-SiO2 sedimentary rock at Gale crater

    Richard V. Morris;David T. Vaniman;David F. Blake;Ralf Gellert

  • Mineralogy, provenance, and diagenesis of a potassic basaltic sandstone on Mars: CheMin X-ray diffraction of the Windjana sample (Kimberley area, Gale Crater)

    Allan H. Treiman;David L. Bish;David T. Vaniman;Steve J. Chipera

  • Clay mineral diversity and abundance in sedimentary rocks of Gale crater, Mars

    Thomas F. Bristow;Elizabeth B. Rampe;Cherie N. Achilles;David F. Blake

  • Recalibration of the Mars Science Laboratory ChemCam instrument with an expanded geochemical database

    Samuel M. Clegg;Roger C. Wiens;Ryan Anderson;Olivier Forni

  • Mineralogy of a natural As-rich hydrous ferric oxide coprecipitate formed by mixing of hydrothermal fluid and seawater: Implications regarding surface complexation and color banding in ferrihydrite deposits

    Denis G. Rancourt;Danielle Fortin;Thomas Pichler;Pierre-Jean Thibault

  • The origin and implications of clay minerals from Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

    Thomas F. Bristow;David L. Bish;David T. Vaniman;Richard V. Morris

  • Initial results from the Mini-TES experiment in Gusev Crater from the Spirit Rover

    Philip Christensen;Steven Ruff;R. L. Fergason;A. T. Knudson

  • Geochemistry of Carbonates on Mars: Implications for Climate History and Nature of Aqueous Environments

    Paul B. Niles;David C. Catling;Gilles Berger;Eric Chassefière

  • Mineralogical and chemical characterization of lunar highland soils: Insights into the space weathering of soils on airless bodies

    Lawrence A. Taylor;Carlé Pieters;Allan Patchen;Dong-Hwa S. Taylor

  • Evidence for the origin of layered deposits in Candor Chasma, Mars, from mineral composition and hydrologic modeling

    Scott Murchie;Leah Roach;Frank Seelos;Ralph Milliken

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas W. Ming
Douglas W. Ming National Aeronautics and Space Administration
David T. Vaniman
David T. Vaniman Planetary Science Institute
A. S. Yen
A. S. Yen Jet Propulsion Lab
Raymond E. Arvidson
Raymond E. Arvidson Washington University in St. Louis
Steve J. Chipera
Steve J. Chipera Planetary Science Institute
Allan H. Treiman
Allan H. Treiman Lunar and Planetary Institute
James F. Bell
James F. Bell Arizona State University
Robert T. Downs
Robert T. Downs University of Arizona
David F. Blake
David F. Blake Ames Research Center
Ralf Gellert
Ralf Gellert University of Guelph

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