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Violaine Sautter is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France, contributing extensively to fields related to physics, astronomy, earth, and planetary sciences. Their research primarily focuses on planetary science and exploration, with significant contributions also spanning astro and planetary science, geology, paleoclimatology, geological and geochemical analysis, nuclear physics, space science, extraterrestrial life, and tectonic studies.

Their publication record includes papers in various reputable scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • Compositionally and density stratified igneous terrain in Jezero crater, Mars (2022) in Science Advances
  • An olivine cumulate outcrop on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars (2022) in Science
  • SuperCam Calibration Targets: Design and Development (2020) in Space Science Reviews
  • A thick crustal block revealed by reconstructions of early Mars highlands (2020) in Nature Geoscience
  • SuperCam calibration targets on board the perseverance rover: Fabrication and quantitative characterization (2021) in Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Frequently publishing in venues including Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Science Advances, Science, Space Science Reviews, and Nature Geoscience, they maintain a presence in multidisciplinary research related to planetary environments and materials analysis.

Violaine Sautter has collaborated consistently with several coauthors, showing strong research partnerships within their scientific community. These frequent coauthors include Olivier Beyssac, Sylvain Bernard, R. C. Wiens, Pierre Beck, and A. Cousin.

The scientist's expertise covers core disciplines, with 32 publications under physics and astronomy and 14 under earth and planetary sciences. Their subfield interests emphasize astronomy and astrophysics, geophysics, atmospheric science, archeology, and radiation studies.

The top topics addressed across their work are:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Nuclear Physics and Applications
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies

Best Publications

  • The ChemCam Instrument Suite on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests

    Roger C. Wiens;Sylvestre Maurice;Sylvestre Maurice;Bruce Barraclough;Bruce Barraclough;Muriel Saccoccio

  • The ChemCam Instrument Suite on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover: Science Objectives and Mast Unit Description

    S. Maurice;R. C. Wiens;M. Saccoccio;B. Barraclough

  • Ultradeep (greater than 300 kilometers), ultramafic upper mantle xenoliths.

    Stephen E. Haggerty;Violaine Sautter

  • Soil Diversity and Hydration as Observed by ChemCam at Gale Crater, Mars

    P.-Y. Meslin;P.-Y. Meslin;O. Gasnault;O. Gasnault;O. Forni;O. Forni;S. Schröder;S. Schröder

  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the NASA Mars 2020 Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests

    Roger C. Wiens;Sylvestre Maurice;Scott H. Robinson;Anthony E. Nelson

  • In situ evidence for continental crust on early Mars

    V. Sautter;M. J. Toplis;R. C. Wiens;A. Cousin

  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the Mars 2020 Rover: Science Objectives and Mast-Unit Description

    Sylvestre Maurice;R. Wiens;P. Bernardi;P. Caïs

  • ChemCam activities and discoveries during the nominal mission of the Mars Science Laboratory in Gale crater, Mars

    S. Maurice;S. M. Clegg;R. C. Wiens;O. Gasnault

  • Compositionally and density stratified igneous terrain in Jezero crater, Mars

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  • Ultradeep (>300 kilometers) ultramafic xenoliths: petrological evidence from the transition zone.

    Violaine Sautter;Stephen E. Haggerty;Stephen Field

  • Quantitative compositional analysis of martian mafic regions using the MEx/OMEGA reflectance data. 2. Petrological implications

    F. Poulet;N. Mangold;B. Platevoet;J.-M. Bardintzeff;J.-M. Bardintzeff

  • An olivine cumulate outcrop on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars

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  • Hydration state of calcium sulfates in Gale crater, Mars: Identification of bassanite veins

    W. Rapin;W. Rapin;P.-Y. Meslin;P.-Y. Meslin;S. Maurice;S. Maurice;D. Vaniman

  • Long-Term Evolution of the Martian Crust-Mantle System

    M. Grott;D. Baratoux;E. Hauber;V. Sautter

  • Pyrrhotite and the remanent magnetization of SNC meteorites: a changing perspective on Martian magnetism

    Pierre Rochette;Jean-Pierre Lorand;Gérard Fillion;Violaine Sautter

  • Oxidation of manganese in an ancient aquifer, Kimberley formation, Gale crater, Mars

    Nina L. Lanza;Roger C. Wiens;Raymond E. Arvidson;Benton C. Clark

  • Tissint Martian Meteorite: A Fresh Look at the Interior, Surface, and Atmosphere of Mars

    H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane;G. Avice;Jean-Alix Barrat;Omar Boudouma

  • Geochemical diversity in first rocks examined by the Curiosity Rover in Gale Crater: Evidence for and significance of an alkali and volatile‐rich igneous source

    M. E. Schmidt;J. L. Campbell;R. Gellert;G. M. Perrett

  • Igneous mineralogy at Bradbury Rise: The first ChemCam campaign at Gale crater

    V. Sautter;C. Fabre;O. Forni;M. J. Toplis

  • Petrology and chemistry of the Picritic Shergottite North West Africa 1068 (NWA 1068)

    J.A Barrat;A Jambon;M Bohn;P.h Gillet

  • Classification of igneous rocks analyzed by ChemCam at Gale crater, Mars

    Agnes Cousin;Violaine Sautter;Valérie Payré;Olivier Forni

  • First detection of fluorine on Mars: Implications for Gale Crater's geochemistry

    Olivier Forni;Olivier Forni;Michael Gaft;Michael J. Toplis;Michael J. Toplis;Samuel M. Clegg

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Gasnault
Olivier Gasnault Paul Sabatier University
Cécile Fabre
Cécile Fabre University of Lorraine
Samuel M. Clegg
Samuel M. Clegg Los Alamos National Laboratory
Sylvestre Maurice
Sylvestre Maurice Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology
Roger C. Wiens
Roger C. Wiens Los Alamos National Laboratory
Nina Lanza
Nina Lanza Los Alamos National Laboratory
S. Le Mouélic
S. Le Mouélic University of Nantes
John Bridges
John Bridges University of Leicester
Horton E. Newsom
Horton E. Newsom University of New Mexico
Jeffrey R. Johnson
Jeffrey R. Johnson Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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