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  • Characterization and Calibration of the CheMin Mineralogical Instrument on Mars Science Laboratory 
    Blake, David C.; Treiman, Allan H.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-2839 (Springer, 2012-06-23)
    A principal goal of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity is to identify and characterize past habitable environments on Mars. Determination of the mineralogical and chemical composition of Martian rocks and ...
  • Charon tectonics 
    Beyer, Ross A.; Nimmo, Francis; McKinnon, William B.; Moore, J. (Jeff); Binzel, Richard P.; Conrad, Jack W.; Chen, Andy; Ennico, K.; Lauer, Tod R.; Olkin, Cathy B.; Robbins, Stuart; Schenk, Paul M.; Singer, Kelsi N.; Spencer, John R. (John Robert), 1957-; Stern, Alan, 1957-; Weaver, Harold A., 1953-; Young, Leslie A.; Zangari, Amanda M. (Elsevier, 2016-12-16)
    New Horizons images of Pluto's companion Charon show a variety of terrains that display extensional tectonic features, with relief surprising for this relatively small world. These features suggest a global extensional ...
  • The ChemCam Instrument Suite on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests 
    Wiens, Roger; Kirkland, L. E. (Laurel Ellyn) (Springer, 2012-06-21)
    The ChemCam instrument suite on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity provides remote compositional information using the first laser-induced breakdown spectrometer (LIBS) on a planetary mission, and provides ...
  • Chemical Dispersion Among Apollo 15 Olivine-Normative Mare Basalts 
    Ryder, Graham; Steele, Alison (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1988)
    New analyses of Apollo 15 olivine-normative mare basalts for major and minor elements combined with a synthesis of all published data for them provide no support for the hypothesis that the coarser-grained varieties (olivine ...
  • Chemical variation and fractionation of KREEP basalt magmas 
    Irving, Anthony J. (Pergamon Press, 1977)
    A synthesis of available chemical data (including defocused beam microprobe analyses) for 53 Apollo 15 igneous KREEP basalts shows that their bulk compositional variation is much greater than previously recognized, especially ...
  • Chemical Variation and Zoning of Olivine in Lunar Dunite 72415: Near-Surface Accumulation 
    Ryder, Graham (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1992)
    The particular purpose of the present study was to remeasure (using the electron microprobe) and reevaluate the range of olivine compositions, including CaO, in dunite sample 72415, and compare that range with olivines in ...
  • Chirality in organic and mineral systems: a review of reactivity and alteration processes relevant to prebiotic chemistry and life detection missions 
    Lee, Carina; Weber, Jessica M.; Rodriguez, Laura E.; Sheppard, Rachel Y.; Barge, Laura M.; Berger, Eve L.; Burton, Aaron S.; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8151-3438 (MDPI, 2022-02-24)
    Chirality is a central feature in the evolution of biological systems, but the reason for biology's strong preference for specific chiralities of amino acids, sugars, and other molecules remains a controversial and unanswered ...
  • The chlorine isotope fingerprint of the lunar magma ocean 
    Boyce, Jeremy W.; Treiman, Allan H.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-2839; Guan, Yunbin; Ma, Chi; Eiler, John M.; Gross, Juliane; Greenwood, James P.; Stolper, Edward M. (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2015-09-25)
    The Moon contains chlorine that is isotopically unlike that of any other body yet studied in the Solar System, an observation that has been interpreted to support traditional models of the formation of a nominally hydrogen-free ...
  • Chondrites and the protoplanetary disk : November 8-11, 2004, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 
    Krot, A. N.; Alexander, Conel (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2004)
    Attempts to understand how components in primitive chondrites and interplanetary dust particles were formed and thermally processed in the protoplanetary disk by comparing cosmochemical constraints with astronomical ...
  • Chondrules and their origins 
    King, Elbert A. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1983)
    Chondrule parent materials, chondrule formation, and post-formational history are addressed.
  • Chondrules as Astrophysical Objects : May 9-10, 2017, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 
    Boley, Aaron; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0574-4418; Morris, Melissa; Ciesla, Fred (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2017)
    Explores how astrophysical observations can constrain chondrule formation models and how chondrules can help us put astrophysical observations in context.
  • Chromium Isotopic Evidence for Mixing of NC and CC Reservoirs in Polymict Ureilites: Implications for Dynamical Models of the Early Solar System 
    Goodrich, Cyrena Anne; Sanborn, Matthew E.; Yin, Qing-Zhu; Kohl, Issaku; Frank, David; Daly, R. Terik; Walsh, Kevin J.; Zolensky, M. E. (Michael E.); Young, Edward R. D.; Jenniskens, Petrus Matheus Marie; Shaddad, Muawia H.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3181-1303 (American Astronomical Society, 2021-01-28)
    Nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies show that the first few million years of solar system history were characterized by two distinct cosmochemical reservoirs, CC (carbonaceous chondrites and related differentiated meteorites) ...
  • The Chronology Problem in the Outer Solar System: Constraining the "WHEN" of Major Dynamical and Geological Events 
    Schenk, Paul M.; Rivera-Valentín, Edgard G.; Robbins, Stuart; Cohen, Barbara; Dones, Luke; Singer, Kelsi N.; Nesvorný, David; Greenstreet, Sarah; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4439-1539; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4042-003X (2020)
    In this white paper, we summarize the current state of surface age determination in the OSS and make recommendations and advocate for research into the Chronology of the OSS as a high priority for NASA over the next decade.
  • Clast-laden nature and the origin of Luna 24 olivine-vitrophyres 
    Basu, Abhijit; McKay, David S.; Fruland, Ruth M. (Pergamon Press, 1978)
    Particles of olivine-vitrophyre make up less than one percent of the <250 μm fraction of the Luna 24 soils. They contain microphenocrysts of olivine and spinel, together with a variety of olivine, pyroxene, plagioclase, a ...
  • Clastic breccias at the Slate Islands Complex Impact Structure, Northern Lake Superior 
    Dressler, Burkhard O.; Sharpton, Virgil L. (Ontario Geological Survey, 1996)
    Provides a summary of the impact process. Also some of the results of laboratory investigations conducted in 1995 and 1996. Describes the various clastic breccias encountered on the islands during 1994 and 1995 field work ...
  • Clay mineral diversity and abundance in sedimentary rocks of Gale crater, Mars 
    Bristow, Thomas F.; Craig, Patricia I.; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4080-4997; Treiman, Allan H.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-2839 (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2018-06-06)
    Clay minerals provide indicators of the evolution of aqueous conditions and possible habitats for life on ancient Mars. Analyses by the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity show that ~3.5–billion year (Ga) fluvio-lacustrine ...
  • Clementine explores the Moon 
    Spudis, Paul D.; Bussey, Ben; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3391-0417 (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1997)
    A selection of imagery and global data coverage obtained by the Clementine spacecraft.
  • Collisional evolution of mass-distribution spectrum of planetesimals 
    Matsui, Takafumi (Pergamon Press, 1978)
    The early growth of planetesimals by mutual direct collisions is numerically simulated with a Monte Carlo technique to show how planetesimals with specific mass and velocity distributions evolve into a full-size planet. ...
  • Collisional evolution of the mass-distribution spectrum of planetesimals II 
    Matsui, Takafumi (Pergamon Press, 1979)
    Conditions required for the early growth of planetesimals through their mutual collisions are investigated numerically with a Monte Carlo technique developed by the author. Four types of collisions (rebound, erosion, ...
  • Commercial lunar propellant architecture : a collaborative study of lunar propellant production 
    Kornuta, David A. (United Launch Alliance, 2018)
    This paper is the result of an examination by industry, government, and academic experts of the approach, challenges, and payoffs of a private business that harvests and processes lunar ice as the foundation of a lunar, ...

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