Analysis Inside the Box -- Studying Rock and Soil in Biological Quarantine
Abstract
Non-destructive, non-contact analysis of rock and soil samples, using X-ray tomography and Raman spectroscopy, can yield geologically useful information. Such techniques may be required for preliminary characterization of samples returned from Mars.
- Publication:
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2002
- Bibcode:
- 2002LPI....33.1222A