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Ralf Gellert
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Latest papers
A native sulfur deposit in Gale crater, Mars.
Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2026
Clay mineral diversity and abundance in sedimentary rocks of Gale crater, Mars.
Science advances · 2018
Silicic volcanism on Mars evidenced by tridymite in high-SiO2 sedimentary rock at Gale crater.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016
5 publications.
A native sulfur deposit in Gale crater, Mars.
VanBommel SJ, Berger JA, King PL, Dietrich WE, Gellert R, Thompson LM, Vasavada AR, Bryk AB, Kite ES, Clark JV, Cowart AC, Williams RME, Simpson SL, Franz HB, O'Connell-Cooper CD, McCraig MA, Fraeman AA, Christian JR, Knight AL, Boyd NI, Fey DM, Clark BC, House CH
Clay mineral diversity and abundance in sedimentary rocks of Gale crater, Mars.
Bristow TF, Rampe EB, Achilles CN, Blake DF, Chipera SJ, Craig P, Crisp JA, Des Marais DJ, Downs RT, Gellert R, Grotzinger JP, Gupta S, Hazen RM, Horgan B, Hogancamp JV, Mangold N, Mahaffy PR, McAdam AC, Ming DW, Morookian JM, Morris RV, Morrison SM, Treiman AH, Vaniman DT, Vasavada AR, Yen AS
Silicic volcanism on Mars evidenced by tridymite in high-SiO2 sedimentary rock at Gale crater.
Morris RV, Vaniman DT, Blake DF, Gellert R, Chipera SJ, Rampe EB, Ming DW, Morrison SM, Downs RT, Treiman AH, Yen AS, Grotzinger JP, Achilles CN, Bristow TF, Crisp JA, Des Marais DJ, Farmer JD, Fendrich KV, Frydenvang J, Graff TG, Morookian JM, Stolper EM, Schwenzer SP
Mineralogy, provenance, and diagenesis of a potassic basaltic sandstone on Mars: CheMin X-ray diffraction of the Windjana sample (Kimberley area, Gale Crater).
Treiman AH, Bish DL, Vaniman DT, Chipera SJ, Blake DF, Ming DW, Morris RV, Bristow TF, Morrison SM, Baker MB, Rampe EB, Downs RT, Filiberto J, Glazner AF, Gellert R, Thompson LM, Schmidt ME, Le Deit L, Wiens RC, McAdam AC, Achilles CN, Edgett KS, Farmer JD, Fendrich KV, Grotzinger JP, Gupta S, Morookian JM, Newcombe ME, Rice MS, Spray JG, Stolper EM, Sumner DY, Vasavada AR, Yen AS
Mars atmosphere. Mars methane detection and variability at Gale crater.
Webster CR, Mahaffy PR, Atreya SK, Flesch GJ, Mischna MA, Meslin PY, Farley KA, Conrad PG, Christensen LE, Pavlov AA, Martín-Torres J, Zorzano MP, McConnochie TH, Owen T, Eigenbrode JL, Glavin DP, Steele A, Malespin CA, Archer PD, Sutter B, Coll P, Freissinet C, McKay CP, Moores JE, Schwenzer SP, Bridges JC, Navarro-Gonzalez R, Gellert R, Lemmon MT, MSL Science Team
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