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First author peer-reviewed journal articles
  • Rapin, W., Ehlmann B. L., Dromart G., Schieber J., and 17 others (2019). An interval of high salinity in ancient Gale crater lake on Mars. Nature Geoscience, in press. doi:10.1038/s41561-019-0458-8
  • Rapin, W., Chauviré, B., Gabriel, T. S. J., McAdam, A. C., Ehlmann, B. L. and 10 others (2018). In Situ Analysis of Opal in Gale Crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 123(8), 1955–1972. doi:10.1029/2017JE005483
  • Rapin, W., Bousquet, B., Lasue, J., Meslin, P.-Y., Lacour, J.-L., Fabre, C., and 7 others (2017b). Roughness effects on the hydrogen signal in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 137 (Supplement C), 13–22. doi:10.1016/j.sab.2017.09.003
  • Rapin, W., Meslin, P.-Y., Maurice, S., Wiens, R. C., Laporte, D., Chauviré, B., and 14 others (2017a). Quantification of water content by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy on Mars. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 130, 82–100. doi:10.1016/j.sab.2017.02.007
  • Rapin, W., Meslin, P.-Y., Maurice, S., Vaniman, D., Nachon, M., Mangold, N., and 10 others (2016). Hydration state of calcium sulfates in Gale crater, Mars: Identification of bassanite veins. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 452, 197–205. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.045

Ph.D. thesis
  • Rapin, W., (2016), Hydration of the Martian surface using Curiosity rover data. Ph.D. Dissertation. Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier. (link)

Co-author (significant contributions)
  • Thomas, N. H., Ehlmann, B. L., Meslin, P.-Y., Rapin, W. and 9 others (2019). Mars Science Laboratory Observations of Chloride Salts in Gale Crater, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters.
  • Gabriel, T. S. J., Hardgrove, C., Czarnecki, S., Rampe, E. B., Rapin, W. and 7 others (2018). Water Abundance of Dunes in Gale Crater, Mars From Active Neutron Experiments and Implications for Amorphous Phases. Geophysical Research Letters, 45.
  • L’Haridon, J., Mangold, N., Meslin, P.-Y., Johnson, J. R., Rapin, W. and 9 others (2018). Chemical variability in mineralized veins observed by ChemCam on the lower slopes of Mount Sharp in Gale crater, Mars. Icarus, 311, 69–86.
  • Thomas, N. H. and 13 others (including W. Rapin) (2018). Characterization of Hydrogen in Basaltic Materials With Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for Application to MSL ChemCam Data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 123(8), 1996–2021.
  • Gasda, P. J., Haldeman, E. B., Wiens, R. C., Rapin, W. and 13 others (2017). In situ detection of boron by ChemCam on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 8739–8748.
  • Payre, V. and 16 others (including W. Rapin), (2017). Alkali trace elements in Gale crater, Mars, with ChemCam: Calibration update and geological implications. J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 122(3), 650–679.
  • Maurice, S., Clegg, S. M., Wiens, R. C., Gasnault, O., Rapin, W. and 43 others (2016). ChemCam activities and discoveries during the nominal mission of the Mars Science Laboratory in Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 3, 863–889.
  • Cousin, A. Cousin, P.Y. Meslin, R.C. Wiens, W. Rapin, and 24 others (2015). Compositions of coarse and fine particles in Martian soils at Gale: A window into the production of soils, Icarus, 249, 22-42.
 
Co-author (contributions related to hydrogen or to  imagery  tools for precise documentation of targets analyzed on Mars)
  • Mangold, N. and 20 others (including W. Rapin) (2019). Chemical alteration of fine-grained sedimentary rocks at Gale crater. Icarus, 321, 619–631. Hydrogen, imagery
  • Lasue, J. and 28 others (including W. Rapin) (2018). Martian Eolian Dust Probed by ChemCam. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(20), 10,968-10,977. Hydrogen
  • Payré, V. and 16 others (including W. Rapin) (2018). Copper enrichments in the Kimberley formation in Gale crater, Mars: Evidence for a Cu deposit at the source. Icarus. Imagery
  • Vaniman, D. T. and 9 others (including W. Rapin) (2018). Gypsum, bassanite, and anhydrite at Gale crater, Mars. American Mineralogist: Journal of Earth and Planetary Materials, 103(7), 1011–1020. Hydrogen
  • Cousin, A. and 17 others (including W. Rapin), (2017). Geochemistry of the Bagnold dune field as observed by ChemCam and comparison with other aeolian deposits at Gale crater. J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 122, 2144–2162. Hydrogen, imagery
  • Bridges, N. T. and 11 others (including W. Rapin), (2017). Martian aeolian activity at the Bagnold Dunes, Gale crater: The view from the surface and orbit. J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 122, 2077–2110. Imagery
  • Cousin, A. and 12 others (including W. Rapin), (2017). Classification of igneous rocks analyzed by ChemCam at Gale crater, Mars. Icarus, 288 (Supplement C), 265–283. Imagery
  • Frydenvang, J. and 41 others (including W. Rapin), (2017). Diagenetic silica enrichment and late-stage groundwater activity in Gale Crater, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 4716–4724. Imagery
  • Nachon, M. and 27 others (including W. Rapin), (2017). Chemistry of diagenetic features analyzed by ChemCam at Pahrump Hills, Gale crater, Mars. Icarus, 281, 121–136. Imagery
  • Rubin, D. M. and 14 others (including W. Rapin), (2017). Fluidized-sediment pipes in Gale crater, Mars, and possible Earth analogs. Geology, 45(1), 7–10. Imagery
  • Wiens, R. C. and 30 others (including W. Rapin), (2017). Centimeter to Decimeter Hollow Concretions and Voids In Gale Crater Sediments, Mars. Icarus, 289, 144–156. Imagery
  • Dequaire, T. and 9 others (including W. Rapin), (2017). Analysis of carbon and nitrogen signatures with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; the quest for organics under Mars-like conditions. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 131, 8–17. Hydrogen
  • Le Deit, L. and 29 others (including W. Rapin), (2016). The potassic sedimentary rocks in Gale Crater, Mars, as seen by ChemCam on board Curiosity. J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 121, 784–804. Imagery
  • Sautter, V., and 19 others (including W. Rapin), (2016). Magmatic complexity on early Mars as seen through a combination of orbital, in-situ and meteorite data. Lithos, 254–255, 36–52. Imagery
  • Schwenzer, S. P. and 17 others (including W. Rapin), (2016). Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 51, 2175–2202. Hydrogen
  • Lasue, J. and 20 others (including W. Rapin), (2016). Observation of> 5 wt% zinc by ChemCam LIBS at the Kimberley, Gale Crater, Mars. J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 121, 338–352. Imagery
  • Sautter, V., and 25 others (including W. Rapin), (2015). In situ evidence for continental crust on early Mars, Nature Geoscience, 8, 605-609. Imagery
  • Schröder, S., Meslin, P.-Y., Gasnault, O., Maurice, S., Cousin, A., Wiens, R. C., Rapin, W., and 12 others (2015). Hydrogen detection with ChemCam at Gale crater, Icarus, 249, 43-61. Imagery
  • Le Mouélic, Stéphane and 20 others (including W. Rapin), (2015). The ChemCam Remote Micro-Imager at Gale crater: Review of the first year of operations on Mars. Icarus, 249, 93-107. Imagery
  • Nachon, M., and 35 others (including W. Rapin), (2014). Calcium sulfate veins characterized by the ChemCam instrument at Gale crater, Mars, JGR, 119, 1991-2016. Imagery
 
Co-author (other contributions)
  • Murdoch, N., Mimoun, D., Garcia, R. F., Rapin, W. and 4 others (2017). Evaluating the wind-induced mechanical noise on the InSight seismometers. Space Science Reviews, 211(1–4), 429–455.
  • Bathala, N. M. and 68 others (including W. Rapin), (2013). Planetary candidates observed by Kepler. III. Analysis of the first 16 months of data. ApJS, 204, 2.
  • Borucki, W. J. and 84 others (including W. Rapin), (2012). Kepler-22b: a 2.4 Earth-radius planet in the habitable zone of a sun-like star. AJ, 745, 2.
Header image: Planning MSL Cruiosity rover drive over new terrain at Gale crater