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First author peer-reviewed articles
  • Rapin, W., Dromart, G., Clark, B., Schieber, J., Kite, E., Kah, L., et al. (2022).  Sustained wet-dry cycling on early Mars.  Nature, in press. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06220-3
  • Rapin, W., Dromart, G., Rubin, D., Deit, L. L., Mangold, N., Edgar, L. A., et al. (2021). Alternating wet and dry depositional environments recorded in the stratigraphy of Mount Sharp at Gale crater, Mars. Geology, 49(7), 842–846. doi:10.1130/G48519.1
  • Rapin, W., Ehlmann, B. L., Dromart, G., Schieber, J., Thomas, N. H., Fischer, W. W., et al. (2019). An interval of high salinity in ancient Gale crater lake on Mars. Nature Geoscience, 12(11), 889–895. doi:10.1038/s41561-019-0458-8
  • Rapin, W., Chauviré, B., Gabriel, T. S. J., McAdam, A. C., Ehlmann, B. L., Hardgrove, C., et al. (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., et al. (2017). 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., et al. (2017). 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., et al. (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)
  • Muller, E., Rapin, W., Caumartin, J., Jézéquel, D., De Wever, A., Thomazo, C., … Others. (2023). Diagenetic formation of stevensite by replacement of diatom frustules in the sediments of the alkaline Lake Alchichica (Mexico). Sedimentology.
  • ​Bowden, D. L., Bridges, J. C., Cousin, A., Rapin, W., Pinet, P., Semprich, J., … Others. (2022). Aqueous alteration of the Askival feldspathic cumulate sample in Gale Crater. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 57(S1).
  • David, G., Dehouck, E., Meslin, P.-Y., Rapin, W., Cousin, A., Forni, O., … Others. (2022). Evidence for Amorphous Sulfates as the Main Carrier of Soil Hydration in Gale Crater, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(21), e2022GL098755.
  • Schieber, J., Bohacs, K. M., Coleman, M., Bish, D., Reed, M. H., Thompson, L., … Yawar, Z. (2022). Mars is a mirror--Understanding the Pahrump Hills mudstones from a perspective of Earth analogues. Sedimentology, 69(6), 2371–2435.
  • Caravaca, G., Le Mouélic, S., Rapin, W., Dromart, G., Gasnault, O., Fau, A., … Others. (2021). Long-distance 3D reconstructions using photogrammetry with curiosity’s ChemCam remote micro-imager in gale crater (Mars). Remote Sensing, 13(20), 4068.
  • Hollis, J. R., Fornaro, T., Rapin, W., Wade, J., Vicente-Retortillo, A., Steele, A., … Beegle, L. W. (2021). Detection and degradation of adenosine monophosphate in Perchlorate-spiked Martian Regolith Analog, by deep-ultraviolet spectroscopy.
  • Dromart, G., Le Deit, L., Rapin, W., Gasnault, O., Le Mouélic, S., Quantin-Nataf, C., … Others. (2021). Deposition and erosion of a Light-Toned Yardang-forming unit of Mt Sharp, Gale crater, Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 554, 116681.
  • L’Haridon, J., Mangold, N., Fraeman, A. A., Johnson, J. R., Cousin, A., Rapin, W., … Others. (2020). Iron mobility during diagenesis at Vera Rubin ridge, Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125(11), e2019JE006299.
  • Thomas, N. H., Ehlmann, B. L., Rapin, W., Rivera-Hernández, F., Stein, N. T., Frydenvang, J., … Wiens, R. C. (2020). Hydrogen variability in the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125(9), e2019JE006289.
  • Thomas, N. H., Ehlmann, B. L., Meslin, P.-Y., Rapin, W., Anderson, D. E., Rivera-Hernández, F., … Others. (2019). Mars Science Laboratory observations of chloride salts in Gale crater, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(19), 10754–10763.
  • Gabriel, T. S. J., Hardgrove, C., Czarnecki, S., Rampe, E. B., Rapin, W., Achilles, C. N., … Others. (2018). Water abundance of dunes in Gale crater, Mars from active neutron experiments and implications for amorphous phases. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(23), 12–766.
  • L’Haridon, Jonas, Mangold, N., Meslin, P.-Y., Johnson, J. R., Rapin, W., Forni, O., … 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.
  • Gasda, P. J., Haldeman, E. B., Wiens, R. C., Rapin, W., Bristow, T. F., Bridges, J. C., … Others. (2017). In situ detection of boron by ChemCam on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(17), 8739–8748.
  • Payre, V., Fabre, C., Cousin, A., Sautter, V., Wiens, R. C., Forni, O., … Others. (2017). Alkali trace elements in Gale crater, Mars, with ChemCam: Calibration update and geological implications. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 122(3), 650–679.
  • Murdoch, N., Mimoun, D., Garcia, R. F., Rapin, W., Kawamura, T., Lognonné, P., … Banerdt, W. B. (2017). Evaluating the wind-induced mechanical noise on the InSight seismometers. Space Science Reviews, 211, 429–455.
  • Maurice, S., Clegg, S. M., Wiens, R. C., Gasnault, O., Rapin, W., Forni, O., … Others. (2016). ChemCam activities and discoveries during the nominal mission of the Mars Science Laboratory in Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 31(4), 863–889.
  • Cousin, A., Meslin, P. Y., Wiens, R. C., Rapin, W., Mangold, N., Fabre, C., … Others. (2015). Compositions of coarse and fine particles in martian soils at gale: A window into the production of soils. Icarus, 249, 22–42.
Header image: Planning MSL Cruiosity rover drive over new terrain at Gale crater