Richard Léveillé

McGill

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

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Accès libre Belleau-Magnat, G., Lemelin, M., Cloutis, E., Léveillé, R., 2025. Mineralogy, geochemistry and morphology of Arctic gossans, Axel Heiberg Island, NU, Canada: spectroscopic investigation and implications for Mars. Planetary and Space Science, 106036. Données / Data - Données 2 / Data 2

Accès libre Clavé, E., Beyssac, O., Bernard, S., Royer, C., Lopez-Reyes, G., Schröder, S. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2024. Radiation-induced alteration of apatite on the surface of Mars: first in situ observations with SuperCam Raman onboard Perseverance. Scientific Reports 14(1), 11284.

Accès libre Gibbons, E. F., Léveillé, R., Berlo, K., 2024. Assessing the feasibility of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy for detecting nitrogen in martian surface sediments. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 216, 106932.

Accès libre Magnuson E., Altshuler I., Freyria N.J., Leveille R.J., Whyte L.G., 2023. Sulfur-cycling chemolithoautotrophic microbial community dominates a cold, anoxic, hypersaline Arctic spring. Microbiome 11(1), 203.

Accès libre Maurice S., Chide B., Murdoch N., Lorenz R.D., Mimoun D., Wiens R.C., Stott A. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2022. In situ recording of Mars soundscape. Nature 605(7911), 653-658. Données / Data

Accès libre Wiens R.C., Udry A., Beyssac O., Quantin-Nataf C., Mangold N., Cousin A., Mandon L., Bosak T. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2022. Compositionally and density stratified igneous terrain in Jezero crater, Mars. Science Advances 8(34), eabo3399. Données / Data

Accès libre Maurice S., Wiens R.C., Bernardi P., Caïs P., Robinson S., Nelson T., Gasnault O. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2021. The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the Mars 2020 Rover: Science Objectives and Mast-Unit Description. Space Science Reviews 217(3), 47. Données / Data

Titus T.N., Wynne J.J., Malaska M.J., Agha-Mohammadi A.-A., Buhler P.B., Alexander E.C., Ashley J.W. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2021. A roadmap for planetary caves science and exploration. Nature Astronomy 5(6), 524-525.

Accès libre Wiens R.C., Maurice S., Robinson S.H., Nelson A.E., Cais P., Bernardi P., Newell R.T., Clegg S. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2021. The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the NASA Mars 2020 Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests. Space Science Reviews 217(1), 4. Données / Data

Accès libre Das, D., Gasda, P.J., Wiens, R.C., Berlo, K., Leveille, R.J., Frydenvang, J., Mangold, N., Kronyak, R.E., Schwenzer, S.P., Forni, O., Cousin, A., 2020. Boron and Lithium in Calcium Sulfate Veins: Tracking Precipitation of Diagenetic Materials in Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 125(8), e2019JE006301. Données 1 / Data 1 - Données 2 / Data 2

Accès libre Gibbons, E., Léveillé, R., Berlo, K., 2020. Data fusion of laser-induced breakdown and Raman spectroscopies: Enhancing clay mineral identification. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 170, 105905.

Chan M.A., Hinman N.W., Potter-Mcintyre S.L., Schubert K.E., Gillams R.J., Awramik S.M. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2019. Deciphering Biosignatures in Planetary Contexts. Astrobiology 19(9), 1075-1102.

Stromberg J.M., Parkinson A., Morison M., Cloutis E., Casson N., Applin D., Poitras J., Marti A.M., Maggiori C., Cousins C., Whyte L., Kruzelecky R., Das D., Leveille R., Berlo K., Sharma S.K., Acosta-Maeda T., Daly M., Lalla E., 2019. Biosignature detection by Mars rover equivalent instruments in samples from the CanMars Mars Sample Return Analogue Deployment. Planetary and Space Science 176, 104683.

Edgar L.A., Gupta S., Rubin D.M., Lewis K.W., Kocurek G.A., Anderson R.B., Bell J.F., III, Dromart G. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2018. Shaler: in situ analysis of a fluvial sedimentary deposit on Mars. Sedimentology 65(1), 96-122.

Loiselle L., McCraig M.A., Dyar M.D., Léveillé R., Shieh S.R., Southam G., 2018. A spectral comparison of jarosites using techniques relevant to the robotic exploration of biosignatures on mars. Life 8(4), 61.

Lefebvre C., Catalá-Espí A., Sobron P., Koujelev A., Léveillé R., 2016. Depth-resolved chemical mapping of rock coatings using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: Implications for geochemical investigations on Mars. Planetary and Space Science 126, 24-33.

Maurice S., Clegg S.M., Wiens R.C., Gasnault O., Rapin W., Forni O. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 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.

Schwenzer S.P., Bridges J.C., Wiens R.C., Conrad P.G., Kelley S.P., Leveille R. et al., 2016. Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 51(11), 2175-2202.

Anderson R., Bridges J.C., Williams A., Edgar L., Ollila A., Williams J. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2015. ChemCam results from the Shaler outcrop in Gale crater, Mars. Icarus 249, 2-21.

Bridges J.C., Schwenzer S.P., Leveille R., Westall F., Wiens R.C., Mangold N., Bristow T., Edwards P., Berger G., 2015. Diagenesis and clay mineral formation at Gale Crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 120(1), 1-19.

Lanza N.L., Ollila A.M., Cousin A., Wiens R.C., Clegg S., Mangold N., Bridges N., Cooper D. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2015. Understanding the signature of rock coatings in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy data. Icarus 249, 62-73.

Mangold N., Forni O., Dromart G., Stack K., Wiens R.C., Gasnault O. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2015. Chemical variations in Yellowknife Bay formation sedimentary rocks analyzed by ChemCam on board the Curiosity rover on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 120(3), 452-482.

Grotzinger J.P., Sumner D.Y., Kah L.C., Stack K., Gupta S., Edgar L., Rubin D., Lewis K. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2014. A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars. Science 343(6169), 1242777.

Léveillé R.J., Bridges J., Wiens R.C., Mangold N., Cousin A., Lanza N., Forni O., Ollila A., Grotzinger J., Clegg S., Siebach K., Berger G., Clark B., Fabre C., Anderson R., Gasnault O., Blaney D., Deflores L., Leshin L., Maurice S., Newsom H., 2014. Chemistry of fracture-filling raised ridges in Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater: Window into past aqueous activity and habitability on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 119(11), 2398-2415.

McLennan S.M., Anderson R.B., Bell J.F., III, Bridges J.C., Calef F., III, Campbell J.L., et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2014. Elemental geochemistry of sedimentary rocks at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars. Science 343(6169), 1244734.

Ming D.W., Archer P.D., Jr., Glavin D.P., Eigenbrode J.L., Franz H.B., Sutter B.et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2014. Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars. Science 343(6169), 1245267.

Nachon M., Clegg S.M., Mangold N., Schröder S., Kah L.C. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2014. Calcium sulfate veins characterized by ChemCam/Curiosity at Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 119(9), 1991-2016.

Siebach K.L., Grotzinger J.P., Kah L.C., Stack K.M., Malin M., Léveillé R., Sumner D.Y., 2014. Subaqueous shrinkage cracks in the Sheepbed mudstone: Implications for early fluid diagenesis, Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 119(7), 1597-1613.

Skulinova M., Lefebvre C., Sobron P., Eshelman E., Daly M., Gravel J.-F., Cormier J.-F., Châteauneuf F., Slater G., Zheng W., Koujelev A., Léveillé R., 2014. Time-resolved stand-off UV-Raman spectroscopy for planetary exploration. Planetary and Space Science 92, 88-100.

Vaniman D.T., Bish D.L., Ming D.W., Bristow T.F., Morris R.V., Blake D.F. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2014. Mineralogy of a mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars. Science 343(6169), 1243480.

Hipkin V.J., Voytek M.A., Meyer M.A., Léveillé R., Domagal-Goldman S.D., 2013. Analogue sites for Mars missions: NASA's Mars Science Laboratory and beyond-Overview of an International workshop held at The Woodlands, Texas, on March 5-6, 2011. Icarus 224(2), 261-267.

Bish D.L., Blake D.F., Vaniman D.T., Chipera S.J., Morris R.V., Ming D.W., Treiman A.H., et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2013. X-ray diffraction results from mars science laboratory: Mineralogy of rocknest at Gale crater. Science 341(6153), 1238932.

Blake D.F., Morris R.V., Kocurek G., Morrison S.M., Downs R.T., Bish D.et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2013. Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars: Characterization and analysis of the rocknest sand shadow. Science 341(6153), 1239505.

Leshin L.A., Mahaffy P.R., Webster C.R., Cabane M., Coll P., Conrad P.G.et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2013. Volatile, isotope, and organic analysis of martian fines with the Mars curiosity rover. Science 341(6153), 1238937.

Meslin P.-Y., Gasnault O., Forni O., Schröder S., Cousin A., Berger G.et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2013. Soil diversity and hydration as observed by ChemCam at Gale Crater, Mars. Science 341(6153), 1238670.

Sobron P., Lefebvre C., Leveille R., Koujelev A., Haltigin T., Du H., Wang A., Cabrol N., Zacny K., Craft J., 2013. Geochemical profile of a layered outcrop in the Atacama analogue using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: Implications for Curiosity investigations in Gale. Geophysical Research Letters 40(10), 1965-1970.

Stolper E.M., Baker M.B., Newcombe M.E., Schmidt M.E., Treiman A.H., Cousin A. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2013. The petrochemistry of Jake-M: A martian mugearite. Science 341(6153), 1239463.

Webster C.R., Mahaffy P.R., Atreya S.K., Flesch G.J., Farley K.A. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2013. Low upper limit to methane abundance on Mars, 2013. Science 342(6156), 355-357.

Williams R.M.E., Grotzinger J.P., Dietrich W.E., Gupta S. et al. (incl. R. Léveillé), 2013. Martian fluvial conglomerates at gale crater. Science 340(6136), 1068-1072.

Cloutis E.A., Grasby S.E., Last W.M., Léveillé R., Osinski G.R., Sherriff B.L., 2010. Spectral reflectance properties of carbonates from terrestrial analogue environments: Implications for Mars. Planetary and Space Science 58(4), 522-537.

Lacelle D., Léveillé R., 2010. Acid drainage generation and associated Ca-Fe-SO4 minerals in a periglacial environment, Eagle Plains, Northern Yukon, Canada: A potential analogue for low-temperature sulfate formation on Mars. Planetary and Space Science 58(4), 509-521.

Léveillé R., 2010. A half-century of terrestrial analog studies: From craters on the Moon to searching for life on Mars. Planetary and Space Science 58(4), 631-638.

Léveillé R.J., Datta S., 2010. Lava tubes and basaltic caves as astrobiological targets on Earth and Mars: A review. Planetary and Space Science 58(4), 592-598.

Léveillé R., 2009. Validation of astrobiology technologies and instrument operations in terrestrial analogue environments. Comptes Rendus-Palevol 8(7), 637-648.

Thomas R., Barbin V., Ramboz C., Thirkell L., Gille P., Leveille R., Ramseyer K., 2009. Cathodoluminescence instrumentation for analysis of martian sediments. Cathodoluminescence and its Application in the Planetary Sciences, 111-126

Léveillé R.J., Longstaffe F.J., Fyfe W.S., 2007. An isotopic and geochemical study of carbonate-clay mineralization in basaltic caves: Abiotic versus microbial processes. Geobiology 5(3), 235-249.

Osinski G.R., Léveillé R., Berinstain A., Lebeuf M., Bamsey M., 2006. Terrestrial analogues to Mars and the moon: Canada's role. Geoscience Canada 33(4), 175-188.

Steven B., Léveillé R., Pollard W.H., Whyte L.G., 2006. Microbial ecology and biodiversity in permafrost. Extremophiles 10(4), 259-267.

Léveillé R.J., Longstaffe F.J., Fyfe W.S., 2002. Kerolite in carbonate-rich speleothems and microbial deposits from basaltic caves, Kauai, Hawaii. Clays and Clay Minerals 50(4), 514-524.

Léveillé R.J., Fyfe W.S., Longstaffe F.J., 2000. Geomicrobiology of carbonate-silicate microbialites from Hawaiian basaltic sea caves. Chemical Geology 169(3-4), 339-355.

Leveille R.J., Fyfe W.S., Longstaffe F.J., 2000. Unusual secondary Ca-Mg-Carbonate-Kerolite deposits in Basaltic Caves, Kauai, Hawaii. Journal of Geology 108(5), 613-621.

Fyfe W.S., Zang W., Chen Y., Léveillé R., 1996. Is CO2 disposal possible? Chemical and Engineering News 74(15), 5.