Mysterious iron-nickel-zinc arctic spherules

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Darby, Dennis A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1998
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Devon Island; Central Arctic; Queen Elizabeth Islands
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e97-085; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e97-085

An investigation into the sources of ice-rafted detritus in the central Arctic Ocean using microprobe analyses of detrital Fe oxide minerals discovered unique magnetic spherules in 20 of 144 potential source sample sites from the shelves and coastal areas around this ocean. The spherules occur only...