The 1991 EUROMET micrometeorite collection at Cap‐Prudhomme, Antarctica

Abstract— An inventory of 1991 EUROMET Antarctic micrometeorite (AMM) collection is presented. Fifty grams of sediments were collected by filtration of 260 tonnes of melted ice water. Four sieve fractions were obtained and material from these is available from the EUROMET group. The few hundred mill...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Meteoritics
Main Authors: Maurette, Michel, Pourchet, Michel, Perreau, Michel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1992
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
General Environmental Science
Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1992.tb00233.x
https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1945-5100.1992.tb00233.x
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1992.tb00233.x
Description
Summary:Abstract— An inventory of 1991 EUROMET Antarctic micrometeorite (AMM) collection is presented. Fifty grams of sediments were collected by filtration of 260 tonnes of melted ice water. Four sieve fractions were obtained and material from these is available from the EUROMET group. The few hundred milligrams of the 50–100 μm fraction are the most productive ones, in which 10% of the grains are AMMs. Input for planning a 1994 expedition to collect AMMs is also invited.

Similar Items