Fine‐grained precursors dominate the micrometeorite flux

• Published in: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
• Main Authors: TAYLOR, Susan, MATRAJT, Graciela, GUAN, Yunbin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: South Pole; Jupiter; South pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01292.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1945-5100.2011.01292.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01292.x

Abstract– We optically classified 5682 micrometeorites (MMs) from the 2000 South Pole collection into textural classes, imaged 2458 of these MMs with a scanning electron microscope, and made 200 elemental and eight isotopic measurements on those with unusual textures or relict phases. As textures pr...