Elemental and oxygen isotopic fractionation recorded in highly vaporized cosmic spherules from Widerøefjellet, Sør Rondane Mountains (East Antarctica)

• Published in: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
• Main Authors: Boonants, Tom, Goderis, Steven, Soens, Bastien, Van Maldeghem, Flore, Chernonozhkin, Stepan M., Vanhaecke, Frank, van Ginneken, Matthias, Snoeck, Christophe, Claeys, Philippe
• Other Authors: Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2024
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Sør Rondane Mountains; Sør-Rondane; Widerøefjellet; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.14188; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/maps.14188

Abstract Upon passage through Earth's atmosphere, micrometeorites undergo variable degrees of melting and evaporation. Among the various textural and chemical groups recognized among cosmic spherules, that is, melted micrometeorites, a subset of particles may indicate anomalously high degrees o...