The Allan Hills Meteorite Icefield-An alternative view
More than 1300 meteorites have been found on the surface of blue icefields in North Victorialand, Antarctica. The Allan Hills Icefield (about 100 km^2) has exceptionally high meteorite concentrations while other icefields to the West have much smaller concentrations. Measurements of the rates of abl...
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ftcaltechauth:oai:authors.library.caltech.edu:fngvv-6va62 2024-10-13T14:02:53+00:00 The Allan Hills Meteorite Icefield-An alternative view Annexstad, J. O. Schultz, L. Epstein, S. 1983-09 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1983.tb00194.x unknown Meteoritical Society eprintid:49489 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Other Meteoritics, 18(4), 260-260, (1983-09) 46th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Mainz, West Germany, September 5-9, 1983 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1983 ftcaltechauth https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1983.tb00194.x 2024-09-25T18:46:42Z More than 1300 meteorites have been found on the surface of blue icefields in North Victorialand, Antarctica. The Allan Hills Icefield (about 100 km^2) has exceptionally high meteorite concentrations while other icefields to the West have much smaller concentrations. Measurements of the rates of ablation and of horizontal displacement of the ice surface near the Allan Hills have been conducted since 1978 at a 20 station triangulation network. These data show that the horizontal ice velocity at the most active stations is about one m/yr and less at the high meteorite concentration site. Ablation of the ice surface averages about 4.2 em/yr. Measurements of the oxygen isotopic composition of surface ice along the triangulation network show a rather large scatter of about 8δ^(18)O‰. This indicates that the ice comes from different areas or possibly is different in age. The terrestrial ages of Allan Hills meteorites are between 0 and 700,000 years, with only a few older than 400,000 years. A model for the appearance of meteorites on blue ice surfaces in Antarctica is that specimens are carried within the moving ice sheet to stagnant areas where they are uncovered by the ablation process (see e.g. Bull and Lipschutz, 1982). These areas ("emergent zones") are fed by ice that originally accumulated as snow at the source regions of the ice. This model accounts for the general occurrence of meteorites on blue ice fields but an additional mechanism is needed to explain the high concentrations found at the Allan Hills. It is suggested that this icefield has concentrated meteorites primarily by horizontal movement of the ice from the emergent zones located to the west of the concentration zone. These meteorites are transported by surface compressive flow of the ice into the Allan Hills Meteorite Icefield and left stranded in an area where ice is only lost by the ablation process. This model seems to be in agreement with all field and laboratory observations. © 1983 Meteoritical Society. Provided by the NASA ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Ice Sheet Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology) Allan Hills ENVELOPE(159.667,159.667,-76.717,-76.717) Meteoritics 18 4 259 433 |
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More than 1300 meteorites have been found on the surface of blue icefields in North Victorialand, Antarctica. The Allan Hills Icefield (about 100 km^2) has exceptionally high meteorite concentrations while other icefields to the West have much smaller concentrations. Measurements of the rates of ablation and of horizontal displacement of the ice surface near the Allan Hills have been conducted since 1978 at a 20 station triangulation network. These data show that the horizontal ice velocity at the most active stations is about one m/yr and less at the high meteorite concentration site. Ablation of the ice surface averages about 4.2 em/yr. Measurements of the oxygen isotopic composition of surface ice along the triangulation network show a rather large scatter of about 8δ^(18)O‰. This indicates that the ice comes from different areas or possibly is different in age. The terrestrial ages of Allan Hills meteorites are between 0 and 700,000 years, with only a few older than 400,000 years. A model for the appearance of meteorites on blue ice surfaces in Antarctica is that specimens are carried within the moving ice sheet to stagnant areas where they are uncovered by the ablation process (see e.g. Bull and Lipschutz, 1982). These areas ("emergent zones") are fed by ice that originally accumulated as snow at the source regions of the ice. This model accounts for the general occurrence of meteorites on blue ice fields but an additional mechanism is needed to explain the high concentrations found at the Allan Hills. It is suggested that this icefield has concentrated meteorites primarily by horizontal movement of the ice from the emergent zones located to the west of the concentration zone. These meteorites are transported by surface compressive flow of the ice into the Allan Hills Meteorite Icefield and left stranded in an area where ice is only lost by the ablation process. This model seems to be in agreement with all field and laboratory observations. © 1983 Meteoritical Society. Provided by the NASA ... |
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The Allan Hills Meteorite Icefield-An alternative view |
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The Allan Hills Meteorite Icefield-An alternative view |
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The Allan Hills Meteorite Icefield-An alternative view |
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