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: unknown
• Published: Meteoritical Society 2012
• Subjects: South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01292.x

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 provide info...