Formation of an ultracarbonaceous Antarctic micrometeorite through minimal aqueous alteration in a small porous icy body

• Main Authors: Yabuta, H, Noguchi, T, Itoh, S, Nakamura, T, Miyake, A, Tsujimoto, S, Ohashi, N, Sakamoto, N, Hashiguchi, M, Abe, KI, Okubo, A, Kilcoyne, ALD, Tachibana, S, Okazaki, R, Terada, K, Ebihara, M, Nagahara, H
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2017
• Subjects: Ultracarbonaceous Antarctic micrometeorites; Organic matter; GEMS; Aqueous alteration; Comet; Shock; SIMS; XANES; TEM; Geochemistry; Geology; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Geochemistry & Geophysics; Antarctic; Dome Fuji; Dome Fuji Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6376d469

A comprehensive study of the organic chemistry and mineralogy of an ultracarbonaceous micrometeorite (UCAMM D05IB80) collected from near the Dome Fuji Station, Antarctica, was carried out to understand the genetic relationship among organic materials, silicates, and water. The micrometeorite is comp...