I-Type Cosmic Spherules as Proxy for the Δ′17O of the Atmosphere—A Calibration With Quraternary Air ...

• Main Authors: Fischer, Meike B., Oeser, Martin, Weyer, Stefan, Folco, Luigi, Peters, Stefan T. M., Zahnow, Fabian, Pack, Andreas
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley 2021
• Subjects: atmosphere; cosmic; isotopes; oxygen; spherules; Dewey Decimal Classification500 | Naturwissenschaften550 | Geowissenschaften; Antarctic; Dewey; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15488/14497; https://www.repo.uni-hannover.de/handle/123456789/14615

Remnants of shooting stars are preserved in form of cosmic spherules in ice and sediments. The extraterrestrial material is heated and melted upon atmospheric entry and is collected at the Earth's surface as cosmic spherules. A fraction of cosmic spherules (I-type cosmic spherules) sources from...