Australasian microtektites across the Antarctic continent: Evidence from the Sør Rondane Mountain range (East Antarctica)

• Published in: Geoscience Frontiers
• Main Authors: Bastien Soens, Matthias van Ginneken, Stepan Chernonozhkin, Nicolas Slotte, Vinciane Debaille, Frank Vanhaecke, Herman Terryn, Philippe Claeys, Steven Goderis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Impact cratering; Impact ejecta; Target stratigraphy; Volatilization; Antarctica; Microtektites; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Victoria Land; Transantarctic Mountains; Sør-Rondane; Larkman Nunatak; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101153; https://doaj.org/article/3db3f8ba48c34cf69a965a28f7b41593

The ~790 ka Australasian (micro)tektite strewn field is one of the most recent and best-known examples of impact ejecta emplacement as the result of a large-scale cratering event across a considerable part of Earth's surface (>10% in area). The Australasian strewn field is characterized by a...