A new type of highly-vaporized microtektite from the Transantarctic Mountains

• Published in: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
• Main Authors: Van Ginneken, M, Genge, MJ, Harvey, R
• Other Authors: Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: 0402 Geochemistry; 0403 Geology; Geochemistry & Geophysics; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Larkman Nunatak; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/57799; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.02.041

We report on the discovery of microtektites (microscopic impact glass spherules) in a glacial moraine near Larkman Nunatak in the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. The microtektites were identified based on their physical and chemical properties. Major and trace element compositions of the parti...