The identification of airbursts in the past: Insights from the BIT-58 layer

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: van Ginneken, Matthias, Harvey, Ralph, Goderis, Steven, Artemieva, Natalia, Boslough, Mark, Maeda, Ryoga, Gattacceca, Jérôme, Folco, Luigi, Yamaguchi, Akira, Wozniakiewicz, Penelope, Sonzogni, Corinne
• Other Authors: Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement (CEREGE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2024
• Subjects: [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Allan Hills; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04450010; https://hal.science/hal-04450010/document; https://hal.science/hal-04450010/file/1-s2.0-S0012821X23005721-main.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118562

International audience Airbursts are estimated to be the most frequent type ofdestructive impact events. Yet, confirmation of these events is elusive, resulting in a major gap in the impact record of Earth. The recent discovery of igneous chondritic spherules produced during a new type of touchdown...