Micrometeorites from the Transantarctic Mountains

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Rochette, P., Folco, L., Suavet, C., van Ginneken, M., Gattacceca, J., Perchiazzi, N., Braucher, R., Harvey, R. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Academy of Sciences 2008
• Subjects: QB651 Planets; Minor; QE515 Geochemistry; Antarctic; Frontier Mountain; South Pole; Transantarctic Mountains; Victoria Land; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/88120/; https://kar.kent.ac.uk/88120/1/18206.full.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0806049105

We report the discovery of large accumulations of micrometeorites on the Myr-old, glacially eroded granitic summits of several isolated nunataks in the Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains. The number (>3,500) of large (>400 μm and up to 2 mm in size) melted and unmelted particles is orders...