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

• Published in: Geoscience Frontiers
• Main Authors: Soens, Bastien, van Ginneken, Matthias, Chernonozhkin, Stepan, Slotte, Nicolas, Debaille, Vinciane, Vanhaecke, Frank, Terryn, Herman, Claeys, Philippe, Goderis, Steven
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: QE515 Geochemistry; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Victoria Land; Transantarctic Mountains; Sør-Rondane; Larkman Nunatak; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/88150/; https://kar.kent.ac.uk/88150/1/1-s2.0-S1674987121000177-main.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101153

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...