A new carbon-rich phase (COPS) in Antarctic micrometeorites

• Main Authors: Engrand, C., Maurette, M., Kurat, G., Brandstatter, F., Perreau, M.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: 90; Antarctic; Murchison; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19940007761

The contemporary flux of micrometeorites with sizes greater than 50 microns reaching the Earth's surface each year (about 20,000 tons/a) is much greater than the value of approximately 100 tons/a reported for conventional meteorites up to masses of approximately 10,000 tons. Moreover, on the av...