Curatorial functions and the U.S. Antarctic meteorite program

• Main Authors: M.B. Duke, D.D. Bogard, J.O. Annexstad
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center 1981
• Subjects: Antarctic; Cassidy; Antarc*; Antarctica; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=1200; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00001200/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=1200&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

The discovery of concentrations of meteorites in Antarctica by Japanese field parties in 1969,and subsequently by joint U.S.-Japanese and U.S. field parties since 1976 has provided a significant new resource for understanding the origin and evolution of the solar system. The number of meteorites as...