Statistical properties of the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) micrometeorite collection

• Published in: Polar Science
• Main Authors: Clément Suavet, Ralph P. Harvey, Luigi Folco, Jérôme Gattacceca, Myriam Kars, Pierre Rochette
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: NEANIAS Atmospheric Research Community; French National Research Agency (ANR); General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Aquatic Science; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; Antarctic; South Pole; Transantarctic Mountains; Walcott; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/87187; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2009.06.003

Abstract Micrometeorites have been recovered from traps located at the summit of nunataks in the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM), Antarctica. They constitute the TAM micrometeorite collection. Micrometeorites accumulated by direct infall for hundreds of thousands of years. This long collection durati...