Chrome-rich spinels in micrometeorites from modern Antarctic sedimentary deposits

• Main Authors: Van Maldeghem, Flore, Maeda, Ryoga, Soens, Bastien, Suttle, Martin D., Ruggiu, Lisa Krämer, Cordier, Carole, Yamaguchi, Akira, Schmitz, Birger, Claeys, Philippe, Folco, Luigi, Goderis, Steven
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Antarctic; Sør Rondane Mountains; Sør-Rondane; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://oro.open.ac.uk/98364/; https://oro.open.ac.uk/98364/1/Van%20Maldeghem%20et%20al_Green%20access.pdf

Each year, approximately 5000 tons of extraterrestrial material reaches the Earth's surface as micrometeorites, cosmic dust particles ranging from 10 to 2000 μm in size. These micrometeorites, collected from diverse environments, mainly deep-sea sediments, Antarctic ice, snow and loose sediment...