Helium concentrations of late Miocene sediments

• Main Authors: Farley, Kenneth A, Vokrouhlicky, David, Bottke, William, Nesvorny, David
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2006
• Subjects: 121-757B; 154-926B; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Joides Resolution; Leg121; Leg154; North Atlantic Ocean; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP; South Indian Ridge; South Indian Ocean; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.769831; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.769831

Throughout the history of the Solar System, Earth has been bombarded by interplanetary dust particles (IDPs), which are asteroid and comet fragments of diameter 1-1,000 µm. The IDP flux is believed to be in quasi-steady state: particles created by episodic main belt collisions or cometary fragmentat...