Micrometeorite collections: a review and their current status.
Micrometeorites are estimated to represent the main part of the present flux of extraterrestrial matter found on the Earth's surface and provide valuable samples to probe the interplanetary medium. Here, we describe large and representative collections of micrometeorites currently available to...
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ftpubmed:38736337 2024-09-09T19:04:21+00:00 Micrometeorite collections: a review and their current status. van Ginneken, Matthias Wozniakiewicz, Penelope J Brownlee, Donald E Debaille, Vinciane Della Corte, Vincenzo Delauche, Lucie Duprat, Jean Engrand, Cecile Folco, Luigi Fries, Marc Gattacceca, Jérôme Genge, Matthew J Goderis, Steven Gounelle, Matthieu Harvey, Ralph P Jonker, Guido Krämer Ruggiu, Lisa Larsen, Jon Lever, James H Noguchi, Takaaki Peterson, Scott Rochette, Pierre Rojas, Julien Rotundi, Alessandra Rudraswami, N G Suttle, Martin D Taylor, Susan Van Maldeghem, Flore Zolensky, Michael 2024 Jun 09 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2023.0195 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38736337 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11225958/ eng eng Atypon https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2023.0195 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38736337 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11225958/ Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci ISSN:1471-2962 Volume:382 Issue:2273 cosmic dust micrometeorites planetary science Journal Article Review 2024 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2023.0195 2024-07-07T16:01:00Z Micrometeorites are estimated to represent the main part of the present flux of extraterrestrial matter found on the Earth's surface and provide valuable samples to probe the interplanetary medium. Here, we describe large and representative collections of micrometeorites currently available to the scientific community. These include Antarctic collections from surface ice and snow, as well as glacial sediments from the eroded top of nunataks-summits outcropping from the icesheet-and moraines. Collections extracted from deep-sea sediments (DSS) produced a large number of micrometeorites, in particular, iron-rich cosmic spherules that are rarer in other collections. Collections from the old and stable surface of the Atacama Desert show that finding large numbers of micrometeorites is not restricted to polar regions or DSS. The advent of rooftop collections marks an important step into involving citizen science in the study of micrometeorites, as well as providing potential sampling locations over all latitudes to explore the modern flux. We explore their strengths of the collections to address specific scientific questions and their potential weaknesses. The future of micrometeorite research will involve the finding of large fossil micrometeorite collections and benefit from recent advances in sampling cosmic dust directly from the air. This article is part of the theme issue 'Dust in the Solar System and beyond'. Review Antarc* Antarctic PubMed Central (PMC) Antarctic Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 382 2273 |
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cosmic dust micrometeorites planetary science van Ginneken, Matthias Wozniakiewicz, Penelope J Brownlee, Donald E Debaille, Vinciane Della Corte, Vincenzo Delauche, Lucie Duprat, Jean Engrand, Cecile Folco, Luigi Fries, Marc Gattacceca, Jérôme Genge, Matthew J Goderis, Steven Gounelle, Matthieu Harvey, Ralph P Jonker, Guido Krämer Ruggiu, Lisa Larsen, Jon Lever, James H Noguchi, Takaaki Peterson, Scott Rochette, Pierre Rojas, Julien Rotundi, Alessandra Rudraswami, N G Suttle, Martin D Taylor, Susan Van Maldeghem, Flore Zolensky, Michael Micrometeorite collections: a review and their current status. |
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Micrometeorites are estimated to represent the main part of the present flux of extraterrestrial matter found on the Earth's surface and provide valuable samples to probe the interplanetary medium. Here, we describe large and representative collections of micrometeorites currently available to the scientific community. These include Antarctic collections from surface ice and snow, as well as glacial sediments from the eroded top of nunataks-summits outcropping from the icesheet-and moraines. Collections extracted from deep-sea sediments (DSS) produced a large number of micrometeorites, in particular, iron-rich cosmic spherules that are rarer in other collections. Collections from the old and stable surface of the Atacama Desert show that finding large numbers of micrometeorites is not restricted to polar regions or DSS. The advent of rooftop collections marks an important step into involving citizen science in the study of micrometeorites, as well as providing potential sampling locations over all latitudes to explore the modern flux. We explore their strengths of the collections to address specific scientific questions and their potential weaknesses. The future of micrometeorite research will involve the finding of large fossil micrometeorite collections and benefit from recent advances in sampling cosmic dust directly from the air. This article is part of the theme issue 'Dust in the Solar System and beyond'. |
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van Ginneken, Matthias Wozniakiewicz, Penelope J Brownlee, Donald E Debaille, Vinciane Della Corte, Vincenzo Delauche, Lucie Duprat, Jean Engrand, Cecile Folco, Luigi Fries, Marc Gattacceca, Jérôme Genge, Matthew J Goderis, Steven Gounelle, Matthieu Harvey, Ralph P Jonker, Guido Krämer Ruggiu, Lisa Larsen, Jon Lever, James H Noguchi, Takaaki Peterson, Scott Rochette, Pierre Rojas, Julien Rotundi, Alessandra Rudraswami, N G Suttle, Martin D Taylor, Susan Van Maldeghem, Flore Zolensky, Michael |
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van Ginneken, Matthias Wozniakiewicz, Penelope J Brownlee, Donald E Debaille, Vinciane Della Corte, Vincenzo Delauche, Lucie Duprat, Jean Engrand, Cecile Folco, Luigi Fries, Marc Gattacceca, Jérôme Genge, Matthew J Goderis, Steven Gounelle, Matthieu Harvey, Ralph P Jonker, Guido Krämer Ruggiu, Lisa Larsen, Jon Lever, James H Noguchi, Takaaki Peterson, Scott Rochette, Pierre Rojas, Julien Rotundi, Alessandra Rudraswami, N G Suttle, Martin D Taylor, Susan Van Maldeghem, Flore Zolensky, Michael |
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Micrometeorite collections: a review and their current status. |
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Micrometeorite collections: a review and their current status. |
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