Search for the Tunguska event relics in the Antarctic snow and new estimation of the cosmic iridium accretion rate

International audience A careful search for iridium in snow-ice samples deposited in Antarctica by the time of the great Tunguska explosion in 1908 has produced negative results. The worldwide dispersion of the cosmic bolide responsible for the event has not left a detectable Ir inprint in South Pol...

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Main Authors: Rocchia, Robert, Bonté, Philippe, Jéhanno, Célestine, Robin, Eric, de Angelis, Martine, Boclet, Daniel
Other Authors: Centre des Faibles Radioactivités, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement (LGGE), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etude de Saclay, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
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Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 1990
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spelling ftunigrenoble:oai:HAL:hal-03582517v1 2024-05-12T07:55:42+00:00 Search for the Tunguska event relics in the Antarctic snow and new estimation of the cosmic iridium accretion rate Rocchia, Robert Bonté, Philippe Jéhanno, Célestine Robin, Eric de Angelis, Martine Boclet, Daniel Centre des Faibles Radioactivités Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement (LGGE) Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre d'Etude de Saclay Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) 1990-01-01 https://hal.science/hal-03582517 https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p189 en eng HAL CCSD Geological Society of America info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1130/SPE247-p189 hal-03582517 https://hal.science/hal-03582517 doi:10.1130/SPE247-p189 Global Catastrophes in Earth History; An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality https://hal.science/hal-03582517 Global Catastrophes in Earth History; An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality, 247, Geological Society of America, pp.189-194, 1990, Geological Society of America Special Papers, ⟨10.1130/SPE247-p189⟩ [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces environment info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart Book sections 1990 ftunigrenoble https://doi.org/10.1130/SPE247-p189 2024-04-18T03:08:52Z International audience A careful search for iridium in snow-ice samples deposited in Antarctica by the time of the great Tunguska explosion in 1908 has produced negative results. The worldwide dispersion of the cosmic bolide responsible for the event has not left a detectable Ir inprint in South Pole snow. The iridium infall from the Tunguska event is at least a factor of 20 lower than previously estimated. The local iridium background, averaged over a period of 30 years, is consistent with a global micrometeorite flux of about 10 Gg per year. Book Part Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica South pole South pole Université Grenoble Alpes: HAL Antarctic South Pole The Antarctic Tunguska ENVELOPE(144.784,144.784,59.388,59.388) 189 194
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Rocchia, Robert
Bonté, Philippe
Jéhanno, Célestine
Robin, Eric
de Angelis, Martine
Boclet, Daniel
Search for the Tunguska event relics in the Antarctic snow and new estimation of the cosmic iridium accretion rate
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description International audience A careful search for iridium in snow-ice samples deposited in Antarctica by the time of the great Tunguska explosion in 1908 has produced negative results. The worldwide dispersion of the cosmic bolide responsible for the event has not left a detectable Ir inprint in South Pole snow. The iridium infall from the Tunguska event is at least a factor of 20 lower than previously estimated. The local iridium background, averaged over a period of 30 years, is consistent with a global micrometeorite flux of about 10 Gg per year.
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Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement (LGGE)
Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG)
Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Centre d'Etude de Saclay
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
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author Rocchia, Robert
Bonté, Philippe
Jéhanno, Célestine
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de Angelis, Martine
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title Search for the Tunguska event relics in the Antarctic snow and new estimation of the cosmic iridium accretion rate
title_short Search for the Tunguska event relics in the Antarctic snow and new estimation of the cosmic iridium accretion rate
title_full Search for the Tunguska event relics in the Antarctic snow and new estimation of the cosmic iridium accretion rate
title_fullStr Search for the Tunguska event relics in the Antarctic snow and new estimation of the cosmic iridium accretion rate
title_full_unstemmed Search for the Tunguska event relics in the Antarctic snow and new estimation of the cosmic iridium accretion rate
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