Cosmic spherules from Widerøefjellet, Sør Rondane Mountains (East Antarctica)

A newly discovered sedimentary accumulation of micrometeorites in the Sør Rondane Mountains of East Antarctica, close to the Widerøefjellet summit at ∼2750 m above sea level, is characterized in this work. The focus here lies on 2099 melted cosmic spherules larger than 200 μm, extracted from 3.2 kg...

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Main Authors: Goderis, Steven, Soens, Bastien, Huber, Matthew M.S., McKibbin, Seann, Van Ginneken, Matthias, Van Maldeghem, Flore, Debaille, Vinciane, Greenwood, Richard R.C., Franchi, Ian I.A., Cnudde, Veerle, Van Malderen, Stijn, Vanhaecke, Frank, Koeberl, Christian, Topa, Dan, Claeys, Philippe
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Géochimie
Pétrologie
Atmospheric heating
Cosmic spherules
Extraterrestrial dust
Oxygen isotope ratios
Parent bodies
East Antarctica
Transantarctic Mountains
Sør-Rondane
Sør Rondane Mountains
Frontier Mountain
Miller Butte
Widerøefjellet
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/298705
https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/298705/3/Goderisetal2020.pdf

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