Australasian microtektites across the Antarctic continent: Evidence from the Sør Rondane Mountain range (East Antarctica)

• Main Authors: Soens, Bastien, Van Ginneken, Matthias, Chernonozhkin, Stepan S.M., Slotte, Nicolas, Debaille, Vinciane, Vanhaecke, Frank, Terryn, Herman, Claeys, Philippe, Goderis, Steven
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Sciences de la terre et du cosmos; Antarctica; Impact cratering; Impact ejecta; Microtektites; Target stratigraphy; Volatilization; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Larkman Nunatak; Sør-Rondane; The Antarctic; Transantarctic Mountains; Victoria Land; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/321121; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/321121/1/doi_304765.pdf

The ~790 ka Australasian (micro)tektite strewn field is one of the most recent and best-known examples of impact ejecta emplacement as the result of a large-scale cratering event across a considerable part of Earth's surface (>10% in area). The Australasian strewn field is characterized by a...