Meteorite finds by Euromet near Frontier Mountain, North Victoria Land, Antartica
A team from EUROMET (a joint initiative of scientific institutions in Europe interested in meteorites) was sent for the first time to Antarctica in the 1990/91 season to undertake a systematic search for meteorites. The project was organised within the framework of the Italian Antarctic Program (Pro...
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ftunivmodena:oai:iris.unimore.it:11380/303420 2024-04-14T08:04:13+00:00 Meteorite finds by Euromet near Frontier Mountain, North Victoria Land, Antartica G. Delisle I. Franchi ROSSI, Antonio R. Wieler G., Delisle I., Franchi Rossi, Antonio R., Wieler 1993 http://hdl.handle.net/11380/303420 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:A1993LA77800019 volume:28 firstpage:126 lastpage:129 journal:METEORITICS http://hdl.handle.net/11380/303420 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-0027384398 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1993 ftunivmodena 2024-03-21T17:44:26Z A team from EUROMET (a joint initiative of scientific institutions in Europe interested in meteorites) was sent for the first time to Antarctica in the 1990/91 season to undertake a systematic search for meteorites. The project was organised within the framework of the Italian Antarctic Program (Programma Nationale di Richerche in Antartide, PNRA). The search was carried out in the vicinity of Frontier Mountain (North Victoria Land) and 256 meteorite fragments were discovered, most of which were wind-blown across the blue-ice field to the NE of Frontier Mountain and finally caught in an ice depression about 5 km to the N. The larger meteorites which remained on the ice surface from which they were uncovered may have been transported down to the mountain edge where they have subsequently been destroyed or covered in debris. A search for meteorites at neighbouring Sequence Hills, where similar glaciological conditions as at Frontier Mountain exist, proved unsuccessful. At this location the surface of the blue ice in the valleys with suspected meteorite concentrations was covered by meltwater lakes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica antartic* Antartide Victoria Land Archivio della ricerca dell'Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Unimore: IRIS) Antarctic Victoria Land Frontier Mountain ENVELOPE(160.333,160.333,-72.983,-72.983) Sequence Hills ENVELOPE(161.250,161.250,-73.050,-73.050) |
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A team from EUROMET (a joint initiative of scientific institutions in Europe interested in meteorites) was sent for the first time to Antarctica in the 1990/91 season to undertake a systematic search for meteorites. The project was organised within the framework of the Italian Antarctic Program (Programma Nationale di Richerche in Antartide, PNRA). The search was carried out in the vicinity of Frontier Mountain (North Victoria Land) and 256 meteorite fragments were discovered, most of which were wind-blown across the blue-ice field to the NE of Frontier Mountain and finally caught in an ice depression about 5 km to the N. The larger meteorites which remained on the ice surface from which they were uncovered may have been transported down to the mountain edge where they have subsequently been destroyed or covered in debris. A search for meteorites at neighbouring Sequence Hills, where similar glaciological conditions as at Frontier Mountain exist, proved unsuccessful. At this location the surface of the blue ice in the valleys with suspected meteorite concentrations was covered by meltwater lakes. |
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G. Delisle I. Franchi ROSSI, Antonio R. Wieler Meteorite finds by Euromet near Frontier Mountain, North Victoria Land, Antartica |
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G. Delisle I. Franchi ROSSI, Antonio R. Wieler |
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G. Delisle |
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Meteorite finds by Euromet near Frontier Mountain, North Victoria Land, Antartica |
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Meteorite finds by Euromet near Frontier Mountain, North Victoria Land, Antartica |
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Meteorite finds by Euromet near Frontier Mountain, North Victoria Land, Antartica |
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Meteorite finds by Euromet near Frontier Mountain, North Victoria Land, Antartica |
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Meteorite finds by Euromet near Frontier Mountain, North Victoria Land, Antartica |
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meteorite finds by euromet near frontier mountain, north victoria land, antartica |
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1993 |
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ENVELOPE(160.333,160.333,-72.983,-72.983) ENVELOPE(161.250,161.250,-73.050,-73.050) |
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Antarctic Victoria Land Frontier Mountain Sequence Hills |
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Antarctic Victoria Land Frontier Mountain Sequence Hills |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica antartic* Antartide Victoria Land |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica antartic* Antartide Victoria Land |
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