Meteorites constrain the age of Antarctic ice at the Frontier Mountain blue ice field (northern Victoria Land)

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: FOLCO, LUIGI, Welten K. C, Jull A. J. T, Nishiizumi K, Zeoli A.
• Other Authors: Folco, Luigi, Welten, K. C., Jull, A. J. T., Nishiizumi, K, Zeoli, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; Frontier Mountain; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/102745; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.022

We show that meteorites can provide chronological constraints upon the age of the ice cropping out at the Frontier Mountain meteorite trap (Antarctica) when their terrestrial age is placed in a glaciological context. Amongst the over 700 meteorites found so far, Frontier Mountain (FRO) 84001, 99028,...