Chrome-rich spinels in micrometeorites from modern Antarctic sedimentary deposits

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Flore Van Maldeghem, Ryoga Maeda, Bastien Soens, Martin D. Suttle, Lisa Krämer Ruggiu, Carole Cordier, Akira Yamaguchi, Birger Schmitz, Philippe Claeys, Luigi Folco, Steven Goderis
• Other Authors: Van Maldeghem, Flore, Maeda, Ryoga, Soens, Bastien, Suttle, Martin D., Krämer Ruggiu, Lisa, Cordier, Carole, Yamaguchi, Akira, Schmitz, Birger, Claeys, Philippe, Folco, Luigi, Goderis, Steven
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Antarctic; Sør Rondane Mountains; Sør-Rondane; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11568/1245747; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118837

Each year, approximately 5000 tons of extraterrestrial material reaches the Earth's surface as micrometeorites, cosmic dust particles ranging from 10 to 2000 μm in size. These micrometeorites, collected from diverse environments, mainly deep-sea sediments, Antarctic ice, snow and loose sediment...