Microtektites from Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: FOLCO, LUIGI, ROCHETTE P, PERCHIAZZI, NATALE, D'ORAZIO, MASSIMO, LAURENZI M. A, TIEPOLO M.
• Other Authors: Folco, Luigi, Rochette, P, Perchiazzi, Natale, D'Orazio, Massimo, Laurenzi, M. A., Tiepolo, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Victoria Land; Transantarctic Mountains; Tive; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/194842; https://doi.org/10.1130/G24528A.1; http://10.1130/G24528A.1

We report on the discovery of a microtektite (microscopic impact glass particles) strewn fi eld from the Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Microtektites were found trapped in the local detritus accumulated in weathering pits and in joints of several glacially eroded summits (~2600...