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The 1991 EUROMET micrometeorite collection at Cap‐Prudhomme, Antarctica
Author(s) -
Maurette Michel,
Pourchet Michel,
Perreau Michel
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1992.tb00233.x
Subject(s) - environmental science , fraction (chemistry) , sieve (category theory) , chemistry , mathematics , combinatorics , organic chemistry
— An inventory of 1991 EUROMET Antarctic micrometeorite (AMM) collection is presented. Fifty grams of sediments were collected by filtration of 260 tonnes of melted ice water. Four sieve fractions were obtained and material from these is available from the EUROMET group. The few hundred milligrams of the 50–100 μm fraction are the most productive ones, in which 10% of the grains are AMMs. Input for planning a 1994 expedition to collect AMMs is also invited.