Understanding microtektite formation: Potassium isotope evidence for condensation in a vapor plumeOPEN ACCESS
Piers Koefoed, Luigi Folco, Gianfranco Di Vincenzo, Nicole X. Nie, Billy P. Glass, Mason Neuman, Kun Wang (王昆) Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 2 July 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Tektite and microtektite formation have important…
Be,La,U-rich spherules as microtektites of terrestrial laterites: What goes up must come downOPEN ACCESS
Steve Desch Submitted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Recently Loeb et al. (2024, “Recovery and Classification of Spherules from the Pacific Ocean Site of the CNEOS 2014 January 8 (IM1) Bolide”, Res….
The chondritic impactor origin of the Ni-rich component in Australasian tektites and microtektitesOPEN ACCESS
L. Folco, P. Rochette, M. D’Orazio, M. Masotta Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “In the Earth’s crust, Ni is generally concentrated in mafic and ultramafic…
Isotopic evolution of planetary crusts by hypervelocity impacts evidenced by Fe in microtektitesOPEN ACCESS
S. M. Chernonozhkin, C. González de Vega, N. Artemieva, B. Soens, J. Belza, E. Bolea-Fernandez, M. Van Ginneken, B. P. Glass, L. Folco, M. J. Genge, Ph. Claeys, F. Vanhaecke & S. Goderis Nature Communications,…
Multi-collector 40Ar/39Ar dating of microtektites from Transantarctic Mountains (Antarctica): a definitive link with the Australasian tektite/microtektite strewn field
Gianfranco Di Vincenzo, Luigi Folco, Martin D.Suttle, Lauren Brase, Ralph P. Harvey Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 5 February 2021 LINK “Microtektites represent high-velocity/distal meteorite impact ejecta. Demonstrating that microtektites found at several locations…
Australasian microtektites across the Antarctic continent: Evidence from the Sør Rondane Mountain range (East Antarctica)OPEN ACCESS
Bastien Soens, Matthias van Ginneken, Steven Goderis Geoscience FrontiersAvailable online 2 February 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Discovery of microtektites (n = 33) on the eastern Antarctic continent.• Physicochemical properties consistent with the Australasian strewn field.•…
A new type of highly-vaporized microtektite from the Transantarctic MountainsOPEN ACCESS
M. Van Ginneken, M.J. Genge, R.P. Harvey Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 6 March 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report on the discovery of microtektites (microscopic impact…
Impact ejecta at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary
Morgan F. Schaller, Megan K. Fung, James D. Wright, Miriam E. Katz, Dennis V. Kent Science 14 Oct 2016: Vol. 354, Issue 6309, pp. 225-229 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf5466 LINK “Extraterrestrial impacts have left a substantial imprint…
