Late Neogene passive margin denudation history—cosmogenic isotope measurements from the central Namib desert

FM Van der Wateren, TJ Dunai - Global and Planetary Change, 2001 - Elsevier
In this paper, we review ideas on the geomorphological history of the southwest African
passive margin, focusing on the central Namib sector and presenting new evidence on the …

The extraterrestrial dust flux: Size distribution and mass contribution estimates inferred from the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) micrometeorite collection

MD Suttle, L Folco - Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores the long‐duration (0.8–2.3 Ma), time‐averaged micrometeorite flux
(mass and size distribution) reaching Earth, as recorded by the Transantarctic Mountains …

Sublimation of ice through sediment in Beacon Valley, Antarctica

RCA Hindmarsh, FM Van der Wateren… - … Annaler: Series A …, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
The time‐dependent physics of ice sublimation through thin layers of till is considered, to
determine whether sublimation could be sufficiently slow to permit the preservation of ice for …

Multi-collector 40Ar/39Ar dating of microtektites from Transantarctic Mountains (Antarctica): A definitive link with the Australasian tektite/microtektite strewn field

G Di Vincenzo, L Folco, MD Suttle, L Brase… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Microtektites represent high-velocity/distal meteorite impact ejecta. Demonstrating that
microtektites found at several locations throughout East-Antarctica consist of a …

[HTML][HTML] Stretching out the Australasian microtektite strewn field in Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains

L Folco, M d'Orazio, M Gemelli, P Rochette - Polar Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Petrographic and geochemical studies of microtektites collected in newly explored summit
plateaus of the Transantarctic Mountains (ie, Schroeder Spur, Killer Nunatak, Miller Butte in …

Contrasting Neogene denudation histories of different structural regions in the Transantarctic Mountains rift flank constrained by cosmogenic isotope measurements

FM Van der Wateren, TJ Dunai, RT Van Balen… - Global and Planetary …, 1999 - Elsevier
Separate regions within the Transantarctic Mountains, the uplifted flank of the West Antarctic
rift system, appear to have distinct Neogene histories of glaciation and valley downcutting …

Kinematic modelling of the west Antarctic rift system, Ross Sea, Antarctica

M Busetti, G Spadini, FM Van der Wateren… - Global and Planetary …, 1999 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigate the thermo-mechanical controls on the formation of the Ross
Sea basin (Antarctica) and the uplift of the adjacent Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) rift …

Chrome-rich spinels in micrometeorites from modern Antarctic sedimentary deposits

F Van Maldeghem, R Maeda, B Soens… - Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …

Aeromagnetic signatures over western Marie Byrd Land provide insight into magmatic arc basement, mafic magmatism and structure of the Eastern Ross Sea Rift flank

F Ferraccioli, E Bozzo, D Damaske - Tectonophysics, 2002 - Elsevier
Aeromagnetic signatures over the Edward VII Peninsula (E7) provide new insight into the
largely ice-covered and unexplored eastern flank of the Ross Sea Rift (RSR). Positive …

Meteoritic and bedrock constraints on the glacial history of Frontier Mountain in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

KC Welten, L Folco, K Nishiizumi, MW Caffee… - Earth and Planetary …, 2008 - Elsevier
In 2001, a small H4 chondrite, Frontier Mountain (FRO) 01149, was found on a glacially
eroded surface near the top of Frontier Mountain, Antarctica, about 600 m above the present …