The micrometeorite flux at Dome C (Antarctica), monitoring the accretion of extraterrestrial dust on Earth

J Rojas, J Duprat, C Engrand, E Dartois… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
The annual flux of extraterrestrial material on Earth is largely dominated by sub-millimetre
particles. The mass distribution and absolute value of this cosmic dust flux at the Earth's …

Micrometeorites: Insights into the flux, sources and atmospheric entry of extraterrestrial dust at Earth

MJ Genge, M Van Ginneken, MD Suttle - Planetary and Space Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Micrometeorites (MMs) provide constraints on the flux and sources of extraterrestrial dust
falling on Earth as well as recording the processes occurring during atmospheric entry …

An extraterrestrial trigger for the mid-Ordovician ice age: Dust from the breakup of the L-chondrite parent body

B Schmitz, KA Farley, S Goderis, PR Heck… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
The breakup of the L-chondrite parent body in the asteroid belt 466 million years (Ma) ago
still delivers almost a third of all meteorites falling on Earth. Our new extraterrestrial chromite …

Micrometeorite collections: a review and their current status

M van Ginneken, PJ Wozniakiewicz… - Philosophical …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Micrometeorites are estimated to represent the main part of the present flux of extraterrestrial
matter found on the Earth's surface and provide valuable samples to probe the …

[HTML][HTML] Fossil micrometeorites from Monte dei Corvi: Searching for dust from the Veritas asteroid family and the utility of micrometeorites as a palaeoclimate proxy

MD Suttle, F Campanale, L Folco, L Tavazzani… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
We searched late Miocene sedimentary rocks in an attempt to recover fossil micrometeorites
derived from the Veritas asteroid family. This study was motivated by the previous …

[HTML][HTML] Geochemical characterization of scoriaceous and unmelted micrometeorites from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica: Links to chondritic parent …

F Van Maldeghem, M Van Ginneken, B Soens… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Micrometeorites originate from the interplanetary dust complex and continuously fall to the
Earth's surface in large amounts. About 10 to 20% of micrometeorites are not melted upon …

Cosmic spherules from Widerøefjellet, Sør Rondane Mountains (East Antarctica)

S Goderis, B Soens, MS Huber, S McKibbin… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
A newly discovered sedimentary accumulation of micrometeorites in the Sør Rondane
Mountains of East Antarctica, close to the Widerøefjellet summit at∼ 2750 m above sea …

Identification of the parent bodies of micrometeorites with high-precision oxygen isotope ratios

C Suavet, A Alexandre, IA Franchi, J Gattacceca… - Earth and Planetary …, 2010 - Elsevier
Oxygen isotopic compositions allow identification of potential parent bodies of
extraterrestrial materials. We measured oxygen isotope ratios of 33 large (diameter> 500μm) …

[HTML][HTML] The weathering of micrometeorites from the Transantarctic Mountains

M Van Ginneken, MJ Genge, L Folco… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Micrometeorites are cosmic dust particles recovered from the Earth's surface that dominate
the influx of extraterrestrial material accreting to our planet. This paper provides the first in …

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 …