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Scientific paper
Sep 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978sci...201.1119g&link_type=abstract
Science, vol. 201, Sept. 22, 1978, p. 1119-1121.
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Abundance, Extraterrestrial Matter, Micrometeorites, Silicates, Spherules, Aerospace Environments, Chondrites, Meteoritic Composition, Neutron Activation Analysis, Ocean Bottom, Trace Elements
Scientific paper
Silicate spherules larger than 100 microns were extracted from 100 kg of box core samples of Pacific red clay taken in the mid-Pacific at a depth of 5 km, and the concentration of nonvolatile trace elements was determined for three spheres. One of the spheres shows excellent resemblance to C1 chondrite nonvolatile trace-element abundance patterns, and the relative abundances of the other two spheres are also very similar to those of C1 chondrites. One of these two spheres is depleted in Ir and Ru, while the other is depleted for Ni and Cr; possible explanations for the depletions are considered. Since the elemental abundances of the third sphere match the abundances of C1 chondrites, it is suggested that this sphere must be of extraterrestrial origin.
Brownlee Don E.
Ganapathy Rajesh
Hodge Paul W.
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