Antarctica - A deep-freeze storehouse for meteorites

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Nov 1977

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Science, vol. 198, Nov. 18, 1977, p. 727-731. Research supported by the Field Museum of Natural History and Japan National Insti

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Antarctic Regions, Ice Environments, Meteorites, Ablation, Achondrites, Chondrites, Iron Meteorites, Preserving

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A description is presented of the recovery of 11 new meteorites in Antarctica during the period from December 15, 1976, to January 20, 1977. The two areas in which the meteorites were recovered have somewhat the appearance of stagnant zones in an otherwise dynamic system. The meteorites recovered range in size from an individual weighing 305 g to a group of fragments totaling 408 kg. The latter is the largest meteorite on record from Antarctica. It is pointed out that these are not all fragments of a single shower. Of the 11 individuals discovered, one is an iron, one is an achondrite, and the rest are chondrites.

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