Micrometeorites in Your Gutter and Plio‐Pleistocene microtektites from Florida 18MAY2019

 Micrometeorites in Your Gutter and Plio‐Pleistocene microtektites from Florida

Can you Really Find Micrometeorites in Your Gutter? Well

Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy. May 16, 2019

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/can-you-really-find-micrometeorites-in-your-gutter-well

Flecks of Extraterrestrial Dust, All Over the Roof

The New York Times, By By William J. Broad

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/science/space-dust-on-earth.html

Genge, M.J., Larsen, J., Van Ginneken, M. and Suttle, M.D., 2017.

An urban collection of modern-day large micrometeorites:

Evidence for variations in the extraterrestrial dust flux through

the Quaternary. Geology, 45(2), pp.119-122.

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/45/2/119/195213/an-urban-collection-of-modern-day-large

A paper about Plio‐Pleistocene microtektites in Florida shell beds.

Meyer, M., Harries, P.J. and Portell, R.W., 2019. A first report

of microtektites from the shell beds of southwestern Florida.

Meteoritics & Planetary Science.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/maps.13299

Yours,

Paul H.

Micrometeorites altered early Earth's climate

Micrometeorites altered early Earth's climate

Sugar-grain sized meteorites rocked the climates of early 
Earth and Mars, according to new study, Imperial College 
London. April 1, 2011‎
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_1-4-2011-14-58-35

 

Sugar-Grain Sized Meteorites Rocked the Climates of Early 
Earth and Mars, According to New Study, ScienceDaily 
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110401085320.htm

 

Court, R. W., and M. A. Sephton. 2011, The contribution of 
sulphur dioxide from ablating micrometeorites to the 
atmospheres of Earth and Mars. Geochimica et Cosmochimica 
Acta. vol. 75, no. 7, pp. 1704-1717. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.01.029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2011.01.029

 

Yours,

Paul H.

Microtektites and Micrometeorites in Antarctica

Paul bristolia at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 18 16:10:42 EST 2008

Some new papers about microtektites and micrometeorites
in Antarctica are:

Rochettea, P., L. Folcob, C. Suaveta, M. van Ginnekenb,
J. Gattaccecaa, N. Perchiazzic, R. Brauchera, and R. P.
Harveyd, 2008, Micrometeorites from the Transantarctic
Mountains. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences. Published online before print November 14,
2008, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0806049105

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2008/11/14/0806049105.abstract
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2008/11/14/0806049105.full.pdf+html

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Folco, L., P. Rochette, N. Perchiazzi, M. D'Orazio, M.A.
Laurenzi, and M. Tiepolo, 2008a, Microtektites from
Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains. Geology. vol. 36,
no. 4, pp. 291-294, DOI: 10.1130/G24528A.1

http://geology.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/36/4/291

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Folco, L., P. Rochette, N. Perchiazzi, M. D'Orazio, M.A.
Laurenzi, and M. Tiepolo, 2008, Microtektites from the
Northern Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains: An
Update. 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference,
(Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX), held March
10-14, 2008 in League City, Texas. LPI Contribution
No. 1391., p.1180

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008LPI....39.1180F
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/1180.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.