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Australian minitektites discovered in the Indian Ocean

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Title Australian minitektites discovered in the Indian Ocean
 
Creator ShyamPrasad, M.
Sudhakar, M.
 
Subject core anlysis
extraterestrial material
geochemistry
radiometric dating
 
Description Large area sampling with a box core in the Indian Ocean has led to the discovery of minitektites (> 1-3.75 mm long) and a tektite fragment (approx 1.25 mm) occuring with microtektites belonging to the Australasian tektite strewn field. Minitektites and the microtektites are found to have similar major element compositions conforming to the Australasian tektite/microtektite chemistry. Earlier studies based on isotopic evidence, dating, and chemistry had provided evidence of a single large tektite strewn field; however, the physical association of tektites occurring with microtektites has been lacking. The present study provides such an association
 
Date 2009-01-10T11:09:58Z
2009-01-10T11:09:58Z
1999
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Vol.34; 179-184p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1773
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1999]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Meteoritical Society, Fayetteville, USA