A large meteoritic event over Antarctica ca. 430 ka ago inferred from chondritic spherules from the Sør Rondane Mountains
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Dust from Antarctica reveals a new type of meteoritic event that vaporized the surface ice sheet ~430 ka ago.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Science Advances
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2375-2548']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc1008