Search Results - "Folco, Luigi"

The thermal decomposition of fine-grained micrometeorites, observations from mid-IR spectroscopy by Suttle, Martin David, Genge, Matthew J., Folco, Luigi, Russell, Sara S.

“…We analysed 44 fine-grained and scoriaceous micrometeorites. A bulk mid-IR spectrum (8–13μm) for each grain was collected and the entire micrometeorite…”
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Tracing the oxygen isotope composition of the upper Earth’s atmosphere using cosmic spherules by Pack, Andreas, Höweling, Andres, Hezel, Dominik C., Stefanak, Maren T., Beck, Anne-Katrin, Peters, Stefan T. M., Sengupta, Sukanya, Herwartz, Daniel, Folco, Luigi

“…Molten I-type cosmic spherules formed by heating, oxidation and melting of extraterrestrial Fe,Ni metal alloys. The entire oxygen in these spherules sources…”
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3D X-ray tomographic analysis reveals how coesite is preserved in Muong Nong-type tektites by Masotta, Matteo, Peres, Stefano, Folco, Luigi, Mancini, Lucia, Rochette, Pierre, Glass, Billy P., Campanale, Fabrizio, Gueninchault, Nicolas, Radica, Francesco, Singsoupho, Sounthone, Navarro, Enrique

“…Muong Nong-type (MN) tektites are a layered type of tektite associated to the Australasian strewn field, the youngest (790 kyr) and largest on Earth. In some…”
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X‐ray computed tomography: Morphological and porosity characterization of giant Antarctic micrometeorites by Dionnet, Zelia, Suttle, Martin D., Longobardo, Andrea, Rotundi, Alessandra, Folco, Luigi, Della Corte, Vincenzo, King, Andrew

“…Giant micrometeorites (MMs; 400–2000 µm) are exceedingly rare and scientifically valuable. Three‐dimensional nondestructive characterization by X‐ray computed…”
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Coesite in a Muong Nong‐type tektite from Muong Phin, Laos: Description, formation, and survival by Glass, Billy P., Folco, Luigi, Masotta, Matteo, Campanale, Fabrizio

“…We examined 16 white opaque inclusions exposed on two polished slices of a Muong Nong‐type Australasian tektite from Muong Phin, Laos. The inclusions usually…”
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Vestoid cosmic spherules from the South Pole Water Well and Transantarctic Mountains (Antarctica): A major and trace element study by Cordier, Carole, Folco, Luigi, Taylor, Susan

“…We present major and trace element data of five glass cosmic spherules (CS) with differentiated compositions recovered in the South Pole Water Well and the…”
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Shock metamorphism and impact melting in small impact craters on Earth: Evidence from Kamil crater, Egypt by Fazio, Agnese, Folco, Luigi, D'Orazio, Massimo, Frezzotti, Maria Luce, Cordier, Carole

“…Kamil is a 45 m diameter impact crater identified in 2008 in southern Egypt. It was generated by the hypervelocity impact of the Gebel Kamil iron meteorite on…”
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Nickel abundance in stony cosmic spherules: Constraining precursor material and formation mechanisms by CORDIER, Carole, Van GINNEKEN, Matthias, FOLCO, Luigi

“…– We report bulk and olivine compositions in 66 stony cosmic spherules (Na2O < 0.76 wt%), 200–800 μm in size, from the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. In…”
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Stretching out the Australasian microtektite strewn field in Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains by Folco, Luigi, D'Orazio, Massimo, Gemelli, Maurizio, Rochette, Pierre

“…Petrographic and geochemical studies of microtektites collected in newly explored summit plateaus of the Transantarctic Mountains (i.e., Schroeder Spur, Killer…”
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Microscopic impactor debris in the soil around Kamil crater (Egypt): Inventory, distribution, total mass, and implications for the impact scenario by Folco, Luigi, D'Orazio, Massimo, Fazio, Agnese, Cordier, Carole, Zeoli, Antonio, van Ginneken, Matthias, El-Barkooky, Ahmed

“…We report on the microscopic impactor debris around Kamil crater (45 m in diameter, Egypt) collected during our 2010 geophysical expedition. The hypervelocity…”
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Magnetic classification of stony meteorites: 2. Non-ordinary chondrites by ROCHETTE, Pierre, GATTACCECA, Jérôme, BONAL, Lydie, BOUROT-DENISE, Michèle, CHEVRIER, Vincent, CLERC, Jean-Pierre, CONSOLMAGNO, Guy, FOLCO, Luigi, GOUNELLE, Matthieu, KOHOUT, Tomas, PESONEN, Lauri, QUIRICO, Eric, SAGNOTTI, Leonardo, SKRIPNIK, Anna

“…— A database of magnetic susceptibility (χ) measurements on different non‐ordinary chondrites (C, E, R, and ungrouped) populations is presented and compared to…”
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Physical modeling of the influence of bedrock topography and ablation on ice flow and meteorite concentration in Antarctica by Corti, Giacomo, Zeoli, Antonio, Belmaggio, Pietro, Folco, Luigi

“…Three‐dimensional laboratory physical experiments have been used to investigate the influence of bedrock topography and ablation on ice flow. Different models…”
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A tephra chronostratigraphic framework for the Frontier Mountain blue-ice field (northern Victoria Land, Antarctica) by Curzio, Pietro, Folco, Luigi, Ada Laurenzi, Marinella, Mellini, Marcello, Zeoli, Antonio

“…Englacial tephra provide chronostratigraphic markers in the Antarctic ice sheets. Structural, mineralogical, geochemical and geochronological data on selected…”
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Frontier Mountain meteorite specimens of the acapulcoite-lodranite clan: Petrography, pairing, and parent-rock lithology of an unusual intrusive rock by BURRONI, Alessandro, FOLCO, Luigi

“…— In this paper we reconstruct the heterogeneous lithology of an unusual intrusive rock from the acapulcoite‐lodranite (AL) parent asteroid on the basis of the…”
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Magnetic classification of stony meteorites: 1. Ordinary chondrites by ROCHETTE, Pierre, SAGNOTTI, Leonardo, BOUROT-DENISE, Michèle, CONSOLMAGNO, Guy, FOLCO, Luigi, GATTACCECA, Jérôme, OSETE, Maria Luisa, PESONEN, Lauri

“…— We present a database of magnetic susceptibility measurements on 971 ordinary chondrites. It demonstrates that this parameter can be successfully used to…”
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Oxygen isotopes in cosmic spherules and the composition of the near Earth interplanetary dust complex by Cordier, Carole, Folco, Luigi

“…A long-standing controversy in the micrometeorite community regards the relative contribution of primitive asteroids or comets and of evolved asteroids to the…”
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Statistical properties of the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) micrometeorite collection by Suavet, Clément, Rochette, Pierre, Kars, Myriam, Gattacceca, Jérôme, Folco, Luigi, Harvey, Ralph P.

“…Micrometeorites have been recovered from traps located at the summit of nunataks in the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM), Antarctica. They constitute the TAM…”
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Frontier Mountain 93001: A coarse-grained, enstatite-augite-oligoclase-rich, igneous rock from the acapulcoite-lodranite parent asteroid by Folco, Luigi, D'Orazio, Massimo, Burroni, Alessandro

“…— The Frontier Mountain (FRO) 93001 meteorite is a 4.86 g fragment of an unshocked, medium‐ to coarse‐grained rock from the acapulcoite‐lodranite (AL) parent…”
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Extensive impact melting on the H-chondrite parent asteroid during the cataclysmic bombardment of the early solar system: Evidence from the achondritic meteorite Dar al Gani 896 by Folco, Luigi, Bland, Philip A., D’Orazio, Massimo, Franchi, Ian A., Kelley, Simon P., Rocchi, Sergio

“…DaG 896 is an olivine-rich microporphyritic rock of komatiitic composition. Both the olivine composition (Fa 17.5±2.1, [Mn/Mg] = 0.0061) and the bulk oxygen…”
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Chemical Analysis of Iron Meteorites by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry by D'Orazio, Massimo, Folco, Luigi

“…Iron meteorites were analysed for nineteen siderophile and chalcophile elements by conventional inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry with the specific…”
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