Siderophile metal fallout to Greenland from the 1991 winter eruption of Hekla (Iceland) and during the global atmospheric perturbation of Pinatubo

Ir and Pt are siderophile elements that are considered proxies of meteoric material of cosmic origin entrapped within polar ice layers. However, volcanic and anthropogenic fallouts have the potential to perturb their characteristic extraterrestrial signature even in remote polar areas. Here we show...

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Main Authors: Gabrielli, P, Barbante, C, Plane, J, Boutron, C, Jaffrezo, J, Mather, T, Stenni, B, Gaspari, V, Cozzi, G, Ferrari, C, Cescon, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008