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Index of people

Allen, Bob 23 Echelmeyer, Keith 284 Amundsen, Roald 9, 14, 70 Elliot, David 21, 74–7, 279 Anand, Mahesh 168, 170 Englert, Peter 78 Anderson, Duwayne 29 Eratosthenes of Cyrene 144 Annexstad, John 67, 69–71, 284 Eugster, Otto 127, 128

Ball, Gary 49 Faure, Gunter 80, 284 Barlow, Nadine 128 Feola, Sam 31 Barrett, Peter 77 Ferrel, “Wu” 53 Benda, Lee 68–70 French, Bevan 185 Bickerton, F. H. 17 Fudali, Bob 27, 49, 87, 99 Bischoff, Addi 196 Fuller, Mike 19 Bogard, Donald 109, 151 Funaki, Minoru 29, 44, 45 Borns, Hal 146 Glass, Billy 44, 45, 88, 89 Brearley, Adrian 223 Goldin, Dan 327 Brinck, Mike 35, 36 Goodrich, Cyrena 223 Brown, Mick 36, 93 Grant, Kerr 195, 196 Bunch, Ted 108 Gunn, Bernard 277–9 Burger, Mario 81 Burroughs, Edgar Rice 141 Haack, Henning 211, 223 Byrd, Richard 84, 324 Hartmann, William 185 Harvey, Ralph 83, 248, 276, 303, 326 Cameron, Alastair G. W. 185, 223 Haskin, Larry 181 Chambers, John 218, 220, 221, 223 Heiken, G. H. 185 Cherry-Garrard, Apsley 25 Hideyasu, K. 224 Clayton, Bob 106, 152 Howard, Edward 206 Cohen, Barbara 183–185 Hughes, Terry 50 Collinson, Jim 77, 78, 279 Huss, Gary 191 Crozaz, Ghislaine 81 Cruikshank, Dale 255 Jones, Rhian 223

Delisle, Georg 284, 285 Kallemeyn, Greg 179 Dickey, John 164 Kaminuma, Katsutada 28, 29 Diogenes of Apollonia 206 Koeberl, Christian 326 Dodwell, G. F. 195 Korotev, Randy 59, 158, 181, 299 Donn, Bert 222 Kracher, Alfred 223 Drake, Mike 160, 273 Kring, David 184, 185 Dreibus, Gerlind 136 Kyle, Philip 43, 111, 113 Drewry, David 33 Duke, Mike 71 Lagrange, Joseph-Louis 332 Dunbar, Nelia 313 Logan, Hugh 279

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Love, S. G. 211, 223 Scott, Robert Falcon 14, 25, 70, 276, 277, 294 Luchitta, Baerbel iv Sears, Derek 191, 280 Selby, Michael 54 MacDonald, Bill 112, 113 Shackleton, Ernest 276 Marvin, Ursula 51, 145, 159, 164 Shearer, C. K. 185 Mason, Brian 39, 320 Shima, Makoto 16, 17 Maurette, Michel 325, 326 Shima, Masako 16 Mawson, Douglas 17, 18, 46, 48 Shiraishi, Kazuyuki 29, 52 McCoy, Tim 223 Siple, Paul 48, 324, 325 McKay, David 141, 142 Staebler, Frank 52 McSween, Hap 108, 109, 143, 223 Stolper, Edward 108, 109 Melosh, Jay 111 Swindle, Tim 184, 185 Mittlefehldt, Duck 223 Swithinbank, Charles 275, 276 Moore, Carleton 22 Taylor, G. J. 185 Nagata, Takesi 19, 28, 29, 41, 42, 240 Taylor, Susan 326 Naruse, Renji 2, 17, 29 Thomas, Twyla 78 Nishiizumi, Kunihiko 315, 319 Thompson, Carl 78, 79, 85 Nishio, Fumihiko 29 Todd, Ed 41 Nyquist, Larry 109 Treiman, Allan 143, 160 Tschermak, Gustav 206 Olsen, Edward 22, 28, 30, 44 Turner, Mort 20, 32, 55, 70, 82

Papike, Jim 143, 185, 223 Vaniman, D. T. 185 Pedersen, Liam 328 Pellas, Paul 94–7 Walker, Robert 81, 288 Phillips, R. J. 185 Wanke,¨ Heinrich 136 Ponnamperuma, Cyril 37 Warren, Guyon 277–9 Powell, Benjamin 164 Warren, Paul 166 Proust, J. L. 280, 281 Wasson, John 166, 179, 187, 198 Weertman, J. 302 Rancitelli, Louis 63, 68–70, 114, 286 Wetherill, George 109, 218–21, 223 Reid, Arch 108 Whillans, Ian 64, 145–8, 284, 290, 308–10, Rose, Gustav 206 312, 319 Rubin, Allan 197, 198 Wieczorek, M. 301 Ryder, Graham 185 Wiik, Birger 193, 194 Wild, Frank 276 Schmidt, Victor 19 Wilkniss, Peter 82 Schultz, Ludolf 68, 69, 97, 310 Wood, John 164 Schutt, John 81, 85, 86, 87, 145, 147, 276, 289, 328 Yanai, Keizo 28–31, 37, 41, 44, 45, 224, 274 Schytt, Valter 275, 276 Yoshida, M. 17 Score, Roberta 123 Scott, Ed 211, 212, 223 Zimmerman, Herman 82

Index of Antarctic geographic names

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Adelie Land 18 Darwin Camp 50–1, 52, 54 Allan Hills 35, 42, 57, 73, 79, 86, 87, 93, 115, Darwin Glacier 50, 51 146, 278, 289, 290, 316 Debenham Glacier 278 Allan Hills Far Western Icefield 43, 57, 74, Derrick Peak 54, 232 86, 123, 124 Dome C 296 Allan Hills Main Icefield 43, 145, 147, Dominion Range 75, 79 278, 284, 286, 287–90, 310, 313, 315–17, Dronning Maud Land 275, 276 319 Dry Valleys 11, 30, 34, 73, 299 Allan Hills Middle Western Icefield 43, 123, Dumont d’Urville Station 325 147, 148 Allan Hills Near Western Icefield 43, 145, East Antarctica (= polar plateau) 1, 29, 55, 147 73, 83, 276, 277, 286–7, 291, 295, 310, 315 Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station 8, 9, 12, Elephant Moraine 66–7, 70, 96, 112–14, 328 43, 80, 326 Elephant Moraine Icefield (=Elephant Antarctic Peninsula 9, 12, 286 Moraine stranding surface) 57, 66–7, 73, Argus Dome 287 86, 284 Asuka Station 292 Elephant Nunatak (see Elephant Moraine) Ellsworth Mountains 113 Bates Nunatak 51 Battlements Nunatak 278 Filchner Ice Shelf 277 Beardmore Glacier 74,77, 276–7, 293–295 Finger Ridges 51, 52 Beardmore South Camp 58, 59, 74–5, 77, Frontier Mountains 18 79 Belgica Mountains 292 geographic south pole 8, 9, 12, 73, 277 Blue Lagoon 114 Goodwin Nunataks 295, 300 Boomerang Range 51 Graphite Peak 77 Bowden Nev´ e´ 73, 74, 295 Griffin Nunatak 113 Butcher Ridge 51, 52 Byrd Glacier 50–2 Hardtimes Camp 75–8, 79 Harvey Peak 52 Cape Dennison 18 Humboldt Mountains 18 Cape Roberts 278 Carapace Nunatak 45, 278 Ice Plateau of East Antarctica (see East Cloudmaker 276 Antarctica) Coalsack Bluff 77, 78, 277, 279, 294, 296 Inland Forts 232 Colbert Hills 295 Commonwealth Bay 18 Law Glacier 72, 293, 295 Coombs Hills 278 Lewis Cliff 73, 76, 78, 79, 295

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Lewis Cliff Ice Tongue 58, 72, 75, 78, 79, Queen Fabiola Mountains (see Yamato 124, 275, 277, 279, 284, 294, 295, 296–303, Mountains) 310, 313, 315, 326, 330 Queen Maud Land 287, 292 Lone Wolf Nunatak 51 Reckling Moraine 61, 69 MacAlpine Hills 72 Reckling Peak 43, 113 MacAlpine Hills stranding surface 295 Reckling Peak Iceﬁeld 43, 57, 111, 112 MacDonald Peak 113 Ross Ice Shelf 276, 277 Mackay Glacier 34, 35, 278 Ross Island 9, 23, 27, 276, 277 Manhaul Bay 146 Ross Sea 27, 35 Map Point 2430 295 Marble Point 30, 124 Scott Base 277 Mawson Glacier 146 Sentinel Range 113 McMurdo Sound 92, 277, 278 Shirase Glacier 291 McMurdo Station 9–12, 20, 23, 24, 26–30, Skelton Glacier 277 34–37, 43, 44, 56, 57, 60, 80, 89, 91, 92, 96, Sør Rondane Mountains 292 123, 277, 279 303 South Lewis Cliff Iceﬁeld 296, 297 Meteorite City 114 South Pole (see Geographic South Pole) Meteorite Moraine 297 South Pole Station (see Amundsen–Scott Mill Glacier 79 South Pole Station) Miller Glacier 278 Southern Victoria Land 23, 86, 289 Minami Yamato Nunataks 293 Syowa Station 1, 20, 291, 292 Mt. Achernar 75,76, 78, 295 Taylor Dome (=Taylor Ice Dome) 33–4, 35 Mt. Baldr 31 Taylor Glacier 28 Mt. Brooke 34, 35 Texas Bowl 114 Mt. DeWitt 34, 35 Thiel Mountains 18 Mt. Erebus 27 Transantarctic Mountains 11, 21, 23, 27, 33, Mt. Fleming 30 276, 287 Mt. Howe 275, 276 Turnstile Ridge 51 Mt. Sirius 75, 76, 295 Mt. Terror 27 Upper Meteorite City 114 Mt. Wild 276 Upper Wright Glacier 31, 51 Mt. Wrather 18 Upper Wright Valley 30

Neptune Mountains 18 Vortex Col 31 North Victoria Land 49 Northern Ice Patch 114 Walcott Nev´ e´ 76, 285, 294–5, 296,287, 310 Warren Range 51 Weddell Sea 277 Otway Massif 75, 79 West Antarctica 286–7, 327 Wild Icefalls 276 Palmer Peninsula (see Antarctic Peninsula) Yamato Mountains stranding surface 3, 124, Palmer Station 9, 12 291–3, 315, 319 Polar Plateau (see East Antarctica) Yamato Mountains 1, 2, 16–18, 20–2, 32, 56, 291, 292 Queen Alexandra Range 75, 124, 295 Yamato Mountains iceﬁelds (see Yamato Queen Elizabeth Range 75, 293 Mountains stranding surface)

Subject index

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acapulcoites (see achondrites) H6 chondrites 269 achondrites irons 245 group abundances 251 L chondrites 257 groups L3 chondrites 270 acapulcoites/lodranites 202–3, 216, 261, L4 chondrites 270 262 L5 chondrites 270 angrites 207, 208,216,260 L6 chondrites 270 aubrites 205–6, 208, 271 LL chondrites 257 brachinites 202, 208 LL3 chondrites 268 howardites/eucrites/diogenites 129, LL4 chondrites 268 206, 208, 220, 254–256, 259, 261, 272, LL5 chondrites 268 273, 276, 323 LL6 chondrites 268 ureilites 203–5, 208, 271, 272 stony meteorites 244 winonaites 207, 208, 214, 216 stony-irons 245 aerial photos (see Antarctica) naming 73 angrites (see achondrites) numbers vs. terrestrial ages 313–19 ANSMET preliminary field curation 40–2, 288 crevasse experts 68, 78, 81, 84, 85 Antarctic meteorites/modern falls early years 32–56 comparisons 230–4, 239, 250–1, 254, field personnel 67, 70, 337–41 258, 266–7 later years 57–83 Antarctic Search for Meteorites project ANSMET/JARE cooperative program 28–31, (see ANSMET) 41,42, 56, 335–6 Antarctic Treaty 9, 14, 74 Antarctic meteorite abundances, numbers Antarctica vs. masses 230–4, 239, 250–251, 254, aerial photos 22–4 258, 266–7 as a Mars analog 73–4 Antarctic meteorites crevasses 1, 5, 23, 49, 57, 58, 84, 86, 276, archival curation at US National Museum 291, 293 39–41 deep-field camps 11, 14, 57, 58 collection by tourists 322–3 endolithic organisms 11 curation at Johnson Space Center 39–41 field conditions 44–50 mass-frequency distributions field logistics 57–62 general 242–57, 268–71, 321 ice sheet 1, 2, 7, 11, 12, 19, 22, 23, 30, achondrites 252, 253 64, 65, 100, 113, 125, 146, 219, 226, chondrites 252, 253 238, 248, 274, 275, 282, 284, 287, H chondrites 256 289, 290, 292, 293, 302, 303–5, H3 chondrites 269 308–19, 323, 325, 332 H4 chondrites 269 katabatic winds 33, 49, 287 H5 chondrites 269 mirages 46, 278

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nunataks 45, 51, 112, 113, 278, 287, 290, Division of Polar Programs (see Office of 291, 293, 295, 300 Polar Programs) open-field landings 57–9 dust bands (see meteorite stranding surfaces) sastrugi 58, 60–2 satellite photos ii, 22, 57, 123 endolithic organisms (see Antarctica) wind-chill effect 48 enstatite chondrites 192, 196, 198, 205 asteroid belt environment (see Antarctica) history 216–23, 227–8, 259–72 eucrites (see Achondrites) resonance frequencies 100, 221, 223, 238, 254, 259, 262, 263, 272 fall-pairing (see meteorites) Vesta 129, 206, 255, 261, 272, 273, 324 field conditions (see Antarctica) asteroidal meteorite classification 188–9, 191–5, 200–9, 213–15 global positioning system (see GPS) aubrites (see achondrites) GPS 14, 330 Australian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) gradual attrition as a mode of parent-body 17 destruction 264–72

brachinites (see achondrites) HED meteorites (see achondrites) British Antarctic Expeditions 275–7 helicopter operations 13, 23, 24, 28, 30, 31, 33, 35, 51, 52, 53, 56, 57, 75, 77, 90, C–130 (see cargo planes) 91, 92, 93, 123, 145 C–141 (see cargo planes) helo (see helicopter operations) carbonaceous chondrites 37,38 howardites (see achondrites) general 37, 38, 204, 207, 324 groups 192–7, 198, 200, 201 ice flow (see meteorite stranding surfaces) metamorphic grades 193–5 ice sheet (see Antarctica) cargo planes impact sites (see lunar and martian) C–141 24, 26 iron meteorites LC–130 13, 26, 28, 44, 57, 59, 60, 75, 80, general 18, 54, 176, 177, 188–9, 202, 207, 81, 90, 96, 296 212–16, 217, 219, 230, 232, 235, 237, chondrites 239, 240, 241, 242, 244, 245, 260, 262, general 189–201 263, 272, 275, 276, 304, 306 group abundances 201, 230, 233, 250, 251, groups and group abundances 215, 230–1, 254, 258, 262–264 233–4, 239 groups 191, 192, 196 metamorphic grades 191–5, 265–7 Japanese Antarctic Research Expeditions chondrules 190, 191, 193, 197, 198, 202, 203 (see JARE) climate change (see meteorite stranding JARE 20, 168, 324 surfaces) comparative planetology 129–31, 144 katabatic winds (see Antarctica) concentration mechanisms (see meteorite stranding surfaces) LC–130 (see cargo planes) cosmic-ray exposure ages 127, 155, 157, lodranites (see achondrites) 323 logistics (see Antarctica, field logistics) cosmic dust (see micrometeorites and lunar cosmic dust) anorthite and anorthosites 149, 153, 154, crevasse(s) (see Antarctica) 156, 163–6, 167, 177, 178–9 highlands composition 153, 155, 157, 158, deep-field camps (see Antarctica) 163, 164–6, 175, 176–7, 178–9, 180–2 diogenites (see achondrites) impact sites 172–5

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lunar (cont.) martian 74, 82, 99, 100, 103–43, 150, 159, incompatible elements 181–2 217, 218, 225, 227, 238, 260 magma ocean 164–5, 177–8, 181, 184 oxygen-isotope measurements 106–7, 127, meteorites (see meteorites) 152, 155, 187–8, 198–9, 203 petrological provinces 181–2 parent-body pairing 260 regolith 155, 160–2, 180–1 primitive 140, 191, 193–4, 199, 204 soil (see regolith) SNC meteorites 103–43, 150, 159, 160, weathering 160–2 218, 225 site-pairing 168, 170, 172–5, 260 Mars analog (see Antarctica) terrestrial ages 63–4, 238, 261, 305, 306, martian 311, 312, 313–9, 323, 324 atmospheric evolution 140 meteoroid flux in Earth’s vicinity 219–20, geochemistry 131–2 229, 234–40, 254–6, 259, 262, 271, highlands 128 272, 323 impact sites 127–9 micrometeorites and cosmic dust 12, life? 140–2 324–6 martian meteorites (see meteorites) mirages (see Antarctica) thermal history 136–7 moraines water 135–6 general 18, 23, 30, 36, 45, 46, 51, 52, 67, mass–frequency distributions (see Antarctic 70, 113, 232, 242, 276, 284, 291, 293, meteorites) 298, 299–303, 326, 329, 331 mesosiderites (see stony-iron meteorites) ice-core 299–303, 326 meteorite stranding surfaces lateral 23 and average terrestrial ages of meteorites medial 23, 276, 299 313–9 terminal 30, 299 and climate change 65, 274, 290, 316 MSG (Meteorite Steering Group) 149, 150 and ice sheet dynamics 1, 8, 23, 33, 34, 35, MWG (Meteorite Working Group) 148–51, 50, 64–7, 146, 173, 275, 276, 284, 285, 153 287, 289–90, 291, 292, 293, 295, 300, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308–10, 311, 312, NASA 32, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 67, 71, 95, 115, 318 116, 149, 153, 218, 232, 255, 284, 322, and maximum terrestrial ages of 327, 328, 329 meteorites 316–19 National Science Foundation (see NSF) characteristics 305–6 Nomad (see robots) concentration mechanisms 17, 63–7, Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic 124–5, 281, 285, 290, 304, 306–8, 317 Expedition (1949–52) 275 dust bands 293, 312–5 NSF 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 24, 26, 32, 33, 39, 40, 71, stratigraphic sequences 310–13 72, 79, 80, 81, 90, 149, 202, 283, 322 meteorite traps 293–303, 309–10, 317–9 nunataks (see Antarctica) meteorites aluminum–26 63, 152, 155 Office of Polar Programs 13, 14, 282, 283 asteroidal 82, 99–100, 122–3, 127, 140, Ohio State University Expedition (1969) 152, 156, 157, 198, 216–23, 227, 260 77–8 classification by type 188–9 open-field landings (see Antarctica) cosmic-ray exposure ages 127, 169, 323 ordinary chondrites fall-pairing 118, 120, 126, 168, 169, 172, comparisons between modern falls and 175, 232, 259 antarctic finds 229, 250–1, 254 from hot deserts 124–5 general 72, 191, 192, 196, 198, 232, 256, lunar 82, 99–100, 110–11, 130, 144–85, 257, 259, 261, 262, 264, 265, 266, 267, 219, 225, 260 271

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metamorphic grade subgroups 191–2 Smithsonian 39, 40, 44, 49, 51, 87, 149, 164, subgroup abundances 265–71 322 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (see pallasites (see stony-iron meteorites) Smithsonian) point of safe return 26, 27, 80 SNC meteorites (see meteorites) Polar Programs (see Office of Polar snowmobiles 13, 14, 49, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, Pograms) 60–2, 68, 69, 72, 75, 76, 87,111, 145 politics (see Antarctic Treaty) solar nebula 135, 187–8, 189, 191, 197–9, primitive meteorites (see meteorites) 200, 204, 205, 210, 212, 214, 216, 217, primordial cloud 129, 187, 189, 192, 216 222, 305, 333 PSR (see point of safe return) stony meteorites groups and group abundances 201, 208, Relative abundances 233–8, 251, 258, 265 ANSMET finds subgroups and subgroup abundances H5/H6 271 265–71 L5/L6 271 types and subtype abundances 249–54 LL5/LL6 271 stony-iron meteorites modern falls/ANSMET finds groups and group abundances 234, 244–6 achondrites 250–1 mesosiderites 209–12 chondrites 250–1 pallasites 208–9 H-chondrites 256–8 stranding surfaces (see meteorite stranding iron meteorites 239 surfaces) L-chondrites 256–8 LL-chondrites 256–8 territorial claims (see Antarctic Treaty) stony meteorites 239 Thule-Baffin moraines (see moraines, stony-iron meteorites 239 ice-core) resonance frequencies in the asteroid belt tetrahedral agreement 40 (see asteroid belt) Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955–58) 277 robots transit times (see cosmic-ray exposure ages) as antarctic field assistants 326–31 Twin Otters 13, 275 for asteroid sampling 333 for collecting on the martian icecaps 332 UH1N “Huey” (see helicopter operations) for exploring Lagrangian positions 332–3 ureilites (see achondrites) Rumuruti chondrites 192, 200 US National Museum (see Smithsonian)

sastrugi (see Antarctica) Vesta (see asteroid belt) satellite photos (see Antarctica) site-pairing (see meteorites) wind chill effect (see Antarctica) sledges 13, 14, 57, 58, 59, 60–2, 280 winonaites (see achondrites)