[meteorite-list] Platinum Anomalies Found Associated with Volcanic Events

From: Paul <etchplain_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 15:38:14 -0500
Message-ID: <bd374122-45ca-9482-d262-bc617d052a49_at_att.net>

Platinum anomalies have been associated with high-magnitude
late Holocene volcanic events. Go see:

Platinum is key in ancient volcanic related climate change
University of Cincinnati, July 31, 2018
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180731092053.htm

Tankersley, K.B., Dunning, N.P., Owen, L.A., Huff, W.D.,
Park, J.H., Kim, C., Lentz, D.L. and Sparks-Stokes, D., 2018.
Positive Platinum anomalies at three late Holocene high
magnitude volcanic events in Western Hemisphere
sediments. Scientific reports, 8(1), number. 11298.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-29741-8
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326633921_Positive_Platinum_anomalies_at_three_late_Holocene_high_magnitude_volcanic_events_in_Western_Hemisphere_sediments

"Pt anomalies in sediments over a broad geographic area
indicate distinctive time-correlative atmospheric deposition
rates of platinum-rich volcanic ash."

 ?a related paper:

Soyol-Erdene, T.O., Huh, Y., Hong, S. and Hur, S.D., 2011.
A 50-year record of platinum, iridium, and rhodium in
Antarctic snow: volcanic and anthropogenic sources.
Environmental science & technology, 45(14), pp. 5929-5935.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es2005732

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Sat 01 Sep 2018 04:38:14 PM PDT