Abstract:

Chinese Antarctic Scientific Expedition (CHINARE) has been to the Grove Mountains, East Antarctica twice from 1998 to 2000. Meteorites search and collection was one of its major missions. A total of 32 samples were recovered. On the basis of the distribution area, density as well as the diversity of the petrographic, mineralogic and chemical characteristics, we regard the Escarpment zone in the Grove Mountains as a new meteorites enrichment area.