Fission track age of Transantarctic Mountain microtektites

We determined the fission track age of Transantarctic Mountain microtektites. The plateau method yielded a formation age of 0.85 +/- 0.17 Ma. This age overlaps within error with that of the catastrophic impact that produced the Australasian tektite-microtektite strewn field ca. 0.8 Ma ago. This provides further evidence that Transantarctic Mountain microtektites belong to the Australasian tektite-microtektite strewn field, as previously suggested on the basis of geochemical evidence, Sr-Nd isotope systematics and poorly resolved radiometric data. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.