The Major Contribution of Micrometeorites to the Delivery of Hydrous-Carbonaceous Material to the Earth.

Micrometeorites and meteorites.The mass flux (number of tons, per year, for the whole Earth) of meteorites and micrometeorites can be estimated, both before and after atmospheric entry, from the works of Haliday et al. (1989), Zolensky et al. (1992), Love and Brownlee (1993), Bland et al. (1996), Hammer and Maurette (1996), Gounelle et al. (1999) and Duprat et al. (2003, 2004). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]