[meteorite-list] Dry Lake Stewnfields??
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Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:49 2004 Message-ID: <006101c3c3fb$1c35c780$70dd4052_at_monordinateur> C'est un message de format MIME en plusieurs parties. ------=_NextPart_000_005E_01C3C403.7D7D1040 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is it? It must be special from Antarctica because when this sound = happens in the Sahara Desert, it is either a pothole or a stone which = not extraterrestrial... It is true that stones in Antarctica are most of = the time not terrestrial! When are you taking me there Howard? I'd like to... Bye and thanks. Fred ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Howard Wu=20 To: E. L. Jones ; meteoriteshow=20 Cc: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dry Lake Stewnfields?? How meteorites where first found in Antartica: Did you mention that lots of antartic is covered with ice two miles = deep so that if your driving around in your snow mobile and hear a = "thump..thump" cause you hit a rock, you've found a meteorite fallen = from the sky. Howard Wu "E. L. Jones" <jonee_at_epix.net> wrote: The short answer is-- like everywhere else, they have been = accumulating=20 over time but they've been in deep freeze for eons and there have = been=20 no meteorite list members there to pick them up--well actually there = have been some meteorite list members there picking them up but that = is=20 another story. Magnetism has nothing to do with concentrating meteorite falls. I = can=20 see where one might make that inference. Meteorites are found in=20 Antarctica because, in several places, the flowing ice gets thrust = up=20 hill over a mountain ridge like a push-up popcicle. There the ice is = ablated/scoured away by the wind. This leaves anything that has = fallen=20 into the ice left, or churned up by the ice lying on the surface.=20 Meteorites and other rocks lie atop of the ice formation they were=20 formerly buried in. Against the white background they are easier for = researchers to find. I say this to make the point that not = everything=20 on the ice is a meteorite. More meteorites may be"found" there but there is no evidence that = more=20 meteorites "fall" there. Elton meteoriteshow wrote: > Hi Doug and List, >=20 > I also wonder about another point on meteorite falls... Since I=20 > started hunting them, I thought that they can fall anywhere, the=20 > location of their landing place depending on their orbit around = the=20 > sun and the angle they meet the Earth with. Is that right or are = there=20 > any areas on our planet where they get more "attracted" ? > There have been more finds in Antarctic than anywhere else, but I=20 > guess that it's simply because people have been searching for them = > there for a longer time, but can it be for another reason ? Has = the=20 > magnetic field linking the poles any effect (like for boreal = auroras)=20 > ? ... > I'm not a scientist and maybe my question sounds strange, but = should=20 > anybody have a clear and easy to understand explanation, thanks in = > advance for sending it, just for my knowledge. > Kind regards >=20 > Frederic Beroud > www.meteoriteshow.com=20 > IMCA #2491 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- BT Yahoo! Broadband - Save =A380 when you order online today. Hurry! = Offer ends 21st December 2003. The way the internet was meant to be.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_005E_01C3C403.7D7D1040 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is it? It must be special from = Antarctica because=20 when this sound happens in the Sahara Desert, it is either a pothole or = a stone=20 which not extraterrestrial... It is true that stones in Antarctica are = most of=20 the time not terrestrial!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When are you taking me there Howard? = I'd like=20 to...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bye and thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Fred</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dfreewu2000_at_yahoo.com = href=3D"mailto:freewu2000_at_yahoo.com">Howard Wu</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=3Djonee_at_epix.net=20 href=3D"mailto:jonee_at_epix.net">E. L. Jones</A> ; <A = title=3Dmeteoriteshow_at_free.fr=20 href=3D"mailto:meteoriteshow_at_free.fr">meteoriteshow</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 16, = 2003 6:35=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = Dry Lake=20 Stewnfields??</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>How meteorites where first found in Antartica:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Did you mention that lots of antartic is covered with ice two = miles deep=20 so that if your driving around in your snow mobile and hear a=20 "thump..thump" cause you hit a rock, you've found a meteorite fallen = from the=20 sky.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Howard Wu<BR><BR><B><I>"E. L. Jones" <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:jonee_at_epix.net">jonee@epix.net</A>></I></B> = wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dreplbq=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px = solid">The=20 short answer is-- like everywhere else, they have been accumulating = <BR>over=20 time but they've been in deep freeze for eons and there have been = <BR>no=20 meteorite list members there to pick them up--well actually there = <BR>have=20 been some meteorite list members there picking them up but that is=20 <BR>another story.<BR><BR>Magnetism has nothing to do with = concentrating=20 meteorite falls. I can <BR>see where one might make that inference.=20 Meteorites are found in <BR>Antarctica because, in several places, = the=20 flowing ice gets thrust up <BR>hill over a mountain ridge like a = push-up=20 popcicle. There the ice is <BR>ablated/scoured away by the wind. = This leaves=20 anything that has fallen <BR>into the ice left, or churned up by the = ice=20 lying on the surface. <BR>Meteorites and other rocks lie atop of the = ice=20 formation they were <BR>formerly buried in. Against the white = background=20 they are easier for <BR>researchers to find. I say this to make the = point=20 that not everything <BR>on the ice is a meteorite.<BR><BR>More = meteorites=20 may be"found" there but there is no evidence that more = <BR>meteorites "fall"=20 there.<BR><BR>Elton<BR><BR>meteoriteshow wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi Doug = and=20 List,<BR>> <BR>> I also wonder about another point on = meteorite=20 falls... Since I <BR>> started hunting them, I thought that they = can fall=20 anywhere, the <BR>> location of their landing place depending on = their=20 orbit around the <BR>> sun and the angle they meet the Earth = with. Is=20 that right or are there <BR>> any areas on our planet where they = get more=20 "attracted" ?<BR>> There have been more finds in Antarctic than = anywhere=20 else, but I <BR>> guess that it's simply because people have been = searching for them <BR>> there for a longer time, but can it be = for=20 another reason ? Has the <BR>> magnetic field linking the poles = any=20 effect (like for boreal auroras) <BR>> ? ...<BR>> I'm not a = scientist=20 and maybe my question sounds strange, but should <BR>> anybody = have a=20 clear and easy to understand explanation, thanks in <BR>> advance = for=20 sending it, just for my knowledge.<BR>> Kind regards<BR>> = <BR>>=20 Frederic Beroud<BR>> www.meteoriteshow.com <HTTP:=20 www.meteoriteshow.com><BR>> IMCA=20 = #2491<BR><BR><BR><BR>______________________________________________<BR>Me= teorite-list=20 mailing=20 = list<BR>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR>http://www.pairlist.net/ma= ilman/listinfo/meteorite-list</BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR SIZE=3D1> <FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=3D21064/*http://btyahoo.yahoo.co.uk = "><B>BT=20 Yahoo! Broadband</B></A> - Save =A380 when you order online today. = Hurry! Offer=20 ends 21st December 2003. 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