[meteorite-list] Stones partly burried in the dessert sand
From: Lars Pedersen <lbp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:57 2004 Message-ID: <00bf01c4175c$dba91d60$256fa450_at_star> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00BC_01C4176D.9EAE8C90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All I have been thinking ;-) Why is it that it looks like the part of a meteorite that sticking out = of the sand seems to be better preserved, than the part that is burried = in the sand - and is protected from the weather. My logical sense (dont laugh :-) tells me that the part that is up in = the air is constantly eroded by the sand blowing over it, and gently = sandblasting it - but perhaps that is the secret ? Is dessert sand cemicaly agressive ? It is just something I noticed, and may not allways be the case ? Best wishes Lars Pedersen ------=_NextPart_000_00BC_01C4176D.9EAE8C90 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 6.00.2800.1106" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi All</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have been thinking ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Why is it that it looks like the part = of a=20 meteorite that sticking out of the sand seems to be better preserved, = than the=20 part that is burried in the sand - and is protected from the=20 weather.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My logical sense (dont laugh :-) tells = me that the=20 part that is up in the air is constantly eroded by the sand blowing over = it, and=20 gently sandblasting it - but perhaps that is the secret ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is dessert sand cemicaly agressive = ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It is just something I noticed, and may = not allways=20 be the case ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best wishes</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Lars = Pedersen</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00BC_01C4176D.9EAE8C90-- Received on Wed 31 Mar 2004 03:15:05 PM PST |
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