[meteorite-list] Melting glaciers

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 21:46:09 -0700
Message-ID: <324BB7B146364831BB34097CF51BF75B_at_bellatrix>

Glaciers flow downwards fairly quickly. The lifetime of the ice is pretty
short. Combine that with their small surface area, and I don't think there's
any reason to expect them to harbor meteorites.

If you were going to look anywhere, it would be in their terminal moraines,
where material in the glacier will have been accumulating for thousands of
years. But I doubt even that would be very fruitful.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Spratt" <cspratt at islandnet.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 9:02 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Melting glaciers


> With all the evidence that the world's glaciers are retreating, has
> anyone found any meteorites as the ice melts. Not talking about
> Antarctica.
>
> Chris Spratt
Received on Wed 08 Dec 2010 11:46:09 PM PST