Rob, I was not aware the someone really did try to plow Sahara or Antarctica as farmers do with theirs fields. If someone did, was it by purpose to search meteorites underground? I would rather believe that, because of hostile cold and warm desert conditions, most of the search was just done on surface...
Best, Zelimir >On the same subject, Zelimir Gabelica wrote: > >> I believe Mark is perfectly right by saying that most meteorites >> are lying below the soil surface. I did not make any compiling >> but I guess if you go through all the Met. Bull's reporting >> meteorite FINDS, I am pretty sure that about (at least ?) >> half of them were found through plowing some field. > >You're forgetting about NWA, and more importantly Antarctica. The >number of buried meteorite finds is an insignificant fraction >compared to those found on the surface. > >Cheers, >Rob > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ****************************************************** Prof. Zelimir Gabelica Groupe Sécurité et Ecologie Chimiques (GSEC) - ENSCMu 3, rue A. Werner F-68093 MULHOUSE Cedex, FRANCE Tel: +33 (0)3 89 33 68 94 FAX: +33 (0)3 89 33 68 15 e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************** ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
