Adam, List and all...
Will the NWA deserts continue to yield numbers? Considering the ice-sheet
models vs. desert sands, my question surrounds the ablation
issue(terrestrial)... ice vs. sand.
Which environment will yield more?? Considering constraints of foraging in
sub-zero-temp environs and still, the challenging (and sometimes politically
lethal) desert environs...what are this List's thoughts?
Have any studies been done in this regard?
We are living in the meteorite-rush....discoveries of new finds in our
cherished discovery zones will eventually become depleted....and I've
thought that the African deserts would soon become depleted in relation to
ice-ablation models in the antartic...yet, considering the vast area
(miles^2) of sand vs. ice, and considering the ongoing discoveries in the
desert, not even to mention sand ablation...I do wonder.
-Richard Montgomery
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteori...@yahoo.com>
To: "Adam" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Test your Meteorite Knowledge,Win a Free
Assortment of Micromounts!
As far as Antarctic finds go, the numbers are skewed and biased. Every
fragment
is counted as a find. The finds from Antarctica are only a fraction of
what
they once were. Pretty soon, it won't be cost effective to work this area.
If
they counted the number of meteorites from Northwest Africa the same way,
then
there would easily be over one million pieces. There must be over 100,000
pieces
of NWA 869 alone! The Sahara Desert is by far the most productive
meteorite
producing region in the world, second to none! More weight and rare
specimens
have come from this area by far.
Best Regards,
Adam
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