Re: SNC-Meteorite source (was Re^2: Cheap Mars Rocks)

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From: Gary Coffman
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:36

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In article <1993Jan11.164332.9648@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> cain@geomag.gly.fsu.edu (Joe Cain) writes:
>In article <93011.111344K3032E0@ALIJKU11.BITNET> <K3032E0@ALIJKU11.BITNET> writes:
>>Nobody knows for sure how the SNC came from Mars to Earth,
>...
>>Sure enough, SNC's don't fall on Antarctica more often than on other
>>continents. But unless you see it fall, Luna- and Mars-Meteorites are hard
>>to distingush from terrest.rocks.
>
>Why has no one looked in Greenland?

Over 100 feet of ice pack has formed since 1944 in Greenland. The P-38s
recently recovered there were buried under 100 feet of ice. Anything
that falls there quickly becomes buried deeply in the ice. In Antarctica, 
there are large areas where the annual snowfall is measured in fractional
inches. So meteorites that fall there are easier to find without extensive
drilling.

Gary

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From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Subject: Re: SNC-Meteorite source (was Re^2: Cheap Mars Rocks)
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