Strewn field workers have an arkane phrase for this phenomenon called, "blow-back", which is used to explain anomalies such as reverse size-grading, or exceptionally large fragments at the very "fine-end" of an otherwise well size-graded strewn-field.
Bob V. --- On Mon, 4/30/12, Mendy Ouzillou <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mendy Ouzillou <[email protected]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Sutter's Mill/Lotus/? bolide physics at the time of > breakup > To: "'meteoritelist meteoritelist'" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, April 30, 2012, 8:21 AM > I was curious to know if the primary > bolide breakup event was explosive or > "simple" fragmentation? > > By explosive I mean at the time of the breakup, energy is > converted somehow > that causes some pieces to alter their trajectory and > "shoot" down to the > ground instead of following a normal parabolic trajectory. > > Thanks, > > Mendy > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
