Kevin Forbes wrote: Desert Varnish formation http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ploct97.htm
A couple of related references are: Quade, Jay, 2001: Desert pavements and associated rock varnish in the Mojave Desert: How old can they be?. Geology. vol. 29, no. 9, pp. 855858. and Broecker, W. S., and Liu. T., 2001: Rock Varnish: Recorder of Desert Wetness?. GSA Today. vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 410. doi: 10.1130/1052-5173(2001)011<0004:RVRODW>2.0.CO;2 The PDF version of Broecker and Liu (2001) can be downloaded from: http://www.gsajournals.org/pdfserv/10.1130%2F1052-5173(2001)011%3C0004:RVRODW%3E2.0.CO%3B2 http://www.gsajournals.org/gsaonline/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1130%2F1052-5173(2001)011%3C0004:RVRODW%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Reassembly of the above URLs might be needed. If you do not paste the full URLs into your browser, a message incorrectly stating that you will need to buy the GSA Today article will appear. Best Regards, Paul __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

