Hi Chris and List, That is an interesting number - 4 out of 57.
At one time, all 57 craters had meteorites. One can assume that terrestrialization takes it's toll over time, but to have surviving meteorites at only 4 craters is interesting to me. Without looking at the crater ages, I bet those 4 craters with meteorites are iron meteorites, or recent "fresh" craters (Sikhote Alin), or both. Unless the rest of the craters are ancient, or were created by friable types of meteorites, there should be some meteorites hiding in some of the other 53 craters. Best regards, MikeG On 7/24/10, Chris Spratt <[email protected]> wrote: > According to the RASC Handbook (2010)there are 4 craters out of 57 in > North America that have meteorites > associated with them. > > This one is not listed: > > http://www.sott.net/articles/show/169469-Canada-Northern-Alberta-meteor-crater-identified > > I have no idea if any meteorites were actually found at the site. > > I posted the above URL to my Facebook page but not everyone here would > see it. > ______________________________________________ > 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 > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________ 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
