Glaciers flow downwards fairly quickly. The lifetime of the ice is pretty
short. Combine that with their small surface area, and I don't think there's
any reason to expect them to harbor meteorites.
If you were going to look anywhere, it would be in their terminal moraines,
where material in the glacier will have been accumulating for thousands of
years. But I doubt even that would be very fruitful.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Spratt" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 9:02 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Melting glaciers
With all the evidence that the world's glaciers are retreating, has
anyone found any meteorites as the ice melts. Not talking about
Antarctica.
Chris Spratt
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