Meteorite concentrations in Antarctica - Sites of katabatic wind ablation?

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Apr 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988georl..15..342c&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 15, April 1988, p. 342-345.

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Ablation, Meteoritic Composition, Wind Erosion, Antarctic Regions, Evaporation, Ice, Melting, Meteorites, Concentrations, Earth, Winds, Antarctic Meteorites, Maps, Samples, Fragments, Ablation, Hypotheses, Source, Origin, Surface, Topography, Terrain, Ice

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Blue ice fields on Antarctica have yielded over 10,000 fragments of extraterrestrial material, yet the mechanism for these concentrations remains enigmatic. Focus has been placed on the role of glaciological processes; it is here proposed that meteorological processes are also significant. Katabatic winds possess the necessary attributes to account for substantial sublimation of the ice in very localized zones. Recent studies indicate that these winds have distinct confluences along the coastal slopes of the Antarctic plateau. A tentative correlation of these with meteorite accumulations is suggested.

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