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Two million-year long meteorite record found in Atacama Desert


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Oldest meteorite collection on Earth found in one 

of the driest places, Geological Society of America

Sciencedaily, May 23, 2019

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190523130200.htm

 

Earth's Oldest Meteorite Collection Just Found

 in the Driest Place on the Planet

By Brandon Specktor, May 24, 2019

https://www.livescience.com/65558-atacama-desert-has-meteors-for-days.html

 

The paper is:

 

A. Drouard, J. Gattacceca, A. Hutzler, P. Rochette, R. 

Braucher, D. Bourlès, ASTER Team, M. Gounelle, A. 

Morbidelli, V. Debaille, M. Van Ginneken, M.

 Valenzuela, Y. Quesnel, R. Martinez. The meteorite 

flux of the past 2 m.y. recorded in the Atacama 

Desert. Geology, May 22, 2019. Open Access

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/570818/the-meteorite-flux-of-the-past-2-m-y-recorded-in

https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.12644

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

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