[meteorite-list] Why Are Death Valley's Rocks Moving Themselves? --not off-topic at all!

[Steve Dunklee]

Not in the desert. There they are being moved by wind

On Sun Feb 20th, 2011 2:14 PM EST Stuart McDaniel wrote:

>So you saying these rocks are blown by the wind as they are "floating" on a sheet of ice?
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>Stuart McDaniel
>Lawndale, NC
>Secr.,
>Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
>-----Original Message----- From: Steve Dunklee
>Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 1:04 PM
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>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Why Are Death Valley's Rocks Moving Themselves? --not off-topic at all!
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>Ice rafting is the wind or water currents moving a sheet of ice like a raft. When the ice raft hits shore it breaks up and makes piles  some that can be very deep. Cheers Steve Dunklee
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