strewnfield

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strewnfield (plural strewnfields)

  1. (astronomy) An area on the surface of the earth, usually having an elongated oval shape, containing rocky fragments which detached from a disintegrating meteor as it streaked through the portion of earth's atmosphere above the area.
    • 2006, A. R. Hildebrand et al., "The fall and recovery of the Tagish Lake meteorite," Meteorics & Planetary Science, vol. 41, no.3, p. 407 (abstract):
      [W]e report the detailed circumstances of the fall and the recovery of all documented Tagish Lake fragments from a strewnfield at least 16 km long and 3 to 4 km wide.