strewnfield

See also: strewn field

English

Alternative forms

• strewn field

Noun

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.