The Elephant Moraine - Shoodabin Icefield is a relatively small area of bare ice situated between Elephant Moraine and Texas Bowl Icefield (ALH-DAV-Figure 1- 45 KB JPEG and EET-Figure 1 - 38 KB JPEG).  The icefield is approximately 15 square kilometers in area and lies about 10 kilometers southwest of the Elephant Moraine.  From looking at the satellite image, this icefield appeared very promising as a meteorite stranding site, and it was hoped that it would prove to be another productive meteorite locality.  A reconnaissance traverse was made over the area during the 1996-97 season.  However, only 5 specimens were found on what should have been a productive area. 

Below is a listing of the meteorites from the Elephant Moraine - Shoodabin Icefield.

Acknowledgments; We thank ANSMET members Guy Consolmagno, Ralph Harvey, Laurie Leshin, Rene Martinez, Sarah Russell, and John Schutt (1996-1997) for their contribution.

Listing of meteorites recovered from the Elephant Moraine - Shoodabin Icefield - 1996 collection.

METEORITE                      WEIGHT
  NAME      CLASSIFICATION      (g)   NEWSLETTER
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EET 96023   H6 CHONDRITE       897.0    21(1)
EET 96036   L6 CHONDRITE       313.9    21(1)
EET 96157   L6 CHONDRITE        33.2    21(2)
EET 96294   L6 CHONDRITE        10.4    21(2)
EET 96349   L6 CHONDRITE        25.6    21(2)

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