Editing Meteorite (section)

====Australia====
At about the same time as meteorite concentrations were being discovered in the cold desert of Antarctica, collectors discovered that many meteorites could also be found in the hot [[deserts of Australia]]. Several dozen meteorites had already been found in the [[Nullarbor]] region of [[Western Australia|Western]] and [[South Australia]]. Systematic searches between about 1971 and the present recovered more than 500 others,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bevan |first1=A.W.R. |last2=Binns |first2=R.A.|year=1989 |title=Meteorites from the Nullarbor region, Western Australia: I. A review of past recoveries and a procedure for naming new finds |journal=Meteorites |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=127–133 |bibcode=1989Metic..24..127B |doi=10.1111/j.1945-5100.1989.tb00954.x}}</ref> ~300 of which are currently well characterized. The meteorites can be found in this region because the land presents a flat, featureless, plain covered by [[limestone]]. In the extremely arid climate, there has been relatively little [[weathering]] or [[sedimentation]] on the surface for tens of thousands of years, allowing meteorites to accumulate without being buried or destroyed. The dark-colored meteorites can then be recognized among the very different looking limestone pebbles and rocks.