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Tuesday 29 September 2009

Start of Quaternary Period - Pleistocene Epoch Now 2.58 Million Years Ago

Start of Quaternary Period - Pleistocene Epoch Now 2.58 Million Years Ago

Paul bristolia at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 29 13:56:26 EDT 2009

End of an Era: New Ruling Decides the Boundaries of Earth's
History, September 22, 2009

http://www.physorg.com/news172824857.html

After decades of debate and four years of investigation an
international body of earth scientists has formally agreed
to move the boundary dates for the prehistoric Quaternary
age by 800,000 years, reports the Journal of Quaternary
Science.

The paper is:

Gibbard et al., 2009, Formal ratification of the Quaternary
System/Period and the Pleistocene Series/Epoch with a
base at 2.58 Ma. Journal of Quaternary Science.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122602421/abstract

Yours,

Paul H.

Tuesday 15 September 2009

Japanese Lunar Mission Provides Data About Moon's Origin

Japanese Lunar Mission Provides Data About Moon's Origin

Paul bristolia at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 15 09:06:45 EDT 2009

Japanese Lunar Mission Provides a Glimpse at How the
Moon Took Shape by Naiomi Solomom, September 11, 2009
Ethiopian Review.

http://www.ethiopianreview.com/scitech/

Japanese Lunar Mission Provides a Glimpse at How the
Moon Took Shape. Data from the recently retired Kaguya
spacecraft support the notion that the moon's crust
congealed from an ocean of magma by John Matson,
Scientific American,

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=moon-magma-ocean

The paper is:

Ohtake, M. T. Matsunaga, J. Haruyama, Y. Yokota, T.
Morota, C. Honda, Y. Ogawa, M. Torii, H. Miyamoto, T.
Arai, N. Hirata, A. Iwasaki, R. Nakamura, T. Hiroi,
T. Sugihara, H. Takeda1, H. Otake, C. M. Pieters, K.
Saiki, K. Kitazato, M. Abe, N. Asada, H. Demura, Y.
Yamaguchi, S. Sasaki1, S. Kodama, J. Terazono, M.
Shirao, A. Yamaji, S. Minami, H. Akiyama and J.-L.
Josset, 2009, The global distribution of pure
anorthosite on the Moon. Nature. vol. 461, no. 7261,
pp. 236-240 doi:10.1038/nature08317

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7261/abs/nature08317.html

Yours,

Paul H.

Monday 14 September 2009

Katsuhito Ohtsuka, Japan in News!!!!

Katsuhito Ohtsuka, Japan in News!!!!

Paul bristolia at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 14 22:39:56 EDT 2009

Dirk Ross wrote:

"Dear List and Katsuhito,

Great Work!!!! Congrats!! http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/

Jupiter Turned Comet Into "Moon" for 12 Years

National Geographic

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090914-jupiter-moon-comet.html "

The paper about it is:

Ohtsuka, K., T. Ito, M. Yoshikawa, D. J. Asher, H. Arakida,
2009, Quasi-Hilda Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu: Another
long temporary satellite capture by Jupiter. arXiv:0808.2277v1
[astro-ph],

http://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2277

Another article:

Jupiter captures a comet, briefly, Christian Science Monitor
by Pete Spotts

http://features.csmonitor.com/discoveries/2009/09/14/jupiter-captures-a-comet-briefly/

Captured comet becomes moon of Jupiter by Kerensa McElroy, Cosmos Online

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3003/captured-comet-becomes-moon-jupiter

Yours,

Paul H.

Sunday 13 September 2009

Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis GSA and AGU Abstracts

Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis GSA and AGU Abstracts

Paul bristolia at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 13 07:59:56 EDT 2009

The GSA abstracts can be found in "T94. Impact Cratering
from the Microscopic to the Planetary Scale II (GSA
Planetary Geology Division; International Continental
Scientific Drilling Program [ICDP]; GSA Sedimentary
Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics
Division; GSA Geophysics Division; Paleontological
Society; GSA International Division) at

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/session_25177.htm

The abstracts are;

1. Dryas. Pinter, N., A. C. Andrew, and D. Ebel, 2009,
Extraterrestrial and Terrestrial Signatures at the Onset of
the Younger Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs.

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_162563.htm

2. Holliday, V. T., and D. J. Meltzer, 2009, Geoarchaeology
of the 12.9ka Impact hypothesis. Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs.

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_160959.htm

3. Paquay, F., S. Goderis, G. Ravizza, and P. Claeys, 2009, No
evidence of of extraterrestrial geochemical components at the
Bolling-Allerod/Younger Dryas Transition. Geological Society
of America Abstracts with Programs.

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_163154.htm

4. Surovell, T. A., and V. T. Holliday, 2009, Non-
Reproducibility of Younger Dryas Extraterrestrial Impact
Results. Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs.

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_163912.htm

PDF files of various papers by Dr. V. T. Holliday can be
found beneath "Publications of Vance T. Holliday" at:

http://www.argonaut.arizona.edu/holliday.htm

This includes:

Vance T. Holliday, David A. Kring, James H. Mayer, and Ronald J.
Goble, Age and effects of the Odessa meteorite impact, western Texas,
USA. Geology. vol. 33, pp. 945-947. at:

http://www.argonaut.arizona.edu/articles/holliday_etal2005.pdf

The Abstracts to the 2009 American Geophysical Union
presentations for "PP15: Younger Dryas Boundary:
Extraterrestrial Impact or Not?" have not been posted
yet. Eventually, they should appear at

http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/program/scientific_session_search.php?show=detail&sessid=388

According to George Howard, http://www.georgehoward.net/clovis_comet_at_fall_2009_agu.htm ,
the titles of the accepted papers are:

1. Lost Impacts

2. High resolution Osmium isotopes in deep-sea ferromanganese crusts reveal a large meteorite impact in the Central Pacific at 12.4 ka

3. What Caused the Younger Dryas? An Assessment of Existing Hypotheses

4. An Independent Evaluation of the Younger Dryas Extraterrestrial Impact Hypothesis

5. Cosmic impact: What are the odds?

6. Cometary airbursts and atmospheric chemistry: Tunguska and a candidate Younger Dryas event

7. Problems with the Younger Dryas Boundary ( YDB ) Impact Hypothesis

8. Beringian Megafaunal Extinctions at ~37 ka B.P.: Do Micrometeorites Embedded in Fossil Tusks and Skulls Indicate an Extraterrestial Precursor to the Younger Dryas Event?

9. Airbursts in the Sky with Diamonds? Shock Limits to a Younger Dryas Impact.

10. The platinum group metals in Younger Dryas Horizons are terrestrial

11. Putting the Younger Dryas Cold Event into Context

12. Field-Analytical approach of land-sea records for elucidating the Younger Dryas Boundary syndrome

13 Evidence of four prehistoric supernovae <250
parsecs from Earth during the past 50,000 years

14. Oblique impacts into low impedance layers

15. Cold Climate Related Structural Sinks Accommodate Unusual Soil Constituents, Pinelands National Reserve, New Jersey, USA.

16. Positive anomaly in platinum group elements and the presence of shocked diamonds: Two question marks at the Younger Dryas

17. Nanodiamonds and Carbon Spherules from Tunguska, the K/T Boundary, and the Younger Dryas Boundary Layer

18. Are Nanodiamonds Evidence for a Younger Dryas impact Event?

19. Rockyhock and Kimbel Carolina Bays: Extraterrestrial Impact or Terrestrial Genesis?

20. No support from osmium isotopes for an impact event at the Bolling-Allerod/Younger Dryas transition

21. Climatic Control of Biomass Burning During the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition

22. Human Population Decline in North America during the Younger Dryas

23. Summary of impact markers and potential impact mechanisms for the YDB impact event at 12.9 ka

24. Testing Younger Dryas ET Impact ( YDB ) Evidence at Hall’s Cave, Texas

25. Wildfires, Soot and Fullerenes in the 12,900 ka Younger Dryas boundary layer in North America.

Obviously, the discussion about the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis continues.

Yours,

Paul H.

Wednesday 2 September 2009

Christian Koeberl's List of Publications (Lots of PDF Files)

Christian Koeberl's List of Publications (Lots of PDF Files)

Paul bristolia at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 2 13:52:12 EDT 2009

Christian Koeberl's List of Publications

http://www.univie.ac.at/geochemistry/koeberl/publikation_list/

Lots of PDF files of very interesting papers by Dr. Christian
Koeberl to be downloaded from the above web page.

Yours,

Paul H.

Tuesday 1 September 2009

Mount Wilson Observatory threatened by Los Angeles wildfires

Mount Wilson Observatory threatened by Los Angeles wildfires

Paul bristolia at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 1 08:40:29 EDT 2009

Mount Wilson Observatory threatened by Los Angeles wildfires, Times Online

http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2009/09/mount-wilson-observatory-threatened-by-california-wildfires.html

Mount Wilson Observatory Towercam

http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/towercam.htm

Mount Wilson Observatory: waiting out the California Station wildfire Space
News Examiner, September 1, 2009

http://www.examiner.com/x-504-Space-News-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Mount-Wilson-Observatory-waiting-out-the-California-Station-wildfire

Yours,

Paul H.