The e-Pistles of Paul ©2010 A.D.: March 2017

Tuesday, 28 March 2017

Impact Crater Linked to Martian Tsunamis

Impact Crater Linked to Martian Tsunamis
By Paul Rincon, BBC News website, March 26, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39394583

Water On Mars: Researchers Link Lomonosov Crater To Ancient Martian Tsunamis by Avaneesh
IBT, March 26, 2017
http://www.ibtimes.com/water-mars-researchers-link-lomonosov-crater-ancient-martian-tsunamis-251524

The paper is:

Costard, F., A. Séjourné, K. Kelfoun, S. Clifford, F. Lavigne, I. Di Pietro, and S. Bouley (2017), Modeling tsunami propagation and the emplacement of thumbprint terrain in an early Mars ocean, Journal Geophysical Research Planets, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JE005230
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016JE005230/full

An article about studying Mars is:

Studying Martian Rocks Without Leaving Planet Earth
Matching Martian rock formations to those found on Earth can help researchers learn more about the Red Planet.
By Alexandra Branscombe, AGU, March 1, 2017
https://eos.org/research-spotlights/studying-martian-rocks-without-leaving-planet-earth

https://eos.org/research-spotlights

Yours,

Paul H.

Xinjiang Herdsman’s Fight for His Meteorite

Kazak rancher sues government for ownership of a grounded shooting star.
Wang Lianzhang, March 22, 2017

http://www.sixthtone.com/news/xinjiang-farmer-and-government-tussle-over-meteorite-ownership

Also from China, the magical alternative universe of Internet and tabloid news has this story:

Man pops the question with 33-ton “meteorite”
Master BlasterMaster Blaster 3 days ago
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2017/03/20/man-pops-the-question-with-33-ton-meteorite/

Well, she said she wanted a big rock! Chinese man proposes to his ...
Daily Mail-March 15, 2017
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-4315506/Man-proposes-girlfriend-33-tonne-meteorite.html

Yours,

Paul H.

Another Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis Paper

The discussion continues.

Discovery of widespread platinum may help solve Clovis people mystery, University of South Carolina, March 9, 2017
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170309120656.htm
http://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2017/03/uofsc_archaeologists_discover_platinum_at_clovis_sites.php

Moore, C.R., West, A., LeCompte, M.A., Brooks, M.J., Daniel Jr, I.R., Goodyear, A.C., Ferguson, T.A., Ivester, A.H., Feathers, J.K., Kennett, J.P. and Tankersley, K.B., 2017.
Widespread platinum anomaly documented at the Younger Dryas onset in North American sedimentary
sequences. Scientific Reports, 7, p.44031.
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep44031
http://1f9hwg1wionh254zdu2abfkg.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/srep44031.pdf
https://www.academia.edu/31867816/Widespread_platinum_anomaly_documented_at_the_Younger_Dryas_onset_in_North_American_sedimentary_sequences_OPEN

The number of publications on this topic must be closing in on circa 180 to 200 by now.

Yours,

Paul H.

The e-Pistles of Paul ©2010 A.D.: Modeling Impact Breaching of Europa's Ice Crust: Modeling Impact Breaching of Europa's Ice Crust Life on Europa may have been sparked by COMETS: Rocks carrying biological material could...

The Permo-Triassic Boundary in the Karoo Basin - Guidebook and Summary Chapter

Neveling, J., R. A. Gastaldo, and J. W. Geissman, 2016,
The Permo-Triassic Boundary in the Karoo Basin. Field
Guidebook for the Pre-3 trip, 35th International
Geological Congress, Cape Town, 2016

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307907418_The_Permo-Triassic_Boundary_in_the_Karoo_Basin_Field_Guidebook_for_the_Pre-3_trip_35th_International_Geological_Congress_Cape_Town_2016

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Gastaldo

Neveling, J., R. A. Gastaldo, S. L. Kamo, J. W. Geissman,
C. V. Looy, and M. K. Bamford, 2016, A Review of Stratigraphic, Geochemical, and Paleontologic Data of the Terrestrial End-Permian Record in the Karoo Basin, South Africa. In Origin and Evolution of the Cape Mountains and Karoo Basin, Chapter: 15, Publisher: Springer
International Publishing, Editors: B. Linol, M.J. de Wit,
pp.151-157 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40859-0_15

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307623963_A_Review_of_Stratigraphic_Geochemical_and_Paleontologic_Data_of_the_Terrestrial_End-Permian_Record_in_the_Karoo_Basin_South_Africa

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Gastaldo

Yours,

Paul H.

DNA Provides Clue to Why Woolly Mammoth Died Out

DNA clues to why woolly mammoth died out By Helen Briggs,
BBC News, March 2, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39142941

The last, lonely woolly mammoths faced a 'genomic meltdown'
By Michael Price, Science News, March 2, 2017
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/last-lonely-woolly-mammoths-were-genetically-screwed
DNA clues to why woolly mammoth died out By Helen Briggs,
BBC News, March 2, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39142941

The last, lonely woolly mammoths faced a 'genomic meltdown'
By Michael Price, Science News, March 2, 2017
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/last-lonely-woolly-mammoths-were-genetically-screwed

The Woolly Mammoth's Last Stand, New York Times
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39142941

The paper is:

Rogers, R. L., and M. Slatkin, 2017, Excess of genomic
defects in a woolly mammoth on Wrangel island.
PLOS Genetics. Published: March 2, 2017, open access.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.100660
http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1006601

The Woolly Mammoth's Last Stand, New York Times
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39142941

Yours,

Paul H.