North Dakota Bone Bed Records Chicxulub asteroid impact 30MAR2019

North Dakota Bone Bed Records Chicxulub asteroid impact

Chicxulub asteroid impact: Stunning fossils record dinosaurs' demise

By Jonathan Amos, BBC News.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47755275

Scientists Find Fossilized Fish That May Have Been Blasted by

Debris From Asteroid That Ended the Dinosaur Age

Ryan F. Mandelbaum, GIZMODO, March 25, 2019

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-find-fossilized-fish-that-may-have-been-blas-1833671176

Yours,

Paul H.

Antarctic meteorites found buried a foot beneath ice's surface 30MAR2019

 Antarctic meteorites found buried a foot beneath ice's surface

Using Landmine Detectors, Meteorite Hunt Turns

Up 36 Space Rocks in Antarctica. The scientists had

a hunch that more meteorites were hidden a foot

below the ice—they were right

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/same-tech-used-hunt-landmines-searching-antarctic-meteorites-180971593/

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Paul H.

Asteroids, Micro Diamonds, and the Younger Dryas 18MAR2019

 Asteroids, Micro Diamonds, and the Younger Dryas

Asteroids, Micro Diamonds, and the Younger Dryas

with Jens Notroff: Archaeological Fantasies Ep 106

https://archyfantasies.com/asteroids-micro-diamonds-and-the-younger-dryas-with-jens-notroff-archaeological-fantasies-ep-106asteroids-micro-diamonds-and-the-younger-dryas-with-jens-notroff/

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Paul H.

New Younger Dryas impact Paper - Observations from Patagonia 17MAR2019

 New Younger Dryas impact Paper - Observations from Patagonia

Major cosmic impact 12,800 years ago

Geologic and paleontological evidence unearthed

in southern Chile supports the theory that a major

cosmic impact event occurred approximately

12,800 years ago, University of California -

Santa Barbara, March 13, 2019

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190313140616.htm

Pino, M., Abarzúa, A.M., Astorga, G., Martel-Cea, A.,

Cossio-Montecinos, N., Navarro, R.X., Lira, M.P.,

Labarca, R., LeCompte, M.A., Adedeji, V. and Moore,

C.R., 2019. Sedimentary record from Patagonia,

southern Chile supports cosmic-impact triggering

of biomass burning, climate change, and megafaunal

extinctions at 12.8 ka. Scientific Reports, 9(1), no.4413.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-38089-y

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Paul H.

One of the strongest known solar storms blasted Earth in 660 B.C. - 17MAR2019

 One of the strongest known solar storms blasted Earth in 660 B.C.  17MAR2019

One of the strongest known solar storms blasted

Earth in 660 B.C. Traces left in ice cores and tree

rings allowed researchers to estimate the storm’s

power, Carolyn Grambling, March 11, 2019

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/one-strongest-known-solar-storms-blasted-earth-660-bc

Ice cores reveal huge solar storm struck Earth around 660 BC

Hamish Johnston, Physics World, March 12, 2019

https://physicsworld.com/a/ice-cores-reveal-huge-solar-storm-struck-earth-around-660-bc/

The paper is:

O’Hare, P., Mekhaldi, F., Adolphi, F., Raisbeck, G.,

Aldahan, A., Anderberg, E., Beer, J., Christl, M.,

Fahrni, S., Synal, H.A. and Park, J., 2019.

Multiradionuclide evidence for an extreme solar

proton event around 2,610 BP (660 BC).

Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences, p.201815725.

https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/03/05/1815725116.short

Yours,

Paul H.

Identifying putative planetary-origin meteorites 13MAR2019

 Identifying putative planetary-origin meteorites

Anfinogenova, Y. and Anfinogenov, J., 2019. Challenges

of identifying putative planetary-origin meteorites of

non-igneous material. Geoscience Frontiers. (Open Access)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987119300209

https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09960

And just when I thought that I had seen everything,

this paper appeared.

Fastook, J.L., Head, J.W. and Deutsch, A.N., 2019.

Glaciation on Mercury: Accumulation and flow of ice

in permanently shadowed circum-polar crater interiors.

Icarus, 317, pp.81-93.

http://www.planetary.brown.edu/html_pages/publications.htm

http://www.planetary.brown.edu/pdfs/5065.pdf

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103517306061

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Paul H.

Graham Hancock Claims Los Angeles Fossils Are Linked to Younger Dryas Comet. 11MAR2019

 Graham Hancock Claims Los Angeles Fossils Are Linked to Younger Dryas Comet.

Graham Hancock Claims Los Angeles Fossils

Are Linked to Younger Dryas Comet.

Jason Colavito, March 7, 2019

http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/graham-hancock-claims-los-angeles-fossils-are-linked-to-younger-dryas-comet

The original article is:

Trove of Ice-Age Fossils Found in LA Subway Dig

Martin Macias, Courthouse News, March 4, 2019

https://www.courthousenews.com/trove-of-ice-age-fossils-found-in-la-subway-dig/

A related article is:

Treasure trove’ of fossils uncovered, Edwin Folven

Park Labrea News - Bverley Press, March 6, 2019

https://beverlypress.com/2019/03/treasure-trove-of-fossils-uncovered/

Yours,

Paul H.

A field guide to finding fossils on Mars. (open access paper) 09MAR2019

 A field guide to finding fossils on Mars. (open access paper)

McMahon, S., Bosak, T., Grotzinger, J.P., Milliken, R.E.,

Summons, R.E., Daye, M., Newman, S.A., Fraeman, A.,

Williford, K.H. and Briggs, D.E.G., 2018. A field guide

to finding fossils on Mars. Journal of Geophysical

Research: Planets.vol. 123, no. 5, pp. 1020-1040

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2017JE005478

McMahon, S., The chemistry of fossilization on Earth and Mars.

http://www.portlandpresspublishing.com/sites/default/files/biochemist/Biochemist%20Space%20issue%20Dec%202018/BioDEC18_chemistry%20of%20fossilization%20pg%2028.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.