British scientists try to find Antarctica's "missing meteorites" 30NOV2019

 British scientists try to find Antarctica's "missing meteorites"

Antarctica: Metal meteorite quest set to get under way

By Jonathan Amos, BBC Science, November 29,  2019

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50549855

The Mystery of Antarctica’s Missing Meteorites

Hiding deep under the ice, iron meteorites could hold

clues to the solar system’s past., The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/hunting-for-antarcticas-lost-meteorites/583564/

An off-topic, but still interesting article is:

Scientists Recreated Volcanic Lightning by Blasting Ash Out of a Cannon

Robin George Andrews, Gizmodo, November 29,  2019

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-recreated-volcanic-lightning-by-blasting-ash-1840068684

Yours,

Paul H.

Gobekli Tepe and the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis

Gobekli Tepe and the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis

There are an interesting series of blog posts about various ideas about Gobekli Tepe, its archaeology, and an alleged association with the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis on the Lateral Truth blog. They include:

Gobekli Tepe, Part 1: The Background
Rebbeca Bradley, Lateral Truth, October 22, 2018.
https://www.skepticink.com/lateraltruth/2018/10/22/gobekli-tepe-pt-1-background/

Gobekli Tepe, Part 2: The Archaeology
Rebbeca Bradley, Lateral Truth, November 5, 2018.
https://www.skepticink.com/lateraltruth/2018/11/05/gobekli-tepe-archaeology/

Gobekli Tepe, Part 3: The Alternative Mainstream
Rebbeca Bradley, Lateral Truth, November 16, 2018.
https://www.skepticink.com/lateraltruth/2018/11/16/gobekli-tepe-part-3-alternative-mainstream/

Gobekli Tepe, Part 4: Animals and Astronomy,
Rebbeca Bradley, Lateral Truth, November 18, 2018.
https://www.skepticink.com/lateraltruth/2018/11/18/gobekli-tepe-part-4-animals-astronomy/

Gobekli Tepe: Response To Martin Sweatman,
Rebbeca Bradley, Lateral Truth, December 6, 2018.
https://www.skepticink.com/lateraltruth/2018/12/06/gobekli-tepe-response-martin-sweatman/

Decoding Looney Tunes with Astronomy: What Does the Bunny Say?
Rebbeca Bradley, Lateral Truth, December 7, 2018
https://www.skepticink.com/lateraltruth/2018/12/07/decoding-looney-tunes-astronomy-bunny-say/

Martin Sweatman’s Decoding of Prehistory: Incoherent Catastrophe
Rebbeca Bradley, Lateral Truth, January 25, 2019
https://www.skepticink.com/lateraltruth/2019/01/25/martin-sweatmans-decoding-of-prehistory-incoherent-catastrophe/

The above blogs are about:
Sweatman, M.B. and Tsikritsis, D., 2017. Decoding Göbekli Tepe with archaeoastronomy: What does the fox say?. Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry, 17(1)., 233-250.
http://omnilogi.com/ancient/deluge/Sweatman-and-Tsikritsis-gobekli-tepe-comet.pdf

In the same journal, Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, another paper about a fringe version of a Younger Dryas impact senario is published. The paper is:

Jaye, M., 2019. The flooding of the Mediterranean basin at the Younger–Dryas boundary. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, 19(1), 71–83.
http://maajournal.com/Issues/2019/Vol19-1/7_Jaye%2019  (1).pdf

http://www.maajournal.com/Issues2019a.php

As previously mentioned, Rebbeca Bradley also commented on Michael Jaye’s unique ideas about an Younger Dryas impact causing a truly global flood in:

Michael Jaye’s Just-So Story by Rebbeca Bradley, June 22, 2019
https://www.skepticink.com/lateraltruth/2019/06/22/michael-jayes-just-so-story/

Carl Feagans also published a post on his blog about Micheal Jaye’s paper on the Global World-wide Flood and the Younger Dryas Impact. It is:

The Pseudoarchaeology of Michael Jaye’s Worldwide Flood 

Carl Feagans , Archaeology Review, November 18, 2019
https://ahotcupofjoe.net/2019/11/the-pseudoarchaeology-of-michael-jayes-worldwide-flood/

Yours,

Paul H.

"Ice fossils" found in Acfer 094 from the Hoggar Mountains in the Algerian Sahara.

"Ice fossils" found in Acfer 094 from the Hoggar Mountains in the Algerian Sahara.

‘Ice fossils’ from the desert. Algerian meteorite offers new insights into early asteroid formation.
Cosmos, Richard A. Lovett, Novmeber 22, 2019
https://cosmosmagazine.com/geoscience/ice-fossils-from-the-desert

Fossil ice found in meteorite is the first direct evidence of ice in asteroids
By Josh Davis, The Natural History Museum, London, November 21, 2019
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2019/november/fossil-ice-found-in-meteorite.html

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/press-releases/fossil-ice-found-in-meteor-is-the-first-direct-evidence-of-ice-i.html

The paper is:

Discovery of fossil asteroidal ice in primitive meteorite Acfer 094

By Megumi Matsumoto, Akira Tsuchiyama, Aiko Nakato, Junya Matsuno, Akira Miyake, Akimasa Kataoka, Motoo Ito, Naotaka Tomioka, Yu Kodama, Kentaro Uesugi, Akihisa Takeuchi, Tsukasa
Nakano, Epifanio Vaccaro, Science Advances, 20 Nov 2019 : eaax5078
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/11/eaax5078

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/11/eaax5078/tab-pdf

Yours,

Paul H.

Nannodiamond plant microfossils created by extraterrestrial impact (open access paper)

Nannodiamond plant microfossils created by extraterrestrial impact (open access paper)

Shumilova, T.G., Ulyashev, V.V., Kazakov, V.A., Isaenko, S.I., Svetov,S.A., Chazhengina, S.Y., Kovalchuk, N.S., Karite – diamond fossil: a new type of natural diamond,Geoscience Frontiers, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2019.09.011.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987119301768

Off topic, counter septarian structure, a great pseudoartifact.

We can't figure this one out By PRK, November 19, 2016
in Fossil ID, Fossil Forum
http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/70152-we-cant-figger-this-one-out-solved-counter-septarian-structures/

Counter septarian structure, Doctor Mud, Posted November 26, 2016
Page 4, Fossil Forum
http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/70152-we-cant-figger-this-one-out-solved-counter-septarian-structures/&page=4&tab=comments#comment

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/70152-we-cant-figger-this-one-out-solved-counter-septarian-structures/&page=4&tab=comments#comment-737744

Seilacher, A., 2001. Concretion morphologies reflecting diagenetic and epigenetic pathways. Sedimentary Geology, 143(1-2), pp.41-57.

Yours,

Paul H.