Is the Falkland Islands Basin an Enormous Impact Structure ?

Is the Falkland Islands Basin an Enormous Impact Structure ?

Falkland Islands basin shows signs of being among world's
largest craters, New York University, May 4, 2017
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170504131658.htm

Falkland Islands basin shows signs of being among world's
largest craters, Engineering, Science and Technology Research
New York University, May 4, 2017
http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2017/may/falkland-islands-basin-shows-signs-of-being-among-worlds-largest.html

The paper is:

Rocca, M.C., Rampino, M.R. and Báez Presser, J.L., 2017.
Geophysical evidence for a large impact structure on the
Falkland (Malvinas) Plateau. Terra Nova.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ter.12269/abstract

Another paper is:

Rocca, M. C. L., & Baez Presser, J. L., 2015. A possible new very
large impact structure in Islas Malvinas. Historia Natural,
Tercera Serie, 5, 121–133.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283123311_A_POSSIBLE_NEW_VERY_LARGE_IMPACT_STRUCTURE_IN_MALVINAS_ISLANDS

Yours,

Paul H.

Recent Chapter About Corossol Impact Structure, Gulf of St Lawrence, eastern Canada 02JUN2017

 Recent Chapter About Corossol Impact Structure, Gulf of St Lawrence, eastern Canada

Lajeunesse, P., Duchesne, M.J., St-Onge, G., Locat, J., Higgins,

M., Sanfacon, R. and Ortiz, J., 2016. The Corossol Structure:

a glaciated crater of possible impact origin in the

northwestern Gulf of St Lawrence, eastern Canada.

Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 46(1), pp.127-128.

PDF file:

http://www.ismer.ca/IMG/pdf/lajeunesse_et_al_2016_corossol_atlas.pdf

Abstract:

http://mem.lyellcollection.org/content/46/1/127.short

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."

William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)

Recent Chapter About Corossol Impact Structure, Gulf of St Lawrence, eastern Canada

Recent Chapter About Corossol Impact Structure, Gulf of St Lawrence, eastern Canada

Lajeunesse, P., Duchesne, M.J., St-Onge, G., Locat, J., Higgins, M., Sanfacon, R. and Ortiz, J., 2016. The Corossol Structure: a glaciated crater of possible impact origin in the northwestern Gulf of St Lawrence, eastern Canada.
Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 46(1), pp.127-128.

PDF file:
http://www.ismer.ca/IMG/pdf/lajeunesse_et_al_2016_corossol_atlas.pdf

Abstract:
http://mem.lyellcollection.org/content/46/1/127.short

Yours,
Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)

Is Plate Tectonics Needed for the Evolution of Intelligent Life? 22MAY2017

 Is Plate Tectonics Needed for the Evolution of Intelligent Life?

Stern, R.J., 2016. Is plate tectonics needed to evolve technological

species on exoplanets?. Geoscience Frontiers, 7(4), pp. 573-580.

 

Abstract:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987115300062

PDF file:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290029980_Is_Plate_Tectonics_needed_to_Evolve_Technological_Species_on_Exoplanets

https://www.utdallas.edu/~rjstern/pdfs/SternGF16.pdf

http://www.utdallas.edu/~rjstern/publications.html

 

Yours.

Paul H.

Is Plate Tectonics Needed for the Evolution of Intelligent Life?

Is Plate Tectonics Needed for the Evolution of Intelligent Life?

Stern, R.J., 2016. Is plate tectonics needed to evolve technological
species on exoplanets?. Geoscience Frontiers, 7(4), pp. 573-580.

Abstract:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987115300062

PDF file:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290029980_Is_Plate_Tectonics_needed_to_Evolve_Technological_Species_on_Exoplanets

https://www.utdallas.edu/~rjstern/pdfs/SternGF16.pdf

http://www.utdallas.edu/~rjstern/publications.html

Yours.

Paul H.

Supernova and Mass Extinctions 21MAY2017

 Supernova and Mass Extinctions

Distance at which supernova would spark mass

extinctions on Earth, University of Kansas, May 11, 2017

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170511115935.htm

http://news.ku.edu/2017/05/08/research-increases-distance-which-supernova-would-spark-mass-extinctions-earth

What’s a safe distance between us and a supernova?

by EarthSky, May 7, 2017

http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/supernove-distance

Yours,

Paul H.

Supernova and Mass Extinctions

Supernova and Mass Extinctions

Distance at which supernova would spark mass extinctions on Earth, University of Kansas, May 11, 2017
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170511115935.htm

http://news.ku.edu/2017/05/08/research-increases-distance-which-supernova-would-spark-mass-extinctions-earth

What’s a safe distance between us and a supernova?
by EarthSky, May 7, 2017
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/supernove-distance

Yours,

Paul H.

The Types of Uniformitarianism

The Types of Uniformitarianism

Below is a paper about the types of Uniformitarianism.

Romano, M., 2015. Reviewing the term uniformitarianism in modern Earth sciences. Earth-Science Reviews, 148, pp. 65-76.
PDF file:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277090082_Reviewing_the_term_uniformitarianism_in_modern_Earth_sciences

http://www.academia.edu/12884807/Reviewing_the_term_uniformitarianism_in_modern_Earth_sciences
Abstract: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825215000938

Another paper is:
Phillips, J., 2012. Storytelling in earth sciences: The eight basic plots. Earth-Science Reviews, 115(3), pp. 153-162.
Abstract: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825212001249

PDF file:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jonathan_Phillips4/publication/248394618_Storytelling_in_Earth_sciences_The_eight_basic_plots/links/02e7e51df3bff629d5000000.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.

Prospecting for Possible Impact Structures Using Google Earth

Prospecting for Possible Impact Structures Using Google Earth

Hi,
A paper about an attempt to use Google Earth to hunt for impact craters is:

Chaabout, S., Aoudjehane, H.C., Reimold, W.U., Baratoux, D. and Youbi, N., 2015. Prospecting for possible impact structures in Morocco. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 112, pp.339-352.

PDF file:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/S_Chaabout/publication/281596476_Prospecting_For_Possible_Impact_Structures_In_Morocco/links/563a484908aeed0531dcae86.pdf

Abstract: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464343X15300364

A related paper about Google Earth and geology is:

Lisle, Richard J. Google Earth: a new geological resource. Geology today, 2006, vol. 22, no 1, p. 29 -32.

PDF file:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Richard_Lisle/publication/229485742_Google_Earth_A_new_geological_resource/links/54782d590cf205d1687ca36d/Google-Earth-A-new-geological-resource.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.

More Comments by Graham Hancock About Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis

More Comments by Graham Hancock About Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis


Popular writer and fringe archaeologist Graham Hancock has written a new and extended commentary
about the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis. He is quite unhappy about he believes that he and other proponents of this hypothesis have been treated by so-called “gradualists” whoever they are, within the scientific community. The commentary is at:

Why Science Should Cherish Its Rebels by Graham Hancock

https://grahamhancock.com/hancockg17/



Commentary by Jason Calavito on Hancock’s comments can be found at:



In Major New Article, Graham Hancock Repeats Previous Anti-Scientist Claims, Defends the Search for Atlantis
http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/in-major-new-article-graham-hancock-repeats-previous-anti-scientist-claims-defends-the-search-for-atlantis

http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog -- http://www.jasoncolavito.com

Related comments by Jason Calavito can be found in:

Academic Journal Runs Article Claiming Göbekli Tepe Records Comet Strike, Misses Fact That Article Is Based on Speculative Andrew Collins Book 4/22/2017
http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/academic-journal-runs-article-claiming-gobekli-tepe-records-comet-strike-misses-fact-that-article-is-based-on-speculative-andrew-collins-book

http://www.jasoncolavito.com/apps/search?q=Dryas

and

Orbiting the Graham Hancock Universe: "Archaeological Fantasies" Explores Gobekli Tepe and Rebecca Bradley Discusses Gunung Padang, 5/16/2017
http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/orbiting-the-graham-hancock-universe-archaeological-fantasies-explores-gobekli-tepe-and-rebecca-bradley-discusses-gunung-padang

Göbekli Tepe, Bad Fox, No Comet - Episode 73
https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archyfantasies/73


Contrary to what Mr. Hancock seems to believe, neocatastrophism has become popular among
geologists and scientists as discussed in:

Marriner, N., Morhange, C. and Skrimshire, S., 2010. Geoscience meets the four horsemen?: Tracking the rise of neocatastrophism. Global and Planetary Change, 74(1), pp.43-48.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222537265_Geoscience_meets_the_four_horsemen_Tracking_the_rise_of_neocatastrophism

One item that Jason Calavito did not mention in his commentaries, is that Mr. Hancock does not appreciate the significance of recent research about the chronology of the Missoula (Spokane) Floods and older “Ancient Cataclysmic Floods.” The identification of numerous Missoula Floods has nothing to do with any imaginary conspiracy by an equally imaginary cabal of nameless “gradualists.” Rather the recognition is based upon multiple, unconformity-bounded sets of flood deposits. These flood deposits are separated subaerial exposure surfaces in which paleosols, including some very well-developed calcretes, and terrestrial animals burrows have developed. There also are separate sets of clastic dikes truncated at different unconformities. Some of different sets of flood deposits have been
dated using, where possible, by radiocarbon dating magnetostratigraphy, optically stimulated luminescence dating, and tephrachronology. The oldest of these deposits predate 1.77 million years ago. There exists an abundance of published evidence that demonstrates the occurrence of innumerable Missoula-like megafloods over a period greater than 1.77 million years.

Also, Mr. Hancock overlooks Antonio Zamora ‘s badly flawed optically stimulated luminescence arguments that ignores the context of these dates and collaborating pollen records from the fills of the Carolina Bays.

Finally, Mr. Hancock is seemingly unaware of the lack of any credible evidence supporting the existence of Michael Davias’ seemingly imaginary Saginaw Bay impact structure that is used to explain the Carolina Bays. The geology that region is well known enough to show that there is a complete lack of the deformation of bedrock and overlying Quaternary deposits that such an impact would have caused. Also, any geophysical signature ot such as impact structure is lacking. Finally, regional
sedimentary and paleoenvironmental archives for that time period lack and are undisturbed by the ejecta deposits that such an impact would have created. The Saginaw Bay impact structure is just one of a few likely imaginary Pleistocene impact craters that have been reported in the Great lakes region.

Yours,

Paul H

Geoscience meets the four horsemen? (Tracking the rise of neocatastrophism)

Geoscience meets the four horsemen? (Tracking the rise of neocatastrophism)

Hi,

Below is an interesting paper:
Marriner, N., Morhange, C. and Skrimshire, S., 2010. Geoscience meets the four horsemen?: Tracking the rise of neocatastrophism. Global and Planetary Change, 74(1), pp.43-48.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222537265_Geoscience_meets_the_four_horsemen_Tracking_the_rise_of_neocatastrophism

http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/envs501/downloads/Marriner%20et%20al.%202010.pdf

http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/5562361/cata-GLOBAL.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1494895900&Signature=vM9EmO8aGXyC1zSN6pvRjUya64A%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DTracking_the_rise_of_neocatastrophism.pdf

Yours,

Paul H

OT - Be Warned, Malware Cripples Computers Worldwide

OT - Be Warned, Malware Cripples Computers Worldwide

Looks like a major malware attack is in progress.
So you-all be careful out there.

Malware, described in leaked NSA
documents, cripples computers worldwide Washington Post, May 12, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hospitals-across-england-report-it-failure-amid-suspected-major-cyber-attack/2017/05/12/84e3dc5e-3723-11e7-b373-418f6849a004_story.html

Yours,

Paul H.

Geoscience meets the four horsemen?

Geoscience meets the four horsemen?

Marriner, N., Morhange, C. and Skrimshire, S., 2010. Geoscience meets the four horsemen?: Tracking the rise of neocatastrophism. Global and Planetary Change, 74(1), pp.43-48.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christophe_Morhange/publication/222537265_Geoscience_meets_the_four_horsemen_Tracking_the_rise_of_neocatastrophism/links/09e4150b4acde179c4000000.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.

Asteroid impact effects and their hazards for human populations

Asteroid impact effects and their hazards for human populations

Rumpf, C.M., Lewis, H.G. and Atkinson, P.M., 2017. Asteroid impact effects and their immediate hazards for human populations.
Geophysical Research Letters. First published: 19 April 2017

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017GL073191/full

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017GL073191/epdf

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1703.07592.pd

Yours,

Paul H.

Psuedo -Impactites Created by Natural Fires

Psuedo-Impactites Created by Natural Fires

Below is a recent paper that a direct connection with one line of evidence for the Younger Dryas Impact.

Roperch, P., Gattacceca, J., Valenzuela, M., Devouard, B., Lorand, J.P., Arriagada, C., Rochette, P., Latorre, C. and Beck, P., 2017. Surface vitrification caused by natural fires in Late Pleistocene wetlands of the Atacama Desert. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 469, pp.15-26.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X17301887
https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01514600/
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-8946.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)

Proceedings of the Geophysical Laboratory-Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Cratering Symposium

Proceedings of the Geophysical Laboratory-Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Cratering Symposium

While searching the Internet I came across an online and downloadable PDF file of:

Nordyke, M.D., 1961. Proceedings of the Geophysical Laboratory-Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Cratering Symposium (No. UCRL6438PT12). LLNL (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)).

The PDF file is at:
https://www.osti.gov/scitech/biblio/1122567
https://www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/1122567

Although old, I thought that people on this list might appreciate it.

Yours,

Paul H.

New Paper about Göbekli Tepewith and the Younger Dryas Impact

New Paper about Göbekli Tepewith and the Younger Dryas Impact

A recent paper in Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry discusses the Göbekli Tepewith
Site in Turkey in the context of the Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis. It is:

Sweatman MB, Tsikritsis D. Decoding Göbekli Tepewith
Archaeoastronomy: What Does the Fox Say?. 

Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry. 2017;17(1):233-50.

http://maajournal.com/Issues/2017/Vol17-1/Sweatman%20and%20Tsikritsis%2017%281%29.pdf

http://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/files/33194700/MAA_TEMPLATE_Decoding_Gobekli_Tepe_final.pdf

Some comments on the paper can be found in

1. “Academic Journal Runs Article Claiming Göbekli Tepe Records Comet Strike, Misses Fact That Article Is Based on Speculative Andrew Collins Book” by Jason Colavito, April 22, 2017, at:

http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/academic-journal-runs-article-claiming-gobekli-tepe-records-comet-strike-misses-fact-that-article-is-based-on-speculative-andrew-collins-book

2. “Archaeoastronomy, meteor showers, mass extinction: What does the fox say? (And what the crane? The aurochs?)” by Robert Kerr, The Tepe telegrams.

https://tepetelegrams.wordpress.com/2017/04/21/archaeoastronomy-meteor-showers-mass-extinction-what-does-the-fox-say-and-what-the-crane-the-aurochs/

and “Ancient stone carvings confirm how comet struck earth in 10,950 BC, sparking the rise of civilisations,” Hall of Ma’at messageboard at:

http://www.hallofmaat.com/read.php?1,611196

The paper seemed like an exercise in speculation and personal opinion lacking a firm basis in evidence
and unconstrained by what other researchers have published and documented.They certainly failed to consider what modern geologists have written in published peer-reviewed articles in plain English in reference to Spokane / Missoula Flood as seen in the statement:

"Analysis of the geology of the Scablands and similar features across North America indicating
sudden melting of the Laurentide ice sheet and immense flooding across large areas of North America."

The fact of the matter is that the "analysis of the geology of the Scablands and similar features
across North America" had shown that the Laurentide ice sheet did **not** suddenly melt at the time of their alleged impact. It has been clearly demonstrated that there has been multiple Missoula Floods over the past 1.5 to 2 million years and that the significant flooding events predate the hypothesized Younger Dryas Impact event. At least, in respect to the Missoula Floods, their ideas are unconstrained by the known evidence.

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)

The T-Rex of Prehistoric Earthworms or Pseudofossil?

The T-Rex of Prehistoric Earthworms or Pseudofossil?
I know that this is off-topic. However, it is not often that a person finds a rock that is weirder than a meteorite. Scientists cannot even agree whether it is a fossil or not.

The latest theory is that this rock is the fossil of the T-Rex of earthworms. Go see the open access paper at:
Broughton, P.L. 2017: Enigmatic origin of massive Late Cretaceous-to-Neogene coprolite-like deposits
in North America: a novel palaeobiological alternative to inorganic morphogenesis. Lethaia, Vol. 50, 194–216.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/let.12186/epdf

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/let.12186/full

A related paper is:

Yancey, T.E., Mustoe, G.E., Leopold, E.B. and Heizler, M.T., 2013. Mudflow disturbance in latest Miocene forests in Lewis County, Washington. Palaios, Vol. 28(6), 343-358.

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.957.6112&rep=rep1&type=pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/George_Mustoe/publication/266138598_Mudflow_disturbance_in_latest_Miocene_forests_in_Lewis_County_Washington/links/542608920cf238c6ea7785e0.pdf

Meteorwrongs are common compared to the above pseudofossils / fossil earthworm. :-)

Yours,

Paul H.

Meteorite Impacts Sites of Tennessee

Meteorite Impacts Sites of Tennessee

Ford, J.R.H., Orchiston, W. and Clendening, R., 2012.
The Wells Creek meteorite impact site and changing views on impact cratering. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 15(3), pp. 159-178.
http://www.narit.or.th/en/files/2012JAHHvol15/2012JAHH...15..159F.pdf

http://www.narit.or.th/en/files/2012JAHHvol15/

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


Ford, J.R.H., Orchiston, W. and Clendening, R., 2013.
The Flynn Creek meteorite impact site and changing views on impact cratering. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 16, pp. 127-183.
http://www.narit.or.th/en/files/2013JAHHvol16/

http://www.narit.or.th/en/files/2013JAHHvol16/2013JAHH...16..127F.pdf

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


Ford, J.R.H., Orchiston, W. and Clendening, R., 2014.
An historical perspective on the suspected meteorite impacts sites of Tennessee. 1: The Dycus Structure. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 17(3), pp. 352-364.
http://www.narit.or.th/en/files/2014JAHHvol17/

http://www.narit.or.th/en/files/2014JAHHvol17/2014JAHH...17..352F.pdf

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


Ford, J.R.H., Orchiston, W. and Clendening, R., 2015.
An historical perspective on the suspected meteorite impacts sites of Tennessee. 2: The Howell Structure Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 18(1), pp. 65-97.
http://www.narit.or.th/en/files/2015JAHHvol18/

http://www.narit.or.th/en/files/2015JAHHvol18/2015JAHH...18...65F.pdf

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


Yours,

Paul H.

Online Lecture About The Formation of Terrestrial Planets

Online Lecture About The Formation of Terrestrial Planets

While slumming on Youtube, I came across a really nice lecture on the formation of terrestrial planets. It is: The Formation of Terrestrial Planets - the 2nd Lobanov-Rostovsky Lecture in Planetary Geology Published on Oct 8, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMj9whiI31I

Fortunately, the audio is increased just before the main lecture begins. Only the introduction is hard to hear.

Yours,

Paul H.