Hi Sterling - The best recent impact mega-tsunami data is several feet of sterile "marine sediments" between occupation levels.
E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas --- On Fri, 5/1/09, Sterling K. Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Sterling K. Webb <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 'Chevrons' Are Not Evidence Of Megatsunamis > To: "E.P. Grondine" <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Date: Friday, May 1, 2009, 4:40 PM > E.P., Paul, List, > > First, geology has a proof for everything, no > matter how contradictory. Bortz and the > Scablands, Wegener and Drift, "Strata" > Smith and, well, strata. Takes a lifetime > (literally) for truth to out. Not to mention > how long it took for the existence of impacts > to be accepted (50-60 years) by geologists. > We still though the Moon was all volcanic > surface features right up to the moment > we got there. Duh. > > Second, rationization and models are not > enough. That's why Reality has to count. > > Simple test. "Chevrons" have to be aligned > (within some margin of error) with a crater > or impact site in water or other event like > massive mass-slip. Accumulate evidence of > both. Assume margin of error of ten degrees > in alignment (or pick your own figure). If > you find 36 candidate chevrons and only > one aligns with an impact or other causitive > site, then the two are absolutely not connected. > > Of course, it's not that easy. Not all craters > get found, not all tidal waves have a crater but > another cause (seismic, mass-slip), but if more > than 4 to 7 are aligned, the odds are many > (most, some, you pick) chverons are indicators > of such events. > > Takes a long time and the accumulation of lots > of evidence, more than we have now, probably. > Time (but not geologic time) will tell. > > > Sterling K. Webb > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E.P. Grondine" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 3:58 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 'Chevrons' Are Not Evidence > Of > Megatsunamis > > > > > > Hi Paul, all - > > > > > > A rather cryptic article, but then one might think > that these > > researchers may have considered another hypothesis, > that yet another > > impact mega-tsunami occured. > > > > I suppose this belongs with Keller's latest results as > well. > > > > But then denial is not simply a river in Egypt. > > > > E.P. Grondine > > Man and Impact in the Americas > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
