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Late Paleocene age for Greenland’s Hiawatha impact structure
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Controversial impact crater under Greenland’s ice is surprisingly ancient New date of 58 million years undercuts idea that strike triggered recent 1000-year plunge in temperatures By Paul Voose, Science News, March, 9, 2022 Giant impact crater in Greenland occurred a few million years after dinosaurs went extinct by University of Copenhagen, PhysOrg Wikipedia article discussing Hiawatha impact structure The open access paper is: Kenny, G. G., and others, 2022, A Late Paleocene age for Greenland’s Hiawatha impact structure. Scie-
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Volcanic origin for Younger Dryas geochemical anomalies ca. 12,900 cal B.P.
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Texas cave sediment upends meteorite explanation for global cooling by Baylor University August 1, 2020 https://phys.org/news/2020-07-texas-cave-sediment-upends-meteorite.html The paper is: Sun, N, Brandon, A.D., Forman, S.L., Waters, M.R. and Befus, K.S., 2020. Volcanic origin for Younger Dryas geochemical anomalies ca. 12,900 cal B.P. Science Advances, 6(31), eaax8587 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/31/eaax8587 Related papers: Holliday, V.T., Bartlein, P.J., Scott, A.C. and Marlon, J.R., 2020. Ext-
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Younger Dryas platinum anomaly reported from South Carolina - Open Access paper
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New evidence that an extraterrestrial collision 12,800 years ago triggered an abrupt climate change for Earth, the Conversation, October 22, 2019 https://theconversation.com/new-evidence-that-an-extraterrestrial-collision-12-800-years-ago-triggered-an-abrupt-climate-change-for-earth-118244 the paper is: Moore, C.R., M.J. Brooks, A.C. Goodyear, T.A. Ferguson, A.G. Perrotti, S. Mitra, A. Listecki, B. King, D.J. Mallinson, C.S. Lane, B. Shapiro, J. Knapp, A. West, D.L. Carlson, W. Wolbach, T.R. Them, S.M. Harris, and S. Pyne-O’Donne-
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Asteroids, Micro Diamonds, and the Younger Dryas with Jens Notroff: Archaeological Fantasies Ep 106 Archaeological Fantasies Podcast https://player.fm/series/archaeological-fantasies-podcast/asteroids-micro-diamonds-and-the-younger-dryas-with-jens-notroff-archaeological-fantasies-ep-106 https://player.fm/series/archaeological-fantasies-podcast The Deus ex machina for the destruction of civilizations, either imaginary or real, seems to be comet impacts. Remix – Atlantis in Sardinia with Dr. Emily Holt Archaeological Fantasies ep 107 ht
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This article appears in the July 7, 2018 issue of Science News with the headline, «The impact hypothesis that won't die: Critics are still unconvinced that a comet caused a mysterious cold snap 12,800 years ago» https://www.sciencenews.org/article/younger-dryas-comet-impact-cold-snap
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Widespread Platinum Anomaly at Younger Dryas Onset Reported
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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. documented at the Younger Dryas onset in North American sedimentary se
