Aharon, Paul R., 2005, Epsiodic Meltwater Discharges
into the Gulf of Mexico During the Last Glaciation:
The Benthic Record. Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 2, p. 37
[
gsa.confex.com]
(http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2005SE/finalprogram/abstract_82152.htm)
"Co-occurrence of the negative d18O shifts in the paired
planktonic-benthic foraminifera records suggest that the
most intense of the meltwater floods at 13.2, 12.4, 11.7,
9.4 and 9.0 ka were discharged as catastrophic hyperpycnal
flows into the GOM."
These are just the "most intense" of numerous meltwater
discharge events documented by:
Aharon, Paul, 2003, Meltwater flooding events in the Gulf
of Mexico revisited: Implications for rapid climate changes
during the last glaciation. Paleoceanography, Vol. 18,
no. 4, 1079, doi: 10.1029/2002PA000840
An abstract of Aharon (2003) can be found at [
www.agu.org]
and [
cgrg.geog.uvic.ca] .
The other meltwater peaks are illustrated the figure at
[
www.hallofmaat.com] , which is part of an article
at [
www.hallofmaat.com] .
The application of the direct correlation made by Andrew Collins
between a meltwater event and meteorite / comet impact in his
book "Gateway to Altantis" to these meltwater events results in
the rather absurd inference that there were at least five
catastrophic impacts during terminal Pleistocene and early
Holocene. If Collins wants to use one of these or many other
meltwater events as evidence of a catastrophic impact, among
many other things, he needs to specify, which one of these events
is the result of his hypothetical impact. Also, he needs to
explain how the event chosen as evidence of an extraterrestrial
impact differs from the other meltwater events to the point that
it can only be explained by an meteorite or comet impact.
Meteorite and comet impacts have become the favorite, and
completely unimaginative, "deus ex machina" of alternative
archaeologists for explaining the demise of Atlantis or
whatever lost civilziation that they are discussing. For
all of its faults, at least, in "Underworld" Hancock spared
us another repetation of what has become a trite and
overused cliche among alternative archaeologists.
Best
Paul H.
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