"EarlCox" wrote in message
om...
I continue to be amazed how any news group discussion invariably
degenerates
into a bunch of name calling, semi-flame wars (sometimes actual flame
wars),
and a bunch of silly abuse.
Why? This it normal behavior for bob tailed monkeys.
Meteorites, asteroids, and comets might leave trace elements (like
iridium),
but there is ample evidence for massive volcanic action (such as the
deccan
traps), and given plate tectonics and the separation of the continents
from
Panagea, we could reasonably hypothesize truly intense earthquakes at
times
in earth's history. I am not a geologist, but I suspect there are
earthquake
signatures that could be found and dated which would support massive
earthquakes.
You don't get the big quakes where the land is tearing apart. You get the
big ones where they are being shoved past are into each other.
Don't forget exploding volcanoes such as Thera or major land slides several
of which have now been mapped on Hawaii alone though none in historic time.
It does have a huge crack that looks like a big chunk is about ready to go.
This thread started, however, with the assertion that perhaps the
dinosaurs
were killed off by a huge tsunami. The question then becomes, could any
truly huge tsunami (or even a series of huge tsunami), regardless of the
cause, do sufficient damage world-wide to kill off the dinosaurs
(recalling
that dino fauna have been found in South America, in the arctic, in the
American west, in Australia, etc.) Right off the bat, it doesn't seem
plausible.
e.
"Wally AngleseaT" wrote in
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On 31 Dec 2004 23:27:20 -0800, "don findlay" wrote:
Wally AngleseaT wrote:
On 31 Dec 2004 18:09:52 -0800, "don findlay"
wrote:
Meteorite impacts leave evidence, like trace elements in the right
places, and at the right "depths". Earthquakes don't.
LIPS over millions of years are are "not evidence", but trace elements
on Tuesday are?? Is this the logic we're up against, Commander?
This encounter will be difficult.
There's a **** more evidence for meteorites than your silly
"Inflatable Earth" theory.
Sorry about that.
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