[meteorite-list] Exploding asteroid theory strengthened by newevidence located in Ohio, Indiana

[Jerry]

Darren, suspend judgement and keep an open mind.
Wait for the whole story. It may take a whole lifetime.
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse at charter.net>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 4:47 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Exploding asteroid theory strengthened by 
newevidence located in Ohio, Indiana



> Okay, I'm not entirely clear just what this story is trying to say.  But 

> it

> seems to be claiming that gold silver, and diamonds are found in Ohio and

> Indiana that are debris blasted there by a late-ice age meteorite strike 

> in

> Canada.  Which makes no sense whatsoever, given that there is no recent

> massive-freaking crater in Canada that could account for the vast amounts 

> of

> impactites this would imply.

>

>

> http://www.physorg.com/news134233301.html

>

> Geological evidence found in Ohio and Indiana in recent weeks is 

> strengthening

> the case to attribute what happened 12,900 years ago in North America --  

> when

> the end of the last Ice Age unexpectedly turned into a phase of extinction 

> for

> animals and humans -- to a cataclysmic comet or asteroid explosion over 

> top of

> Canada.

>

> A comet/asteroid theory advanced by Arizona-based geophysicist Allen West 

> in the

> past two years says that an object from space exploded just above the 

> earth's

> surface at that time over modern-day Canada, sparking a massive shock wave 

> and

> heat-generating event that set large parts of the northern hemisphere 

> ablaze,

> setting the stage for the extinctions.

>

> Now University of Cincinnati Assistant Professor of Anthropology Ken 

> Tankersley,

> working in conjunction with West and Indiana Geological Society Research

> Scientist Nelson R. Schaffer, has verified evidence from sites in Ohio and

> Indiana -- including, locally, Hamilton and Clermont counties in Ohio and 

> Brown

> County in Indiana -- that offers the strongest support yet for the 

> exploding

> comet/asteroid theory.

>

> Samples of diamonds, gold and silver that have been found in the region 

> have

> been conclusively sourced through X-ray diffractometry in the lab of UC

> Professor of Geology Warren Huff back to the diamond fields region of 

> Canada.

>

> The only plausible scenario available now for explaining their presence 

> this far

> south is the kind of cataclysmic explosive event described by West's 

> theory. "We

> believe this is the strongest evidence yet indicating a comet impact in 

> that

> time period," says Tankersley.

>

> Ironically, Tankersley had gone into the field with West believing he 

> might be

> able to disprove West's theory.

>

> Tankersley was familiar through years of work in this area with the 

> diamonds,

> gold and silver deposits, which at one point could be found in such 

> abundance in

> this region that the Hopewell Indians who lived here about 2,000 years ago

> engaged in trade in these items.

>

> Prevailing thought said that these deposits, which are found at a soil 

> depth

> consistent with the time frame of the comet/asteroid event, had been 

> brought

> south from the Great Lakes region by glaciers.

>

> "My smoking gun to disprove (West) was going to be the gold, silver and

> diamonds," Tankersley says. "But what I didn't know at that point was a

> conclusion he had reached that he had not yet made public -- that the 

> likely

> point of impact for the comet wasn't just anywhere over Canada, but 

> located over

> Canada's diamond-bearing fields. Instead of becoming the basis for 

> rejecting his

> hypothesis, these items became the very best evidence to support it."

>

> Additional sourcing work is being done at the sites looking for iridium,

> micro-meteorites and nano-diamonds that bear the markers of the 

> diamond-field

> region, which also should have been blasted by the impact into this 

> region.

>

> Much of the work is being done in Sheriden Cave in north-central Ohio's 

> Wyandot

> County, a rich repository of material dating back to the Ice Age.

>

> Tankersley first came into contact with West and Schaffer when they were 

> invited

> guests for interdisciplinary colloquia presented by UC's Department of 

> Geology

> this spring.

>

> West presented on his theory that a large comet or asteroid, believed to 

> be more

> than a mile in diameter, exploded just above the earth at a time when the 

> last

> Ice Age appeared to be drawing to a close.

>

> The timing attached to this theory of about 12,900 years ago is consistent 

> with

> the known disappearances in North America of the wooly mammoth population 

> and

> the first distinct human society to inhabit the continent, known as the 

> Clovis

> civilization. At that time, climatic history suggests the Ice Age should 

> have

> been drawing to a close, but a rapid change known as the Younger Dryas 

> event,

> instead ushered in another 1,300 years of glacial conditions. A 

> cataclysmic

> explosion consistent with West's theory would have the potential to create 

> the

> kind of atmospheric turmoil necessary to produce such conditions.

>

> "The kind of evidence we are finding does suggest that climate change at 

> the end

> of the last Ice Age was the result of a catastrophic event," Tankersley 

> says.

>

> Currently, Tankersley can be seen in a new documentary airing on the 

> National

> Geographic channel. The film "Ancient Asteroids" is part of that network's

> "Naked Science" series.

>

> The new discoveries made working with West and Schaffer will be 

> incorporated

> into two more specials that Tankersley is currently involved with -- one 

> for the

> PBS series "Nova" and a second for the History Channel that will be 

> filming

> Tankersley and his UC students in the field this summer. Another 

> documentary,

> this one being produced by the Discovery Channel and the British public

> television network Channel 4, will also be following Tankersley and his 

> students

> later this summer.

>

> As more data continues to be compiled, Tankersley, West and Schaffer will 

> be

> publishing about this newest twist in the search to explain the history of 

> our

> planet and its climate.

>

> Climate change is a favorite topic for Tankersley. "The ultimate 

> importance of

> this kind of work is showing that we can't control everything," he says. 

> "Our

> planet has been hit by asteroids many times throughout its history, and 

> when

> that happens, it does produce climate change."

>

> Source: University of Cincinnati

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