THE IMPACT-FLOOD CONNECTION: DOES IT EXIST?*

In a recent article in Terra Nova, Kristan-Tollmann and Tollmann (1994) suggested that the Biblical Flood can be explained by seven fragments of a comet that impacted the ocean at seven locations on Earth at 03.00h (C.E.T.) on 23 September, 9545 yr BP. We demonstrate that all the ‘geological proofs’ that allegedly support their conclusions are not supported by the available data on impact cratering. Their hypothesis is based on insufficient and ambiguous data, selective citation, and incomplete comprehension of previous research.     

The youngest big impact on Earth deduced from geological and historical evidence

The comparison of events that followed the great impact at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary with those contained within the Flood myths suggests an analogous cosmic cause. This paper proposes that there is geological evidence to support this thesis which is also indicated by a careful analysis of the natural phenomena described in Flood traditions. The time, the sites, the cause, the detailed course of the events and the consequences of this catastrophe can hope to be reconstructed.     

Die tektonische Natur vonarthrophycus- undspirophyton-ähnlichen Gebilden im Altpaläozoikum der Provinz Buenos Aires (Argentinien)

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Regularized Energy-Dependent Solar Flare Hard X-Ray Spectral Index

The deduction from solar flare X-ray photon spectroscopic data of the energy-dependent model-independent spectral index is considered as an inverse problem. Using the well-developed regularization approach we analyze the energy dependency of spectral index for a high-resolution energy spectrum provided by Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI). The regularization technique produces much smoother derivatives while avoiding additional errors typical of finite differences. It is shown that observations imply a spectral index varying significantly with energy, in a way that also varies with time as the flare progresses. The implications of these findings are discussed in the solar flare context.     

Bemerkungen zu chemischen Gesteinsanalysen

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