Re: The Younger Dryas event that wasn't(?) (another press report)

["vilandra@austin.rr.com" <villandra@austin.rr.com>]

LOL.   They'll be debating that one for awhile!   I've seen legitimate 
theories attacked with as much.   But I've never been sold on this one.   It 
is hardly necessary to explain the breaking of the St. Lawrence ice dam, and 
that's what returned the planet to the ice age, which is sufficient to 
explain the loss of species across North America.

That ice dam was destined to break eventually.  It was only made of ice!

It could easily be that a meteor impact or major volcanic eruption happened 
around the same time, without it having had anything to do with the melting 
of the ice dam or the consequences.

I do think that the meteor that helped end the Cretaceous is on far sounder 
footing.

Yours,
Villandra

Note:  Due to a wave of good people getting their-email addresses hijacked, 
I no longer sign my e-mails with my real name.   If you see a plea for help 
from Villandra, you'll know it isn't from me.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phillip Bigelow" <bigelowp@juno.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 5:36 PM
Subject: The Younger Dryas event that wasn't(?) (another press report)


> http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=9965
>
> I think that this highlights why interdisciplinary collaboration is 
> becoming more critical in both geology research and paleontology research.
>
> The problems encountered in studying the causes of the Younger Dryas event 
> can also be considered in studies of the K-T Boundary.
>
> <pb>