Friday, April 26, 2013

Re: [Geology2] Solving the Major Extinctions



Okay. Strike out #1. So what.

Point #2: science fiction.

Point#3: There is NO HOT SPOT. Toba lies near the Sunda Arc, which moving via the Indo-Australian Plate which is sliding under the Eurasian Plate. If you recall, this area was responsible for the Boxing Day-2005 quake. How difficult is that to comprehend? One cannot simply say, oh, it must be a hot spot because it's a resurgent/super volcano. There are plenty other volcanoes that are resurgent that lie on subduction zones and other supervolcanoes that form likewise. Wait... you got your information from a TV documentary? *blink*

No more argument. The fact that your methodology is not based on actual research contributed by scholars is just silly.

Lin


On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Ben Fishler <benfishler@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

It would be nice if people who review the book, however briefly, would read it first. A few notes on the erudite criticisms:

1.  The formation and original location of the Indian Continent is exhaustively examined in the book, especially in chapter 8.

2.  The mechanism for uplifting a continent at the antipode of a very large impact is also exhaustively addressed.

3.  A reader who actually read the book would not wonder about the lack of a hotspot in the Indonesian island chain ("Also, there is not one-not even a HINT of a hotspot in the Indonesian Islands."). There is a huge hotspot right at the most active end of this volcanically active chain. As I note in the book, the Indonesian island chain leads up to the north and west, where it is headed by Lake Toba in northwest Sumatra. According to at least one of the more recent TV documentaries, Lake Toba is the largest supervolcano in the world. What more of a hotspot trail could anyone ask for? How can you have a bigger hotspot than the biggest supervolcano in the world?

Ben

From: Lin Kerns <linkerns@gmail.com>
To: Geology2 <geology2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Geology2] Solving the Major Extinctions



Thanks Kim... I was out of pocket yesterday-all day long. Now, as to this online book, how the hell can Chicxulub create the Indian continent half a world away is beyond me. The Indian continent was not "created"-- it was broken off from Pangea and travelled upwards to its present location. And when anyone uses the word, "all," then my left eyebrow raises 3" higher. The mechanisms within the earth and natural phenomon are far too complex to be swept into an all-encompassing theory. The suggestion that all major extinctions were caused by a bolide impact is ludicrous. The author presses Occam's Razor to the point of annhilation. Also, there is not one-not even a HINT of a hotspot in the Indonesian Islands. Subduction means nothing anymore? What?

Please. This book is a fairy tale written by a deluded, wanna-be geologist. The trip reminds me of what the Cheshire Cat said upon Alice's full immersion into Wonderland: We're all mad here.

Lin


On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:34 PM, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> wrote:
 
I approved this because it is topical and it does purport to be based upon scientific fact. Although this hypothesis (NOT theory) it almost certainly false it will make for an interesting and healthy scientific debate.

First off that I notice that is wrong is the conflation of hotspots with antipodes and secondly the dating contradictions to his hypothesis and third, the fact he is not going through peer-reviewed channels and getting officially published but is self-published.... doesn't inspire confidence.

Kimmer


On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 5:48 PM, benfishler <benfishler@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
I have posted a new book on the web at www.solvingthemajorextinctions.com which attempts to provide a complete and unified answer to the question of the major extinctions which have occurred over the past 600 million years. While the book necessarily challenges many of the currently accepted mechanisms of paleogeology, the book relies upon the natural effects of normal physical forces, rather than anything magical or mysterious.

Check out something completely new and different! Comments appreciated.




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