Catastrophism: Man, Myth and Mayhem in Ancient History and the Sciences

361. Electric Discharge as the Source of Solar Radiant Energy (Concluded) [Journals] [Kronos]

... 31; re Mariner II: Cf. M. Neugebauer and C. W. Snyder, Science, 138 (1962), p. 1095. 22. Cf. A.J .Hundhausen, Space Science Reviews, 8 (1968), p.716; W.C .Feldman, et al., Journal of Geophysical Research, 80 (1975), p.4184. The electron density probably fluctuates over the sunspot cycle, as does the better studied proton density (see note Ij in KRONOS VIII:1 , p. 13). 23. I. Langmuir, General Electric Review, 38 (10) (1935); Collected Works ...

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362. Benoît De Maillet (1656-1738): A Forerunner of the Theory of the Desiccation of the Mediterranean Sea [Journals] [SIS Review]

... , droughts, and mammalian extinctions', in: W. A. Berggren & J. A. van Couvering (eds.): Catastrophes and Earth History. The New Uniformitarianism, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1984, pp. 387-393. 11. Mörner, N. A., Eustasy, geoid changes, and multiple geophysical interactions', in: W. A. Berggren & J.A . van Couvering (eds.), op. cit.[10], pp. 395-415. 12. Dietz, R. S. & Woodhouse, M., Mediterranean theory may be all wet', Geotimes, 33-5, 4, 1988 ...

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363. Electric Discharge as the Source of Solar Radiant Energy (Part I) [Journals] [Kronos]

... for Physics in 1971. 5. H. Alfvén, Cosmical Electrodynamics, p. 38. 6. J. M. Somerville, The Electric Arc (1959), p. 87. 7. R. E. Juergens, KRONOS IV:4 , pp. 28ff. 8. R. C. Willson, Journal of Geophysical Research, 83, 4003-4007 (1978). 9. R. E. Juergens, Penseé II, op. cit., p. 11. 10. A. S. Eddington, The Internal Constitution of the Stars (1926; Dover, 1959). 11. Reviews of Modern Physics, 2 (2 ) ( ...

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364. The Anomalous Condition of Venus and the Origin of the Solar System [Journals] [SIS Review]

... , grants that "the large amount of argon-36 discovered by Pioneer has indeed upset current ideas about the conditions (especially pressure) in the solar nebula when the planets were formed". One of the most ticklish problems that current ideas have to grapple with is that of when and where Venus was formed. A simple view is held by geophysicist William M. Kaula of UCLA, who is quoted as saying: "The excess of argon-36 suggests, if anything, that Venus is older, since the solar wind swept volatiles out of the nebula with time." This statement would appear to betray a lack of appreciation of the problem, since, in contrast to the factor ...

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365. The Velikovsky Affair [Books] [de Grazia books]

... put in, not long ago, to master several points of chemistry for an article in reply to chemistry Professor Albert Burgstahler. Hence, we should add that the same is true of the soft' scientists - the Graves, the Schliemanns, the Freuds, the Jungs, the Campbells and the Eliades: these must treat of oceanography, geophysics, and celestial dynamics. Also, and merely as one of the halt leading the blind, ' I would suggest that scientists and scholars repair to the philosophical foundations of science and humanism upon which the disciplinary structures rest; upon reading and reviewing Plato, Hegel, Dewey, Bridgman and the like, and understanding the critical decisions of ...

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366. Controversy: Catastrophism and Evolution, The Ongoing Debate, by Trevor Palmer (Review) [Journals] [SIS Review]

... 2 ], pp. 217-46. 21. Courtillot, V., Evolutionary Catastrophes: The Science of Mass Extinction, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1999. 22. Ray, J.S . & Pande, K., Carbonatite alkaline magmatism associated with continental flood basalts at stratigraphic boundaries: cause for mass extinctions', Geophysical Research Letters 26, 1999, pp. 1917-20. 23. McElwain, J.C ., Beerling, D.J ., & Woodward, F.I . Fossil plants and global warming at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary', Science 285 (5432), 1999, pp. 1386-90. 24. Hallam op. cit. ...

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367. Letters [Journals] [SIS Review]

... location but also their large number and uniformity. In fact, the beds in this area number over 100 and each measures about the same thickness, about 10 meters .. . The uniform pattern seen here suggests the deposition of materials was interrupted at regular or at least episodic intervals .. . '. Also, in the Journal of Geophysical Research, Jan. 25, 2001, a paper entitled Evidence for the episodicity in the magma supply to the large Tharsis volcanoes', by L. Wilson, E.D . Scott and J.W . Head III, discusses modelling of their eruptions based on their multiple calderas. Some of their conclusions are as follows: ...

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368. An Unexplained Arctic Catastrophe [Journals] [SIS Review]

... and muck bed material is held together by water (ice), from surface to bedrock, is it not reasonable to assume that these are water - not glacial - borne deposits? 3. From where did this huge amount of material, containing non-Arctic as well as supposedly Arctic species, and diverse vegetation, originate? 4. What geophysical mechanism generated this apparently enormous aqueous activity? 5. What caused the subsequent, sudden, unrelenting, drop in temperature to freeze this vast mass of material down to great depths, evidence for which is found all across the Arctic? 6. Why are the Sibero-Alaskan permafrost deposits concentrated where they are now but absent from Arctic Canada and ...

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369. The Knowledge Industry [Books] [de Grazia books]

... imaginative offerings" are encouraged). The proposal went to the Committee of Deans: October 29, 1973 Memo to: Dr. Sylvia Konigsberg From: Professor Alfred de Grazia Subject: A proposal for a summer Institute on Primeval Catastrophe and the Development of Human Nature A large and increasing public is interested in the theory that ancient astrophysical and geophysical disasters caused profound changes in the human environment and human nature. Much of the interest centers around the work of Immanuel Velikovsky and his school of thought. Wherever Velikovsky appears to speak, his supporters and critics assemble by the hundreds and even thousands. His sole talk at NYU drew hundreds of students and professors several years ago. I ...

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370. Paleo-Calcinology: Destruction by Fire in Pre-historic and Ancient Times -- Part II [Journals] [Kronos]

... to another. As the gamut of tests and procedures is subjected to the concerted attention of scholars of relevant fields, it may be expected that a system of procedures and a battery of tests will evolve - simpler, easier to employ, practicable given the conditions of archaeological exploration. The resultant research and testing would possibly confirm that archaeology and geophysics have overlooked some significant part of the absolutely small fund of ancient data. At that point, not too far away, we may begin to speak of a new subfield of science called paleo-calcinology. And when this task is finished, we might turn to another new subfield, which beckoned as temptingly even as we tried to concentrate upon ...

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