SETI public: The Bullet Theory of Mass Extinctions

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From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Wed Mar 19 2003 - 00:15:30 PST

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    CCNet ESSAY: THE BULLET THEORY - A NEW LINK BETWEEN MASS EXTINCTIONS

    >From Michael Martin-Smith <lagrangia_at_lagrangia.karoo.co.uk>

    THE BULLET THEORY: A NEW LINK BETWEEN MASS EXTINCTION EVENTS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMANKIND

    Benny,

    About 2 years ago, I wondered, in my rather amateurish way, whether Impacts and Volcanism could be tied together as causes of mass extinctions, and, inspired by "The Day of the Jackal", proposed a linking theory, which I dubbed the "Bullet Theory". I had a letter published in the UK Journal "Geology Today" in the summer of that year, and emboldened by this, submitted an article - see below - to Scientific American, both its US and Chinese (Ke Xue) versions. The concept was perhaps rightly considered too speculative at the time - but maybe the time has now come for it to be put before a learned if eclectic audience? Perhaps it would now interest members of our Network?

    The Bullet Theory proposes a link between two widely held explanations for the demise of the dinosaurs, and, possibly, other Mass Extinction Events. Briefly, these are the Asteroid Impact theory, and the Volcanism theory.

    FULL PAPER at http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/ccc/ce031303.html

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