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The youngest big impact on Earth deduced from geological and historical evidence
Author(s) -
KristanTollmann Edith,
Tollmann Alexander
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
terra nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.353
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-3121
pISSN - 0954-4879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1994.tb00656.x
Subject(s) - flood myth , geology , cretaceous , earth (classical element) , natural (archaeology) , paleontology , mythology , earth science , boundary (topology) , archaeology , history , astronomy , classics , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics
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.