True Creation's Culdra Theory

Gee, TC, why don't you check out this crater list for a list of [currently] discovered impact craters. If you want to find out more about them individually, try going to google, advanced search, and typing in the name. If your "caldera theory" is correct, evidence should be visible at all or at least most. Oddly, the only thing anyone's found relative to these formations is shocked quartz and other impact indicators. Must be that divine deception in action again.You do realize that Walter Brown's geology - which is where this idea originated, although I'm not sure specifically where you got it - has been quite thoroughly refuted by mainstream geologists?

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This is interesting. That the dust would function as condensation nucleii for rain is likely. The rain would probably be rather acidic though because of CO2 liberated from vaporized carbonate deposits along with SO2, the extent of acidity would be determined by the type of strata impacted. Particle size would play a role in how long it could persist in the atmosphere. Volcanic dust from large eruptions can persist for years. And we shouldn't forget that as Earth's biomass burnt away a tremendous amount of smoke would be generated, including lots more CO2.

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More interesting than you know. It struck me when reading this that the reactions were similar (and the probable effects overall) to the most recent stuff I read on the P-T extinction. One of the probable causes included massive releases of sulfates (SO4) causing both highly acid rain and global cooling. Massive CO2 release was also a possible additional culprit, ultimately poisoning even shallow water. I don't think it would matter whether TC's cometary impact killed you immediately or not: if the P-T extinction is anything to go by, life didn't survive by much. The same thing, plus shock, would probably finish off the planet this time. Maybe TC's on to something conflating the P-T extinctions with his Flood...[edited to add: PS: How the heck do you get the subscripts to appear in the post? It's been driving me nuts...]

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[This message has been edited by Quetzal, 03-02-2002]