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A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea ⬇️

scholarly article

A giant space rock demolished an ancient Middle Eastern city and everyone in it – possibly inspiring the Biblical story of Sodom ⬇️

2021 The Conversation news article by Christopher R. Moore

Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 1: Shock-fractured quartz grains support 12,800-year-old cosmic airburst at the Younger Dryas onset

scientific article published in 2023

Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 2: Additional evidence supporting the catastrophic destruction of this prehistoric village by a cosmic airburst ~12,800 years ago

scientific article published in 2023

Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 3: Comet airbursts triggered major climate change 12,800 years ago that initiated the transition to agriculture

scientific article published in 2023

Author Correction: A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea ⬇️

correction to a paper by Bunch et al. 2021

Bayesian chronological analyses consistent with synchronous age of 12,835-12,735 Cal B.P. for Younger Dryas boundary on four continents ⬇️

scholarly article

Evaluation of magnetic microspherules and elemental data from pre-Younger Dryas to recent age deposits at Squires Ridge (31ED365), Tar River, North Carolina

article by Christopher Moore et al. about the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis

Evidence for deposition of 10 million tonnes of impact spherules across four continents 12,800 y ago ⬇️

scholarly article

Evidence from Pilauco, Chile Suggests a Catastrophic Cosmic Impact Occurred Near the Site ∼12,800 Years Ago

Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago. 1. Ice Cores and Glaciers

article

Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago. 2. Lake, Marine, and Terrestrial Sediments ⬇️

article

Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago: A Reply

scholarly article

Microstructures in shocked quartz: linking nuclear airbursts and meteorite impacts ⬇️

scientific article published in 2023

Platinum and microspherule peaks as chronostratigraphic markers for onset of the Younger Dryas at Wakulla Springs, Florida ⬇️

2023 paper from Moore et al.

Sediment Cores from White Pond, South Carolina, contain a Platinum Anomaly, Pyrogenic Carbon Peak, and Coprophilous Spore Decline at 12.8 ka ⬇️

scholarly article

Sedimentary record from Patagonia, southern Chile supports cosmic-impact triggering of biomass burning, climate change, and megafaunal extinctions at 12.8 ka

scholarly article

Sifting the sands of time: Geoarchaeology, culture chronology, and climate change at squires ridge, northeastern north Carolina

scientific article

Widespread platinum anomaly documented at the Younger Dryas onset in North American sedimentary sequences ⬇️

scholarly article

Widespread platinum anomaly documented at the Younger Dryas onset in North American sedimentary sequences consistent with Greenland ice core data ⬇️

abstract 31-6 for the 66th Southeastern Section annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, 2017

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