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mark24
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Message 16 of 41 (7872)
03-26-2002 11:26 AM
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03-26-2002 10:15 AM


quote:
Originally posted by Dr_Tazimus_maximus:
I seem to remember reading something about Olsen's comments re: the Deccan flats (I knew that my spelling was wrong
). IMO, the dating of the lava flows is too close to the KT event, as is the iridium layer, to be coincidence.

I agree, If my memory serves me, iridium can be found in relatively high quantities in lava. The real question is is it found in volcanic ash/dust, which it would have to be, if it was going to contribute to the global iridium layer. Even if it weren't, I agree that the deccan traps probably represents too much of a coincidence to not have had an affect on the K-T extinction.
Mark
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Dr_Tazimus_maximus
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Message 17 of 41 (7873)
03-26-2002 11:38 AM
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03-26-2002 11:26 AM


quote:
Originally posted by mark24:
I agree, If my memory serves me, iridium can be found in relatively high quantities in lava.

I think that it (elevated iridium) is found in lava but not at the same quantities as found in the layer, making the iridium layer likely of extraterrestrial origen. At least that is what I remember from a book by the Alvereses (sp?) and from a few other sources.
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Message 18 of 41 (7878)
03-26-2002 1:12 PM
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03-26-2002 11:38 AM


quote:
Originally posted by Dr_Tazimus_maximus:
I think that it (elevated iridium) is found in lava but not at the same quantities as found in the layer, making the iridium layer likely of extraterrestrial origen. At least that is what I remember from a book by the Alvereses (sp?) and from a few other sources.

JM: You are correct, extraterrestrial sources of iridium are more enriched than volcanic. The real clincher was the distribution of shocked quartz in that same layer. The only way to generate shocked quartz is via impact.
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Message 19 of 41 (7881)
03-26-2002 2:24 PM
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03-26-2002 1:12 PM


quote:
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JM: .... The only way to generate shocked quartz is via impact.
Cheers
Joe Meert
Uh oh! I think I detect another wmscott theory on the horizon.

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Message 20 of 41 (7885)
03-26-2002 4:51 PM


At the risk of terminal thread drift, here's a nifty graph I came across in researching TC's mantle model:
The red squares represent major episodes of flood basalt eruptions. The arrows represent extinction events. The sceptical question to ask at this point is whether there are many more extinction events, and the author just picked out the ones that happened to line up with flood basalts? Or are there many flood basalt eruptions and he picked out the ones that line up with extinction events?
If this really is a concise record of extinctions and flood basalts, then the link between them seems unassailable.
from
http://www.firstscience.com/site/articles/self.asp
also see the table here:
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/template.cfm?name=fbasalts

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Dr_Tazimus_maximus
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Message 21 of 41 (7886)
03-26-2002 5:05 PM
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03-26-2002 4:51 PM


[QUOTE]Originally posted by wehappyfew:
If this really is a concise record of extinctions and flood basalts, then the link between them seems unassailable.
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I have seen a similar table/graph concerning the timing of likely comet or asteroid strikes and mass extinctions. I will try to find the book tonight or later this week.
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mark24
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Message 22 of 41 (7887)
03-26-2002 5:07 PM
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03-26-2002 4:51 PM


What ever way you cook it, it looks like volcanism is bad for our health! I never realised the correlation was so close between volcanism & extinction. I wonder how TC explains this "fluke".
Mark
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Message 23 of 41 (7912)
03-27-2002 1:53 PM
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03-26-2002 5:07 PM


"What ever way you cook it, it looks like volcanism is bad for our health! I never realised the correlation was so close between volcanism & extinction. I wonder how TC explains this "fluke"."
-I wouldn't call it a fluke in the least, its very appealing to the model that I propose. Simply because, the 'problem' that people see in it is that its going to kill everything (or atleast lead to extinctions with different unlucky kinds). Seems, its an expectant.
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mark24
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Message 24 of 41 (7914)
03-27-2002 2:05 PM
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03-27-2002 1:53 PM


quote:
Originally posted by TrueCreation:
"What ever way you cook it, it looks like volcanism is bad for our health! I never realised the correlation was so close between volcanism & extinction. I wonder how TC explains this "fluke"."
-I wouldn't call it a fluke in the least, its very appealing to the model that I propose. Simply because, the 'problem' that people see in it is that its going to kill everything (or atleast lead to extinctions with different unlucky kinds). Seems, its an expectant.

Why is it expected? Because it kills? The volcanism that would be expected by your model would leave nothing but very, very, lucky archaea.
The volcanism that marries up with extinctions IS UNexpected by your model (message 20). How do you explain the fossil record relating to those extinctions re. volcanism? A lucky fluke? Why were ALL trilobites killed at the P-T boundary (along with 84% of ALL genera) at that time without managing to kill a single, I repeat, a SINGLE mammal, not to mention dinosaurs, but ammonites ALL died at the K-T boundary without a SINGLE primate being killed? The list goes on.
Mark
ps message 8 pls
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Message 25 of 41 (7915)
03-27-2002 2:14 PM
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03-27-2002 2:05 PM


"Why is it expected? Because it kills? The volcanism that would be expected by your model would leave nothing but very, very, lucky archaea."
--Really? So you have done the calculations? Because I have not yet, I still must find ratio's of outer-core, asthenosphere, lithosphere, and crust Lead, Uranium, and Thorium radioisotopes to even find the initial variables.
"The volcanism that marries up with extinctions IS UNexpected by your model (message 20). How do you explain the fossil record relating to those extinctions re. volcanism? A lucky fluke? Why were ALL trilobites killed at the P-T boundary (along with 84% of ALL genera) at that time without managing to kill a single, I repeat, a SINGLE mammal, not to mention dinosaurs, but ammonites ALL died at the K-T boundary without a SINGLE primate being killed?"
--I think we discussed Trilobites in 'Falsifying Creation', http://www.evcforum.net/cgi-bin/dm.cgi?action=page&f=1&t=75&p=6 .
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mark24
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Message 26 of 41 (7917)
03-27-2002 2:39 PM
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03-27-2002 2:14 PM


quote:
Originally posted by TrueCreation:

"The volcanism that marries up with extinctions IS UNexpected by your model (message 20). How do you explain the fossil record relating to those extinctions re. volcanism? A lucky fluke? Why were ALL trilobites killed at the P-T boundary (along with 84% of ALL genera) at that time without managing to kill a single, I repeat, a SINGLE mammal, not to mention dinosaurs, but ammonites ALL died at the K-T boundary without a SINGLE primate being killed?"
--I think we discussed Trilobites in 'Falsifying Creation', http://www.evcforum.net/cgi-bin/dm.cgi?action=page&f=1&t=75&p=6 .

Perhaps you could repeat the pertinent arguments here. Various episodes of volcanism have been identified that coincide with mass extinctions. I couldn't find the bit that discusses this in the link you gave.
Mark
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Message 27 of 41 (7926)
03-27-2002 9:33 PM
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03-27-2002 1:53 PM


quote:
Originally posted by TrueCreation:
"What ever way you cook it, it looks like volcanism is bad for our health! I never realised the correlation was so close between volcanism & extinction. I wonder how TC explains this "fluke"."
-I wouldn't call it a fluke in the least, its very appealing to the model that I propose. Simply because, the 'problem' that people see in it is that its going to kill everything (or atleast lead to extinctions with different unlucky kinds). Seems, its an expectant.

What is a "kind", TC? Did this question of mine get answered yet?

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Dr_Tazimus_maximus
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Message 28 of 41 (7951)
03-28-2002 10:10 PM
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03-26-2002 5:05 PM


Yeahh I found it (at long last). The book is Extinction:Bad Genes or Bad Luck by David Raup. There is a discussion in chapter 10 concerning relationships between most mass extinctions and meterorite impacts. Some of the data is very similar to the data concerning volcanism w.r.t correlations.
The book is decent although not the best that I have read on the subject. I kept thinking that it was in Alveres's Book T.rex and the Crater of Doom.
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Dr_Tazimus_maximus
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Message 29 of 41 (7952)
03-28-2002 10:12 PM
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03-27-2002 9:33 PM


quote:
Originally posted by schrafinator:
What is a "kind", TC? Did this question of mine get answered yet?

Kind is the non-biological concept that creationists try to substitute for species (of course, you probably already knew this and were trying to pin TC down
). It even falls outside of the somewhat looser aplications of the BSC.
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TrueCreation
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Message 30 of 41 (7960)
03-29-2002 12:52 AM
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03-27-2002 9:33 PM


"What is a "kind", TC? Did this question of mine get answered yet?"
--Before I answer Mark's post, considering 'kinds', lets see. When you ask 'what is a kind' are you asking for a definition (in the context of the question I believe), or are you asking for what animals I can point out that are 'kinds' or how can you recognize whether something is a 'kind', a bit simmilar but different. Baraminology I believe I have heard of is attempting to do the pin-pointing with genetic simmilarity within the cooperation of speciation, mutation and differernt diversifications within hereditary characteristics on different biological levels. Though the definition of a 'kind' in another context is the group of animals that were created as is on the creation dates.
--As is analogous toward an inability to give a direct definition toward 'species', the 'kind' as well is difficult to make such a direct pin-point, universal coincidence. Ie, the definition is applicable to all organisms.
(Careful Tazimus, arrogance can be bliss, though It is best to keep quiet untill you have room to make such a confident assertion)
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