[meteorite-list] Drumlins Are Glacial, Not Impact, In Origin

From: Paul H. <oxytropidoceras_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:53:09 -0600
Message-ID: <20101120005309.P301P.125757.imail_at_eastrmwml38>

Dear friends,

New research concerning how drumlins form has appeared
in the October 2010 (vol. 38 no. 10) issue of "Geology."
http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/38/10.toc

The significance of this research is discussed in:

1. How Drumlins Form, olelog What on Earth
Blog, Nov. 18, 2010, http://my.opera.com/nielsol/blog/show.dml/22004962

2. Drumlin Field Discovery Gives Answers
About Glaciation And Climate, redorbit
November 16, 2010, http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1951595/drumlin_field_discovery_gives_answers_about_glaciation_and_climate/index.html

The paper is;

Johnson, M. D., A. Schomacker, I. O. Benediktsson,
A. J. Geiger, A. Ferguson, and O. Ingolfsson, 2010,
Active drumlin field revealed at the margin of
M?laj?kull, Iceland: A surge-type glacier. Geology.
vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 943-946, DOI: 10.1130/G31371.1
http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/38/10/943

This refutes the claims by various catastrophists that drumlins
were either created by Pleistocene extraterrestrial impacts or
Noah's Flood.

An example of how drumlins are misinterpreted and misused
as evidence of an extraterrestrial impact is discussed in "Could
a Comet Tail Have Scarred the Earth in the Recent Past?" at
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/206447-Could-a-Comet-Tail-Have-Scarred-the-Earth-in-the-Recent-Past-

Even more detailed discussion of how drumlins were created
is discussed in a number of papers in the December (vol. 232,
no. 3-4) issue of "Sedimentary Geology" at
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00370738

Best Wishes,

Paul H.
Received on Sat 20 Nov 2010 12:53:09 AM PST