In this episode, we answer the skeptics and atheists on the lunar impact model, the receding moon, and the fascinating lampsilis mussel.
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Random References:
"Volatile content of lunar volcanic glasses and the presence of water in the Moon's interior." Saal, et al., Nature, July 10, 2008 DOI: 10.1038.nature07047
NPR interview with Hauri:
"Water (hydrogen) in the lunar mantle: Results from petrology and magma ocean modeling" L.T. Elkins-Tanton, T.L. Grove, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 307 (2011) 173-179
"High Pre-Eruptive Water Contents Preserved in Lunar Melt Inclusions" Erik H. Hauri, et al., Science, July 8, 2011 DOI: 10.1126/science.1204626
Tim Thompson's page on Lunar Recession:
Potholer's debunked vid on Lunar Recession & rhythmites:
Eric Hovind's response to Potholer:
Williams first interpreting rhythmites as caused by SOLAR activity:
Williams, G., The solar cycle in Precambrian time, Scientific American 255(2):88--96, 1986; p. 96,
Finney, S., Williams, G. and Sonett, C., Proxy solar cyclicity recorded in grain sizes of varved sediments, Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 19:331--332, 1988; p. 331
Mazumder paper refuting lunar recession interpretation from rhythmites:
Tidal rhythmites and their implications
Rajat Mazumder, Makoto Arima,
Earth-Science Reviews 69 (2005) 79--95
Jokulhlaup producing rhythmites in hours:
An ice-contact rhythmite (turbidite) succession deposited during the November 1996 catastrophic outburst flood (jökulhlaup), Skeiðarárjökull, Iceland
Andrew J. Russella, Óskar Knudsenb
Sedimentary Geology
Volume 127, Issues 1--2, August 1999, Pages 1--10
Natural fish lure:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Lampsilis: