Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 Prepared by: William I.

Thompson III Research Consultant 62 Elmwood Street Millbury MA 01527-1927 USA witiii@verizon.net

Contents 1.0 General Discussion & Background ....................................................................................... 2 2.0 Related Websites ..................................................................................................................... 4 3.0 Conferences/Symposiums/Meetings ...................................................................................... 5 4.0 Short Papers and Synopses .................................................................................................... 9 5.0 Bibliographies........................................................................................................................ 10 6.0 Relevant Periodicals.............................................................................................................. 11 7.0 Related Organizations .......................................................................................................... 13 8.0 Databases ............................................................................................................................... 14 9.0 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols ............................................................................. 15 `# ................................................................................................................................................... 15 `A .................................................................................................................................................. 15 `B................................................................................................................................................... 16 `C .................................................................................................................................................. 17 `D .................................................................................................................................................. 18 `E................................................................................................................................................... 19 `F ................................................................................................................................................... 20 `G .................................................................................................................................................. 20 `H .................................................................................................................................................. 21 `I .................................................................................................................................................... 21 `J ................................................................................................................................................... 23 `K .................................................................................................................................................. 23 `L................................................................................................................................................... 24 `M ................................................................................................................................................. 24 `N .................................................................................................................................................. 26 `O .................................................................................................................................................. 27 `P ................................................................................................................................................... 27 `Q .................................................................................................................................................. 28 `R .................................................................................................................................................. 28

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1.0 General Discussion & Background This annotated bibliography on celestial catastrophism is a collection of citations compiled to keep track of articles, books, reports, and other related media to potential catastrophic events caused by astral visitors to planet Earth. Note that the events are also referred to as astral catastrophism or sometimes cosmic catastrophism. Note that some extinctions on Earth may have been ultimately caused by celestial events that produce secondary effects such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic action due to tidal shifting and so forth. Not all volcanic activity is caused by an astral visitor but some information on volcanoes is also included in the present bibliography since it is catastrophic to life on Earth. Palmer states However, in recent years, there has been growing acceptance of the view that the history of life may have been shaped by major catastrophes to a far greater extent than previously realised. Partly that has come about because of an increased knowledge of the occurrence of immense volcanic eruptions and sustained episodes of volcanism over wide areas. Another factor is a developing awareness of the threat from asteroids and comets in Earth-crossing orbits, together with the realisation that many of the craters at the Earths surface, previously thought to be of volcanic origin, were in fact formed by impacts (See Chapters 14, 19 and 20). [Palmer (2003), p. 338.] Note the Electric Universe theory here. Even Meteor Crater didnt have a ball of iron at the base and it may have been the site of a thunderbolt. Patten (1988) covers the potential Sword of the Lord electrical discharges between Mars and Earth. White (2003) in his Chapter 16 discusses much of this type of material. Some of the catastrophic conditions which are associated with mass extinctions are global cooling and warming, close approaches by astral visitors, major glaciation, fluctuations in sea level, global anoxia, volcanic eruptions, asteroid impacts, plate tectonics, gamma rays, and disease. It should be noted that volcanism is included because some volcanic eruptions may have been induced if an astral visitor came close to Earth and cause large crustal deformations. Remember that the crust of the Earth is rather thin compared to the diameter of the Earth. Although it is common knowledge that some volcanism is not associated with astral visitors but with plate tectonics. The bibliography is never finished, it has been estimated that there are over 1,000 papers alone on the Tunguska Event, mostly by Russian researchers.

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Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 The annotations are minimal but may assist a researcher in locating specific information. As may be expected it is a multidisciplinary study with at least the following disciplines: archaeology, astrogeophysics, astronomy, astrophysics, biology, catastrophism, chemistry, cosmology, geology, geophysics, history, linguistics, mythology, palaeontology, physics, psychology, religion, space physics, and uniformitarianism. For ease of movement within the document, the first letter of the alphabetic entry with the ` character (the accent grave diacritic which shares the key with the tilde symbol (~) on the keyboard to the upper left of the Q key). By using the Find function in MS Word with the ` as a prefix, for example `R will take you to the citations with the last name of the lead (or sole) author beginning with R. Acronyms Related to Celestial Catastrophism A companion document of about 13 pages contains acronyms and abbreviations used in the various disciplines dealing with celestial catastrophism has also been prepared. One can be sent upon request.

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Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 2.0 Related Websites Table 1. List of Websites Related to Celestial Catastrophism and related Events.
Name Catastrophism Universal Resource Locator (URL) http://www.pibburns.com/catastro.h tm http://www.catastrophist.org/home/c atastrophist-manifesto-2007/ http://sites.google.com/site/cosmopi er/ Comments Last updated in 17 July 2010 Looks very interesting. Philip Burns Didnt work on 19 April 2012

Cosmopier

SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System Catastrophism! - Man, Myth and Mayhem in Ancient History and the Sciences

http://www.adsabs.harvard.edu/ www.catastrophism.com Includes: archaeology, astronomy, biology, catastrophism, chemistry, cosmology, geology, geophysics, history, linguistics, mythology, palaeontology, physics, psychology, religion, and uniformitarianism www.purdue.edu/ImpactEarth www.higp.hawaii.edu/cosmoeye/ www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase www.creationsim.org www.geosociety.org www.maverickscience.com http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr /meteorite-impact-ref/metref-topiclist.htm http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/cbaym enu.html http://www.georgehoward.net/cbays .htm http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwat ch http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://meteoritics.org www.psrd.hawaii.edu

This site is dedicated to a new approach on the solar system astrophysics, archaeology, paleontology, archaeoastronomy, climate studies, water resources and environmental evolution from the End-Pleistocene and Holocene. The site shares some clues about craters, scars, palaeolagoons and their possible cosmic origin. Publications Citation listings 450 publications 5,000 images 6,000 documents Costs about $175.00

Impact Earth Cosmochemistry Illustrated Earth Impact Database (EID) Creationism Geological Society of America, Inc. Maverick Science Meteorite Impact References by Topic, Cochise College, Virtual Geology Museum (VGM), Hall of Meteorites, Bob Kobres Web Page George Howards website Information about asteroids and nearEarth objects from NASA JPL. Information about asteroid radar research. The Meteoritical Society Planetary Science Research Discoveries (PSRD) Plasma Universe Plot of proper eccentricity versus proper semi-major axis for the main belt asteroid population

Pierazzo et al. (2012) and Collins et al. (2012) Space science slide presentations. Extensive listing of related links. Paul Abramson, Webmaster Noahs flood.

Roger Weller, Geology Instructor Last updated 2007.

Carolina Bays plus. Maintained by George Howard. Carolina Bays

http://plasmauniverse.info/ http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/astdys/

Cosmochemistry web journal of meteorites, asteroids, planets, moons, and other materials in our Solar System. Dr. Anthony L. Peratt Proper elements computed by A. Milani and Z. Knezevic. Cellino and DellOro (2009).

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Name NASA JPL NEO Program Close Approach Tables for the period 1900 2200 A.D. NASAs NEO Statistics MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) Tunguska Home Page Mythopedia: Introducing Plasma Mythology Crater Hunter Blog Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) - A Chronology of Milestones Universal Resource Locator (URL) http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/ Comments

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/stats/ http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/space /linear/ http://wwwth.bo.infn.it/tunguska/index.html http://mythopedia.info/ http://craterhunter.wordpress.com www.iau.org/public/nea

Pierazzo et al. (2012)

University of Bologna (Italy), Department of Physics Managed by: Marinus Anthony van der Sluijs Very good material.

3.0 Conferences/Symposiums/Meetings Table 2 List of Some Conferences and Symposiums Dealing with Celestial Catastrophism Issues both upcoming and past. Conferences are not listed in any particular order at this date, but future conferences are listed in bold at the top of the list. [8]
Title of Meeting Volcanism, Impacts, and Mass Extinctions: Causes and Effects Asteroids, Comets, Meteors (ACM) 2012 Second Arab Impact Cratering and Astrogeology Conference (AICAC II) Conference on Quantavolution Stars and Stones: Voyages in Archaeoastronomy and Cultural Astronomy - A Meeting of Different Worlds Conference on Large Body Impacts and Terrestrial Evolution: Geological, Climatological, and Biological Implications Proceedings of the First Seminar of Catastrophism and Ancient History Location, Date(s), Sponsor(s) London, England 27-29 March 2013 Comments http://massextinction.princeton.edu Co-sponsored by Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland and the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group. http://chiron.mtk.nao.ac.jp/ACM2012 I have some abstracts in my files. www.fsac.ac.ma/aicaii/index.html Elements, Vol. 8, No. 1, Feb. pp. 64-65. www.qconference-athens-2011.grazian-archive.com 19th congress of SEAC. European Society for Astronomy in Culture. www.ciuhct.com/seac2011/ Over 100 delegates. Proceedings GSA Special Paper 190. Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and Comets on the Earth. See Silver and Schultz (1982). www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/catanc/proc1/index.htm The Full Text of this article/publication can be found either: On the Catastrophism! CD-Rom On this web site at Catastrophism! Online

Niigata, Japan 16-20 May 2012 Casablanca, Morocco 13-20 Nov 2011 Athens, Greece 07-10 Oct. 2011 vora, Portugal 19-24 Sep. 2011 SEAC Snowbird, UT, USA October 1981 Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) National Academy of Sciences (NAS) 04 Dec. 1982 Catastrophism and Ancient History

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Title of Meeting Proceedings of the Second Seminar of Catastrophism and Ancient History Location, Date(s), Sponsor(s) 03 Dec. 1983 Catastrophism and Ancient History Comments www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/catanc/proc2/index.htm The Full Text of this article/publication can be found either: On the Catastrophism! CD-Rom On this web site at Catastrophism! Online www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/catanc/proc3/index.htm The Full Text of this article/publication can be found either: On the Catastrophism! CD-Rom On this web site at Catastrophism! Online Notes 2-5. Might be the Sudbury series. Titles of Conferences change. Dressler, Burkhard O., R. A. F. Grieve, and Virgil L. Sharpton Editors (1994) Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution, Special Paper, Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO. [May be the First Conference.] Dressler, B. O. and V. L. Sharpton Editors (1999), GSA Special Paper 339, Conf. No. II

Proceedings of the Third Seminar of Catastrophism and Ancient History

Catastrophism and Ancient History

First International Conference on Impact Cratering in the Solar System First International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts

08-12 May 2006 European Space Agency (ESA) Geological Society of America

International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution

Third International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts

Fourth International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts Fifth International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts The First Arab Impact Cratering and Astrogeology Conference Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Near-Earth Objects: The United Nations Conference on Near-Earth Objects The Impact of Natural Catastrophes on Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 01-03 Sept. 1997 Geological Society of America Nrdlingen, Germany 05-07 August 2003 German Science Foundation (DFG) Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston Humboldt University, Berlin Geological Society of America Geological Society of America Amman, Jordan 09-11 Nov. 2009 Lunar and Planetary Science Institute, Houston, Texas, USA New York, NY, USA 24-26 April 1995 United Nations Island of Rhodes, Greece 28-30 Oct 2005

Kenkmann et al. (2005)

Gibson, R. L. and W. U. Reimold (2010) GSA Special Paper 465 Conf. No. IV

See Note 1.

Special sessions on catastrophic themes.

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Title of Meeting International Conference 100 years since Tunguska phenomenon: Past, present and future" SEPM Research Conference The Sedimentary Record of Meteorite Impacts Field Forum Location, Date(s), Sponsor(s) Moscow, Russia 26-28 June 2008 Proceedings exist. Comments

Clovis in the Southeast 2004 Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting Earth from Asteroids 2007 Planetary Defense Conference 1st International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Planetary Defense Conference: Defending Earth from Asteroids Evidence that the Earth has Suffered Catastrophes of Cosmic Origin in Historical Times Natural Catastrophes During Bronze Age Civilisations: Archaeological, Geological, Astronomical and Cultural Perspectives

Springfield MO, USA 21-22 May 2005 Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) South Africa 04-09 July 2004 Geological Society of America Geological Society of South Africa Columbia, SC, USA 23-26 Feb. 2004

Washington, DC, USA 05-08 March 2007 Granada, Spain 27-30 April 2009

Dr. Al Goodyear. Prior to 2005. www.planetarydefense.info/index.html Photographs of speakers and one can download any of the 48 presentations. Cloyd Heck Marvin Center at George Washington University. Note 6. http://www.congrex.nl/09c04/

Cambridge UK 16-18 July 1993 SIS Cambridge UK 11-13 July 1997 SIS

First Society for Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) Cambridge Conference www.knowledge.co.uk/sis/ www.knowledge.co.uk/sis/ Peiser, Benny J., Trevor Palmer, and Mark E. Bailey Editors (1998) Natural Catastrophes During Bronze Age Civilisations: Archaeological, Geological, Astronomical and Cultural Perspectives, Proceedings of the Second Society for Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) Cambridge Conference, 11-13 July 1997, British Archaeological Reports (BAR) 728, Archaeopress, Oxford, ISBN 086054916X. Note 6.

International Symposium on Hazardous Near Earth Asteroids EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011

Valletta, Malta 12-16 October 2009 Russian Academy of Sciences Nantes, France 02-07 October 2011

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/epscdps2011/meetingprogramme European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) and Division of Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS).

[1] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01016.x/pdf [2] Agenda and Presentations: http://sci.esa.int/sciencee/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39029&fbodylongid=1869

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Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 [3] Conference Proceedings: http://sci.esa.int/sciencee/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39029&fbodylongid=1924 [4] Print Only: http://sci.esa.int/sciencee/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39029&fbodylongid=1873 [5] Poster Sessions: http://sci.esa.int/sciencee/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39029&fbodylongid=1870 [6] http://www.aero.org/conferences/planetarydefense/2007papers/WhitePaperFinal.pdf [7] <nea2009.cosmos.ru/>, <iya2009malta.page.tl/International-Symposium-on-Near_EarthHazardous-Asteroids.htm>. [8] Elements has a Calendar feature in each bi-monthly issue. ISSN 1811-5209

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Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 4.0 Short Papers and Synopses Table 3. Partial Listing of Short Papers in Chronology & Catastrophism Workshop (C&CW) Author Title C&CW Comments
Acheson, Mel Gilligan, Gary Hissink, Louis Smith, Stephen Thornhill, Wal Whimsical Science The Sahara Desert The Electrical Origin of Kimberlite Pipes Earth Cycles Our Misunderstood Sun 2010:2, p. 28 2010:2, pp. 26-27 2010:2, p. 26 2010:2, pp. 27-28 2010:2, p. 25

Nice write-up. www.holoscience.com

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Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 5.0 Bibliographies Table 4 Partial listing of publications with extensive bibliographies related to celestial catastrophes. See the Celestial Catastrophism Bibliography for details.
Citation/Title Estimated No. of Citations 1,639 350 150 398 267 700 TBD Comments

Allan & Delair (1997) Bevan (1998) Burns, Philip R. (1996) Annotated Bibliography for Catastrophism: Overview Firestone et al. (2006) Hanslmeier, Arnold (2009A) Huggett, Richard John (1997) NASA - Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazard Bibliography (1992-2000) at http://www2.fiu.edu/~longoria/gly3034sp/gly3034sp/AsteroidCometImpactHazards.pdf Van Flandern (1998)

Note 2

Note 1.

250+

Revised.

[1] http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/biblio.cfm [2] http://www.pibburns.com/catasbib.htm

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Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 6.0 Relevant Periodicals Table 5 Selected Journals that Potentially Deal with Celestial or Cosmic Catastrophism.
Journal Title Acta Geophysics and Geodetica Hungarica Aeon: A Journal of Myth, Science, and Ancient History Archaeoastronomy: the journal of Astronomy in Culture Archaeoastronomy & Ethnoastronomy Newsletter Astrobiology Astronomy & Astrophysics Acronym ISSN Notes

www.catastrophism.com http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archa stro/ http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archa stro/ A&A See notes. An International Weekly Journal Print: 0004-6361 Electronic: 1432-0746 Astron. & Geophys. ? www.catastrophism.com Note 2 www.catastrophism.com Note 1.

Astronomy & Geophysics

Astrophysics and Space Science Catastrophist Geology Catastrophism and Ancient History: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Study Chronology and Catastrophism Review: The Journal of The Society for Interdisciplinary Studies Chronology & Catastrophism Workshop Creation Research Society Quarterly Earth, Moon, and Planets: An International Journal of Solar System Science. Earth Planetary Science Letters Earth-Science Reviews Geochimica et Cosmochima Acta Geophysical Research Letters GSA Today Horus Icarus: International Journal of Solar Systems Studies IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Impact Studies International Journal of Astrobiology International Journal of Impact Engineering C&AH 0733-8058

C&CR

0953-0053

Society for Interdisciplinary Studies www.sis-group.org.uk Society for Interdisciplinary Studies www.sis-group.org.uk

C&CW CRSQ

0951-5984

P 01679295 O 15730794 0012-8252

www.catastrophism.com 0019-1035

1612-8338

Ten in the series as of 02 Nov 2010. Springer.

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Journal Title Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Journal of Creation Journal of Geophysical Research Journal of Geophysical Research Planets Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity Journal of Glaciology Journal of Sedimentary Research Kronos Marine Micropaleontology Meteoritics and Planetary Science: Journal of the Meteoritics Society Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society National Geographic Nature Nature Geoscience New Scientist Palaios Pensee - Immanuel Velikovsky Reconsidered Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. [Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA] Reviews of Geophysics Science Scientific American Tectonophysics The Holocene The Velikovskian Acronym JOT ISSN Notes http://jot.sagepub.com http://intl-jot.sagepub.com http://creation.com/journal-of-creationarchive-index

JRG JGR-P

01480227

0022-1392

JSR Copies available at www.catastrophism.com MAPS MNRAS NG 1086-9379 0035-8711 www.meteoriticalsociety.org Online ISSN: 1945-5100 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. Monthly magazine. NGS

SEPM www.catastrophism.com PNAS

Sci. Elsevier B.V. Print ISSN: 0959-6836 Online ISSN: 1477-0911 www.catastrophism.com

0959-6836

[1] Catastrophism and Ancient History: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Study was a biannual journal that ran between 1978 - 1993 totaling 30 issues and three seminar Proceedings. Marvin Arnold Luckerman was Executive Editor and David Talbott was associated with it. http://www.velikovsky.info/Catastrophism_and_Ancient_History_Journal [2] http://www.velikovsky.info/Catastrophist_Geology

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Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 7.0 Related Organizations Table 6. Some organizations related to celestial catastrophism. Note at all complete. Name URL Notes
The Center for Archaeoastronomy European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) European Space Agency (ESA) Geological Society of America (GSA) German Science Foundation (DFG) Lunar and Planetary Science Institute National Academy of Sciences (NAS) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Russian Academy of Sciences Society for Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Thunderbolts Project http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/ www.archeoastronomy.org

www.knowledge.co.uk/sis/

www.thunderbolts.info

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Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 8.0 Databases The Earth Impact Database represents a compilation of information from around the world. Maintaining this site is both a formidable task and a formidable responsibility. Moreover, it is a task that is growing because over the last 25 years the impact process has been increasingly appreciated by the Earth Sciences community as an important planet-building and planetmodifying process. A consequence of this is the exponential growth in publications relating to impact. For this reason, we require the cooperation of the geological community in maintaining this site. We ask that specialists notify us of developments relating to impact processes on Earth. Table 7 Computer Databases of Earths Impact Structures. [1] Accessed on 30 Sep 2010.
Name SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System URL/Source/Discussion http://www.adsabs.harvard.edu/ The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a Digital Library portal for researchers in Astronomy and Physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant. The ADS maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 9.4 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and arXiv e-prints. The main body of data in the ADS consists of bibliographic records, which are searchable through highly customizable query forms, and full-text scans of much of the astronomical literature which can be browsed or searched via our full-text search interface. Integrated in its databases, the ADS provides access and pointers to a wealth of external resources, including electronic articles, data catalogs and archives. We currently have links to over 9.5 million records maintained by our collaborators. http://www.sscc.ru/impact/index1.html Russian Academy of Sciences Mathematical Department Novosibirsk Scientific Centre Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics SB RAS http://impacts.rajmon.cz/ Dr. David Rajmon Shell, Houston, TX, USA Comments 24 March 2012

The Full Catalogue of the Earths Impact Structures

1,017 records

Impact Database

896 records, Version 2010.1 (17 May 2010)

Earth Impact Database

http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/index.html Last updated on 07 August 2010. The Planetary and Space Science Centre (PASSC) University of New Brunswick Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Impact_Database

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Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 9.0 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols For ease of movement within the acronyms and abbreviations, the first letter of the alphabetic entry with the ` character (the accent grave diacritic which shares the key with the tilde symbol (~) on the keyboard to the upper left of the Q key). By using the Find function in MS Word with the ` as a prefix, for example `R will take you to the beginning of the acronyms beginning with R. `# 2dF#1GRS 2MASS `A AAA AAAS AAS ABAA ABR ABS ACCLAIM ACE ACG ACM ACR ACRIM A.D. ADAS ADC ADC ADEPT adj. ADS AFTAU AGI AGN AGU AGW AHD AIA AICAC AICAC II AIP AIP AJ ALMA Aten, Apollo, Amor [Near-Earth Asteroid Classes] American Association for the Advancement of Science American Astronomical Society Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America Associates for Biblical Research [www.BibleArchaeology.org] American Bible Society Antarctic Circumpolar Current Levels by Altimetry and Island Measurements Advanced Composition Explorer [NASA spacecraft.] Alternative Cosmology Group [http://cosmologystatement.org] Asteroids, Comets, Meteors [Meeting sponsored by LPI and the Meteoritical Society. Usually ACM nnnn where nnnn is the year.] Anomalous Cosmic Rays Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor anno Domini or AD Asiago DLR Asteroid Survey accretion disk corona analog-to-digital-converter Advanced Dark Energy Physics Telescope adjective Astrophysics Data System (SAO/NASA) [http://adswww.harvard.edu/] American Friends of Tel Aviv University American Geological Institute active galactic nucleus American Geophysical Union anthropogenic global warming The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Atmospheric Imaging Assembly [Telescope on board the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory.] Arab Impact Cratering and Astrogeology Conference [2009] Second Arab Impact Cratering and Astrogeology Conference [2011 Morocco] American Institute of Physics Australian Institute of Physics Astronomical Journal Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array 2 degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey Two Micron All-Sky Survey [WISE]

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AM AMOC AMS ANCPOD ANE ANGEO ANSMET ANU AP ApJ APOD APS AR ARC ARJ ASI ASI ASIAA asl ASL ASOR ASP AST3-1 ASTER ASU ATA a.u. AU AURA AVGR `B BAR BAR B.A.R. BB BBC BC B.C. BCE B.C.E. BCS BDA BLM BM B&N BP BSE

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 angular momentum Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation accelerator mass spectrometer Ancient Destructions Picture of the Day ancient Near East Annales Geophysicae [Journal of the EGU] Antarctic Search for Meteorites (United States) Australian National University Arcadia Planitia [location on Mars.] Astrophysical Journal Astronomy Picture of the Day [Online:] http://apod.nasa.gov/ Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Department [Univ. Colorado Boulder] active region [On the Sun.] Astrophysical Research Consortium Answers Research Journal [www.answersingenesis.org] Advanced Study Institute (NATO) Australian Scientific Instruments Academia Sinica Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics above sea level above sea level American Schools of Oriental Research Astronomical Society of the Pacific Antarctic Survey Telescopes Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer [Japan] Arizona State University Allen Telescope Array astronomical unit astronomical unit Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. [NASA] Ames Vertical Gun Range Biblical Archaeology Review British Archaeological Reports British Archaeological Reports Big Bang [theory] British Broadcasting Corporation Before Christ Before Christ Before common era [replaces BC] Before common era [replaces B.C.] Bloody Creek structure Base Donnes Amas (BDA) U.S. Bureau of Land Management black mat Barnes & Noble years before the present back-scattered electron

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BSB BWD `C C C o C C&C C&CR C&CW CAI cal Caltech CAMP CARMA CASA CBAT CC CCCP CCD CCLDAS CCNet CDM CE CELD CERES CERN CET CEV CfA CFBs CFDL CFSA CHAMPS CHB CHFT CIPS CIT CIV CJES CLOE CLOMON2 CLOs CM

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 Bible & Science Bibliography William Thompson Blackwater Draw, [New Mexico] Carbon degrees Centigrade or oC degrees Centigrade Chronology & Catastrophism Chronology & Catastrophism Review [www.sis-group.org.uk] Chronology & Catastrophism Workshop [www.sis-group.org.uk] calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions calendar years [Radiocarbon dating.] California Institute of Technology Central Atlantic Magmatic Province Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-Wave Astronomy Center for Astrophysics & Space Astronomy (University of Colorado Boulder) Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams [http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/index.html] conventional chronology Caltech Core-Collapse Project charge-coupled device Colorado Center for Lunar Dust and Atmospheric Studies [Univ. Colorado Boulder] Cambridge Conference Network cold dark matter Common Era or C.E. Creation-Evolution Literature Database Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Experiment [NASA Langley Research Center orbiting instruments] European Organisation for Nuclear Research Central European Time Holy Bible: Contemporary English Version Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics continental flood basalts current-free double layer [electrical plasma] Center for the Study of First Americans [www.centerfirstamericans.com] Charge and Mass Characteristics of Charged Meteoric Smoke Particles [Univ. Colorado Boulder] cryohydrological basin Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Center for Integrated Plasma Studies [Univ. Colorado Boulder] California Institute of Technology [a.k.a. Caltech] critical ionization velocity Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences Center of Lunar Origin and Evolution [NASA Lunar Science Institute] close-approach monitoring system comet-like objects carbonaceous chondrite [meteorite]

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CMAC CMB CME CMI CMS CNRS Co CO2 COBE Coe COPOUS CMBR COCORP Cr CRISM CRP CRS CRSQ CSA CSIRO CSp CSS CU CUP CVD CXC CYBP `D DAM DAN DEC DEF DEM DFG D/H DIM DIXI DL DLs DLE DLR dn DOC DOE DOI DOMs

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation [Texas A&M University] Cosmic Microwave Background coronal mass ejection Creation Ministries International [http://creation.com/] Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University French National Center for Scientific Research Cobalt carbon dioxide Cosmic Background Explorer [http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/] coesite Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space [UN] cosmic microwave background radiation Consortium for Continental Reflection Profiling Chromium Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars Current Research in the Pleistocene [Journal. www.centerfirstamericans.com] Creation Research Society Creation Research Society Quarterly Canadian Space Agency Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Australia's national science agency.] carbon spherules Catalina Sky Survey University of Colorado Boulder Cambridge University Press carbon vapor deposition Chandra X-ray Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) carbon-14 years before the present decametric radio emission from Jupiter [up to 40 MHz] Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons [Mars Science Laboratory] declination differential energy flux [Electrons] Digital Elevation Model German Science Foundation deuterium to hydrogen ratio decimetric radiation from Jupiter Deep Impact Extended Investigation double layer [plasma] double layers - separate cells of plasma in space double layer ejecta German Aerospace Center [English Translation] digitization numbers U.S. Department of Commerce U.S. Department of Energy Digital Object Identifier digital optical modules

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DPF DPR DPS DRAGN DREAM DSDP DSP DSRI DTM DTU `E EASI EB EBA EBSD ECT EDM EDS EDXS EELR EFTEM EGU EG2EU EHV EID EIH eISSN EIT EiU EKB ELS EM EMF EMP ENA EO EOCO eph EPOCh EPOES EPOXI

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 dense plasma focus Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar [JAXA & NICT] Division of Planetary Sciences [of the American Astronomical Society] Double Radiosource Associated with Galactic Nucleus [Leahy, 1993] Dynamic Response of the Environment at the Moon Deep Sea Drilling Project Defense Support Program Danish Space Research Institute Digital Terrain Models Technical University of Denmark Earth and Space Index [AGU] Early Bronze Early Bronze Age electron backscatter diffraction External Collapse Theory electrical discharge machining Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy extended emission-line region Energy-filtered TEM [transmission electron microscopy] European Geosciences Union Essential Guide to the Electric Universe [www.thunderbolts.info] extra high-voltage [power grid] Earth Impact Database [University of New Brunswick, Canada] Extraterrestrial Impact Hypothesis Electronic International Standard Serial Number Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope [on SOHO] Earth in Upheaval - Velikovsky EdgeworthKuiper Belt Electron Spectrometer electromagnetic electromotive force electron microprobe energetic neutral [hydrogen] atoms Eocene-Oligocene Earth orbit crossing objects Exploded Planet Hypothesis [probably should be EPH Van Flandern] Extrasolar Planet Observations and Characterization Education and Public Outreach for Earth and Space Sciences [NASA] A combination of the names for the two extended mission components: the extrasolar planet observations, called Extrasolar Planet Observations and Characterization (EPOCh), and the flyby of comet Hartley 2, called the Deep Impact Extended Investigation (DIXI). European Planetary Science Conference Earth and Planetary Science Letters European Space Agency

EPSC EPSL ESA

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ESEM ESLAB ESO ESTEC ESV ET ET ETCSL ETS EU EUNEASO EUV eV exa `F FAE Fe FEG FESEM FF FGST FLIERs FOV FSF FTE FUV `G g G Ga GBM GCA GCM GCR GEODSS GeV GFDL GIC GIF GISP GLAST GLOBE GNU GPa GPR GRACE

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy European Space Research Laboratory European Southern Observatory European Space Research and Technology Centre The Holy Bible English Standard Version Eastern Time extraterrestrial Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature Evangelical Theological Society Electric Universe European NEA Search Observatories extreme ultraviolet electron volt(s) prefix for 1018 [Example exa-amp] field-aligned electron [energy flux] iron Field Emission Gun Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy Frasnian-Famennian [mass extinction ~380 and 364 Ma]] Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope fast low-ionization emission regions field-of-view Free Software Foundation flux transfer event far ultraviolet gram [a unit of mass] giga or 109 or a billion a prefix of a unit of measure. billion(s) (109) of years ago GLAST Burst Monitor Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta general circulation model [simulation] Galactic cosmic rays Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (MIT LL) gigaelectronvolts (1012 eV) GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL or simply GFDL geomagnetically induced currents Gatan imaging filter Greenland Ice Sheet Project Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (Renamed the FGST) Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation [Digital Elevation Model] GNU's Not Unix! gigapascal or 109 pascals or a billion pascals a unit of pressure. ground penetrating radar NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment

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GRAIL GRB GRIP GRL GRS GSA GSC GSW Gt GWPF `H H H-0 H-1 HAADF HAMO HARPS-N HAWC Hbk HCS HEAO 3 HED HEND HET HF HI HIFI HiRISE HKU HPC HR H-R HRTEM HSEs HSO HST HTML HUDF Hz `I IAGA IAHS

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory [NASA satellites.] Gamma-ray Bursts or Gamma Ray Bursters Greenland Ice Core Project (European drill site.) Geophysical Research Letters Galaxy Redshift Survey Geological Society of America Geological Survey of Canada GeoScienceWorld [www.geoscienceworld.org] gigatons = 1012 kg The Global Warming Policy Foundation hydrogen [An element.] Heinrich event Heinrich event high-angle annular dark field [detector] High Altitude Mapping Orbit [NASA Dawn spacecraft.] High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher-North High-resolution Airborne Wideband Camera hard bound or hard back bound. heliospheric current sheet High Energy Astronomical Observatory (satellite. No. 3) howardite, eucrite, and diogenite [meteorites] high-energy neutron detector [NASA Mars Odyssey orbiter.] Hobby-Eberly Telescope [University of Texas] hydrofluoric acid neutral hydrogen Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared [spectroscope on the ESA Herschel Space Observatory High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment [Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter] The University of Hong Kong high-performance computational [methods] Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram or H-R Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram high-resolution transmission electron microscope highly siderophile elements [As it did so, iron loving elements (siderophiles such as platinum, gold rhenium, osmium, iridium, etc.)] Herschel Space Observatory Hubble Space Telescope High-Temperature Materials Laboratory [Oak Ridge National Laboratory] Hubble Ultra Deep Field hertz [the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon.] International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy International Association of Hydrological Sciences

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IAU IAUCs IAUS IBEX ICDP ICE ICM&MG ICOPS ICP-MS ICP-OES ICRAR ICS ICSIH IDPs IEEE IEO IESSG IFSG IFT IGCP IGRF IMEWS IMF IMF INAA INCA INCITE ING INQUA InSight INTEGRAL Io-DAM IP IPY Ir IR IRAC IRAS IRDs IRM IRO ISAAC ISES ISI

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 International Astronomical Union International Astronomical Union Circulars [http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/services/IAUC.html] International Astronomical Union Symposium Interstellar Boundary Explorer [A NASA spacecraft.] International Continental Drilling Program International Comet Explorer [spacecraft] Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics International Conference on Plasma Science (IEEE) Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (analysis) inductively-coupled plasma - optical emission spectrometry International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research [Curtin University] iridium coincidence spectrometry International Commission for Snow and Ice Hydrology interplanetary dust particles Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Interior to Earth Orbit Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy [The University of Nottingham] Impact Field Studies Group Io Flux Tube International Geological Correlation Programme International Geomagnetic Reference Field Infrared Missile Early Warning Satellite initial mass function [Galaxies] interplanetary magnetic field Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis Ion and Neutral Camera (Cassini spacecraft) Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment [ORNL program] Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica International Union for Quaternary Research [www.inqua.tcd.ie] Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport [Multinational mission to Mars] International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory [ESA] modulation of Jupiter's DAM by Io Impact Probability International Polar Year [2007-2008] iridium infrared Infrared Array Camera [NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope] Infrared Astronomical Satellite [flew in 1983] ice-rafted detritus or ice-rafted debris isothermal remanent magnetization Iowa Robotic Observatory International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture International Space Environment Service [www.ises-spaceweather.org] Institute for Scientific Information

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ISIS ISM ISSI ISS ISSN ITASN ITEG ITO IXO IYA2009 `J J JAXA JCMT JETS JEV JFC JHUAPL JOC JOC JOT JPL JSGA JUICE JWST `K k K ka KamLAND KBO KEI kg KIPAC KJV km K-P kpc K-Pg kR KREEP K-T

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 Institute for Interdisciplinary Science Interstellar Medium International Space Science Institute International Space Station International Standard Serial Number ITASN, ITAlian Superbolide Network Independent Tunguska Exploration Group Interior to Earth Orbit intermediate luminosity X-ray [sources] International Year of Astronomy 2009 Jurassic [A geologic period and system that extends from about 199.6 0.6 Mya (million years ago) to 145.5 4 Mya Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (on Mauna Kea in Hawaii) Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society Jupiter-Earth-Venus Jupiter-family comets Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Journal of Cosmology Journal of Creation Journal for the Study of the Old Testament [http://jot.sagepub.com] Jet Propulsion Laboratory [CIT] Japanese Spaceguard Association Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer [ESA to launch in 2022] James Webb Space Telescope 1,000 [Metric prefix] kelvins [a measurement of temperature in degrees] kiloannum, or 1,000 calendar years Kamioka Liquid-scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector [http://kamland.lbl.gov] Kuiper Belt Objects [sometimes referred to as EdgeworthKuiper Belt Objects] Kinetic Energy Impactor kilogram [103 grams] Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology Holy Bible: King James Version kilometer(s) Cretaceous-Paleogene [~ 65 Ma] kiloparsec [A distance of one thousand parsecs (approximately 3262 light years (ly) Cretaceous-Paleogene [mass extinction ~65 Ma] kilorayleighs [1 kR . 109 photons cm-2 s-1 into 4 steradians] The elements potassium (chemical symbol K), rare-earth elements, and phosphorus (P), from which the acronym KREEP is derived. Cretaceous-Tertiary [mass extinction ~65 Ma, historic now called the K-Pg or Cretaceous-Paleogene]

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ky Kyr `L LAB-1 LADEE LA-ICP-MS LANL LAT LBA LC LCE LCM LCOGT LCROSS LD LDEF LDEO LDRD LGM LHB LHC LIA LIDAR LINEAR LIS LL LMSAL LNP LONEOS LPI LPL LPSC LRIS LRO LROC LSSS LSST ly LYDB `M m m2 mm M Ma

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 thousand(s) of years thousand(s) of years Lyman-Alpha Blob 1 Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer [NASA] Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Los Alamos National Laboratory Large Area Telescope (FGST) Late Bronze Age Library of Congress Lyapunov Characteristic Exponents light-carrying medium Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope [Network] Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite The average distance from Earth to the Moon is 384,403 km (238,857 miles).] Long Duration Exposure Facility Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [Columbia University] Laboratory-Directed Research and Development [Sandia National Laboratories] Last Glacial Maximum Late Heavy Bombardment [of the Moon] Large Hadron Collider [CERN] Little Ice Age Light Detection and Ranging Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research [www.ll.mit.edu/linear/] Laurentide Ice Sheet Lincoln Laboratory [MIT] Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory Lecture Notes in Physics (Springer) Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Survey Lunar and Planetary Institute Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, The University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Low Resolution Imaging Spectrograph Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera [www.lroc.asu.edu] La Sagra Sky Survey Large Synoptic Survey Telescope light years [is a unit of length, equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres.] Lower Younger Dryas Boundary

meter(s) [A metric unit of length.] square meters [A unit of area.] millimeter(s) [A metric unit of length.] mega, x106 or millions [A metric prefix.] millions of years before the present

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MACHOs MAF MAG MAG MAMA MAPS MBA MBA MBDB MEMIN MEO MERRA MetBull MetSoc MEW MHz MHD MI MIMI MIRI MIT MIT LL MLE MMS MNACG MNRAS MOC MODIS Moho MOID MOSFIRE MPa Mpc MPC MPE MPEC MPO MPS MRI MRO MRO MRT MS MSA MSL MSp MSPs

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 Massive Compact Halo Objects Mainwaring Archive Foundation magnetometer magnitude multi-anode microchannel array Meteoritics and Planetary Science: Journal of the Meteoritics Society main belt asteroids Middle Bronze Age Meteoritical Bulletin Database Multidisciplinary Experimental and Modeling Impact Crater Research Network Meteoroid Environment Office [NASA - http://fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov/] Modern Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (database) Meteoritical Bulletin The Meteoritic Society Mars-Earth Wars megahertz [106 Hertz] magnetohydrodynamic or magnetohydrodynamics or magneto-hydrodynamics matter ingredients magnetospheric imaging instrument (Cassini spacecraft) Mid-Infrared Instrument [JWST] Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory multiple layer ejecta Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission [NASA, 2014] Monthly Notes of the Alternative Cosmology Group Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Mars Orbiter Camera Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [NASA] Mohorovicic Discontinuity minimum orbit intersection distance Multi-Object Spectrometer for Infra-Red Exploration [W. M. Keck Observatory] megapascals (1 MPa = N/mm2) a unit of pressure. mega parsec Minor Planet Center [http://minorplanetcenter.net/] Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (Germany) Minor Planet Electronic Circular Minor Planet Circulars Orbit Supplement Minor Planet Circulars Supplement Magneto-Rotational Instability Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [NASA] Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory (MRO), in remote Western Australia [CSIRO] magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor [instabilities] magnetic susceptibility Mineralogical Society of America Mars Science Laboratory magnetic spherules meteoric smoke particles

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MSU MT MUD MWA Mya Myr `N n nm NAA NADW NAO NASA Nat NATO NCAR NCAS N-D ND NDs NEA NEAF NEAT NEAT NEB NEO NEOCP NEODyS NEOSSat NEOWISE NExT NGC NGC NGDC NGRIP NGS NHM Ni NICT NIR NIV NIV84 NIV11 NIVAC NKJV NMR

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 Michigan State University megatons multiuser domains Murchison Widefield Array [CSIRO] millions of years ago millions of years before the present [Ma preferred] nano [prefix meaning a billionth or 10-9] nanometer [10-9 m] Neutron Activation Analysis North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic Oscillation National Aeronautics and Space Administration Nature North Atlantic Treaty Organization National Center for Atmospheric Research North Carolina Academy of Science Neo-Darwinism nanodiamond nanodiamonds Near-Earth Asteroid(s) Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking [Telescope] Near-Earth Asteroid Trailblazer [spacecraft] New English Bible Near-Earth Object(s) NEO Confirmation Page [http://minorplanetcenter.org/iau/NEO/ToConfirm.html] Near-Earth Objects Dynamic Site [Chesley and Milani (1999)] NEO [Near-Earth Object] Surveillance Satellite [CSA] Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer [An enhancement of the WISE, mission that launched in December 2009.] New Exploration of Tempel [spacecraft] Stardust NExT National Geographic Channel New General Catalogue [Astronomy] National Geophysical Data Center [www.ngdc.noaa.gov] North Greenland Icecore Project [www.glaciology.gfy.ku.dk/ngrip/] National Geographic Society Natural History Museum [London] nickel National Institute of Information and Communications Technology [Japan] Near Infrared [Near-IR] New International Bible Holy Bible: New International Version Copyright 1984. Holy Bible: New International Version Copyright 2011. New International Version Application Commentary [Zondervan] Holy Bible: New King James Version nuclear magnetic resonance

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NOAA NomCom NPA NPD NRAO NRM NSERC NSI NSIDC NSO NT NWA `O O OCC ODP OIR OPAG ORNL Os OSIRIS-Rex OSL OT `P P/x PACS PAH(S) PaleoDB PARCA PASSC PBS PCAS PDC PDF PDFs PEFT PETM PGAA PGEs PGT PHA PHC PHO PIC PIC

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [US DOC] Nomenclature Committee (MetSoc) Natural Philosophy Alliance north polar deposit [planet Mars] National Radio Astronomy Observatory Natural Remnant Magnetization Natural Science and Engineering Research Council [Canada] National Space Institute [Denmark] U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center National Solar Observatory New Testament [Holy Bible] Northwest Africa oxygen [An element.] Operations Control Center [Chandra] Ocean Drilling Project Optical/Infrared Outer Planets Assessment Group Oak Ridge National Laboratory Osmium Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer [mission, NASA to launch in 2016] optically stimulated luminescence Old Testament [Holy Bible] Periodic Comet x Palomar Asteroid and Comet Survey polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon(s) [molecules] Paleobiology Database Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment Planetary and Space Science Centre [University of New Brunswick, Canada] Public Broadcasting System Planetary Crossing Asteroid Survey Planetary Defense Conference Portable Data File planar deformation features Previously Energized Flux Tube Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum [National Geographic, Oct 2011, p. 90-ff] Prompt Gamma-ray Activation Analysis platinum group elements [such as iridium, platinum, palladium and osmium] Princeton Gamma Tech Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Potentially Hazardous Comet Potentially hazardous objects particle-in-cell [computer simulation] polygonal impact craters [Aittola et al. (2007).]

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pixels PKT PLS pmc PMs PNAS POD ppb ppm PRL proplyds PS PSRD P-T PTF P-Tr PUP `Q QJRAS QSO Qz `R RA RAL RAS RATS RCP RCYBP

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 picture elements Procellarum KREEP Terrane [Lunar] Plasma Science Experiment (NASA Voyager spacecraft) percent modern carbon planar microstructure Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. [Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA] Picture of the Day [Thunderbolts Project] parts per billion parts per million Physical Research Laboratory [India] PROto-PLanetarY Disk Palermo Scale Planetary Science Research Discoveries [www.psrd.hawaii.edu] Permian-Triassic [mass extinction ~251 Ma] Palomar Transient Factory Permian-Triassic [mass extinction ~251 Ma] Princeton University Press Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society Quasi-Stellar Object or Quasar quartz [A mineral.] right ascension Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Russian Academy of Sciences Desert RATS Desert Research and Technology Studies (NASA) right-hand circularly polarized Radio Carbon Years Before the Present [http://archaeology.about.com/od/dating/qt/rcypb.htm] Common Abbreviations for RCYBP: C14 ka BP, 14C ka BP, 14C ka BP, radiocarbon years, c14 years before the present, rcbp, carbon-14 years before the present, CYBP Rhenium Rare Earth Elements radiochemical neutron activation analysis Regional and Planetary Image Facility Research and Scientific Support Department [European Space Agency ESA] Reflectance Transformation Imaging Regional Warning Centres [Solar] radiocarbon years before the present radiocarbon years before the present chemical element sulfur selected area electron diffraction patterns

Re REE RNM RPIF RSSD RTI RWC rybp RYBP `S S SADPs

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SAGE SAIC SAO SC SDO SDSS SEAC SEAS SEIS SELENE SEM SEPM SETI SEU SFB SFDs SFI SFOV SGR SHRIMP Si SI SIDC SIM SiO2 SIS SIU SJ SKA SKR S-L 9 SMA SMBH SMEI SMILES SMOW SOAR SOFIA SN SNC SNO SOFIA SOHO SPD SPD SPE SRM

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 SAICs Adaptive Grid Eulerian Science Applications International Corporation Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory shatter cone Solar Dynamics Observatory (NASA) Sloan Digital Sky Survey (map) European Society for Astronomy in Culture School of Engineering and Applied Sciences [Harvard University] Suspected Earth Impact Sites (http://impacts.rajmon.cz/) Selenological and Engineering Explorer (JAXA moon orbiting spacecraft also known as Kaguya,) scanning electron microscopy Society for Sedimentary Geology Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence single-event upset Science & Faith Bibliography size-frequency distributions Santa Fe Institute south field-of-view Soft Gamma Repeaters [Astronomy] sensitive high resolution ion microprobe [ASI Version IIe] silicon [A nonmetallic element.] International System of Units Solar Influences Data Analysis Center [http://www.sidc.be/] solar inertial motion silicon dioxide Society for Interdisciplinary Studies Southern Illinois University Society of Jesus [Jesuits] sometimes S.J. Square Kilometre Array Saturn kilometric radiation Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Submillimeter Array Super Massive Black Hole Solar Mass Ejection Imager [USAF] Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder standard mean ocean water Southern Astrophysical Research [telescope] Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy [NASA] supernova SNC-meteorites take their name from Shergotty, Nakhla and Chassigny Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy [airborne observatory] Solar and Heliospheric Observatory [A spacecraft.] Solar Physics Division [American Astronomical Society] south polar deposit [on the planet Mars] solar proton event shock-remnant magnetization

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Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 SRTM Shuttle Radar Topography Mission SSA Space Situational Awareness Office [European Space Agency] SSB Solar System Barycentre SSB Solar System Bibliography SSSB Small Solar System Bodies SSSI Space Sciences Series of ISSI [International Space Science Institute] Stardust-NExT Stardust-New Exploration of Tempel, [spacecraft] STEM scanning transmission electron microscope STEREO Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory [NASA] STFC Science and Technology Facilities Council (United Kingdom) STIS Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph [Hubble Space Telescope] STP Solar Terrestrial Probes [NASA program] STScI Space Telescope Science Institute Stv stishovite SUERC Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre [in East Kilbride] Sv Ocean currents are measured in Sverdrup (Sv), where 1 Sv is equivalent to a volume flow rate of 1,000,000 m3 (35,000,000 cu ft) per second or 1 Sv = 106 m3 s1. SWE Solar Wind Experiment flying aboard the WIND satellite SWEPAM Solar Wind Electron Proton Alpha Monitor flying aboard NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) SWPC Space Weather Prediction Center [NOAA] SwRI Southwest Research Institute Sy2 Seyfert 2 galaxy `T T TAU TCB TEM TGFs THC THEMIS THEMIS TIFR TIMS TNC TNO Triassic Tel Aviv University Tunguska Cosmic Body transmission electron microscopy Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes thermohaline circulation Thermal Emission Imaging System [Odyssey spacecraft.] Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms [NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/themis/mission/index.html] Tata Institute of Fundamental Research [Mumbai, India] Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer The Nature Conservancy trans-Neptunian object or http://planetary.org/explore/topics/our_solar_system/trans_neptunian_objects/list. html trinitrotoluene [A high explosive.] Table of Contents Target Plane Thunderbolts Picture of the Day (www.thunderbolts.info ) Transition Region and Coronal Explorer [A spacecraft.] Triassic-Jurassic [mass extinction] thermo-remnant magnetization

TNT TOC TP TPOD TRACE Tr-J TRM

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Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 TS TSI TWINS `U UAP UCLA UCM UCSB UFO UFRO UH UK ULIRGs ULX UNESCO UP UP URL US USGS UV UV-B UVIS UVOT `V VAs VEI VGM VHC VI VIR VISTA VLA VLT VLT VOIR VRM VSEGEI VSMG VSMOW V-SMOW `W W watts Virtual Asteroids Volcanic Explosivity Index Virtual Geology Museum Virtual Heritage Center [University of California Merced] Virtual Impactor visual and infrared [wavelengths] Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy [European Southern Observatory] Very Large Array Very Large Telescope [European] Victoria Land Traverse [U.S. led in Antarctica in 1959-1960] Venus Orbiting Imaging Radar Venus Radar Mapper All Russia Geological Institute [St. Petersburg]
Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group [UK]

Torino Scale total solar irradiance Two Wide-Angle Imaging Neutral-Atom Spectrometers [Two NASA spacecraft.] Unidentified Atmospheric Phenomena University of California Los Angeles Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) University of California Santa Barbara Unidentified Flying Object University of Florida Radio Observatory (UFRO) Usselo Horizon United Kingdom Ultra Luminous Infra Red Galaxies Ultra Luminous X-ray [sources] United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization University Press Utopia Planitia [location on Mars.] Universal Resource Locator United States [of America] United States Geological Survey ultraviolet radiation or sometimes ultra violet ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B, 280-315 nm) Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph [instrument aboard the NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens spacecraft] Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope [Swift spacecraft.]

Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water

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WDM WiC WIS WISE WISEASS WMAP WMD WPI WSD WWSD `X XRD XRF XXM `Y YD YDB YDC YDIB YORP

Celestial Catastrophism Handbook.docx Sunday, May 06, 2012 warm dark matter Worlds in Collision - I. Velikovsky Weizmann Institute of Science On February 1, 2011 NASAs Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer was shut down. WIS Experimental Astrophysics Spectroscopy System Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe [http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html] wiggle match dating [Radiocarbon dating] Worcester Polytechnic Institute World Science Database [www.worldsci.org] World-Wide Science Database X-ray diffraction x-ray fluorescence X-ray Multi Mirror [ESA satellite XMM-Newton] Younger Dryas Younger Dryas Boundary Younger Dryas chronozone Younger Dryas Impact Boundary An effect named after four scientists who investigated the effect of sunlight on small solar system bodies: Ivan Yarkovsky, John O'Keefe, V. Radzievskii and Stephen Paddack. years before the present zirconium [An element.] zircon [A mineral.] #

YBP `Z Zr ZrSiO4

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