I'm not sure who else even cares about the Younger Dryas Impact theory, that's why I'm posting to this forum.
I am reading the book, "The Bering Land Bridge" Edited by David M. Hopkins. This book was published in 1967 and is the prevailing document that puts forward evidence of the Bering Land bridge and combines data from the USSR and NATO scientists. Much of the research relies on radiocarbon data - which is what I am presenting below. This data comes from USSR scientists and it outlines an anomaly which was studied and radiocarbon dated - they found a mammoth, buried in the mud but ice formed quickly over it. Remember - this is from 1967 and predates any of the Younger Dryas impact theories -
" The rapid burial of the carcass during an increasingly colder spell, accompanies by the growth of ground ice (Popov,1959), may possibly indicate that the animal died at the very end of this warm phase or at the beginning of the final cold spell of the late glacial interval. This late Sartanian warm spell apparently corresponds to the above-mentioned two continuous horizons of buried soil..."
Radio carbon dating of the carcass puts it at 11,450 (plus or minus) 250 years old. Fauna in the carcass and directly around it indicate a warmer climate than exists today. But it was then buried in ice and the wood in it's stomach was able to be carbon dated to 11,450 (plus or minus) 300 years.
OK - now I will relay the information taken from USSR scientists about the Sartan Glaciation:
There are "two converging horizons of buried soils"
The first: 11,450 (plus or minus) 250 years ago.
The second: 11,700 (plus or minus) 300 years ago.
My thoughts: There was two large deposits of soil in northern Siberia that occurred pretty darn close to the Younger Dryas impact events that are theorized. The discovery of this mammoth is another indicator that whatever deposited the soil happened quickly enough to bury the animal. The climate then changed rapidly and froze the carcass.
We know there were humans alive during this time period and we know a climactic event happened. This is what we know.
I am reading the book, "The Bering Land Bridge" Edited by David M. Hopkins. This book was published in 1967 and is the prevailing document that puts forward evidence of the Bering Land bridge and combines data from the USSR and NATO scientists. Much of the research relies on radiocarbon data - which is what I am presenting below. This data comes from USSR scientists and it outlines an anomaly which was studied and radiocarbon dated - they found a mammoth, buried in the mud but ice formed quickly over it. Remember - this is from 1967 and predates any of the Younger Dryas impact theories -
" The rapid burial of the carcass during an increasingly colder spell, accompanies by the growth of ground ice (Popov,1959), may possibly indicate that the animal died at the very end of this warm phase or at the beginning of the final cold spell of the late glacial interval. This late Sartanian warm spell apparently corresponds to the above-mentioned two continuous horizons of buried soil..."
Radio carbon dating of the carcass puts it at 11,450 (plus or minus) 250 years old. Fauna in the carcass and directly around it indicate a warmer climate than exists today. But it was then buried in ice and the wood in it's stomach was able to be carbon dated to 11,450 (plus or minus) 300 years.
OK - now I will relay the information taken from USSR scientists about the Sartan Glaciation:
There are "two converging horizons of buried soils"
The first: 11,450 (plus or minus) 250 years ago.
The second: 11,700 (plus or minus) 300 years ago.
My thoughts: There was two large deposits of soil in northern Siberia that occurred pretty darn close to the Younger Dryas impact events that are theorized. The discovery of this mammoth is another indicator that whatever deposited the soil happened quickly enough to bury the animal. The climate then changed rapidly and froze the carcass.
We know there were humans alive during this time period and we know a climactic event happened. This is what we know.