The Far East (Religion)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Monday, September 20, 2010, 02:44 (5177 days ago) @ David Turell

Doesn't necessarily have to be bigger. If it were a single event, it would either have to be bigger, or strike at a key location, like a fault boundary where the crust is weaker. The same effect could also be caused by a few smaller strikes within a very short time span, such as might happen if our solar system passed through a debris field or earth caught the trailing side of a larger comet. There are theories out there that such an event occured. However, two more problems presented themselves during the limited time I had to research today. First is dating meteor strikes, the second is the acknowledged fact that many more strikes have happened than we know of, the majority of which are suspected to have occured in the oceans which make them even more difficult to find. Google earth does show some strange anomalies on the sea bed, but I am hesitant to try to differentiate between volcanic and meteoric formations based soley off satelite imagery. -A little OT but still relevant.-Proterzoic "Snowball"-more-and more-I thought it was interesting in the last link that they flat out state that the earth has a method of preventing this from occuring. There are contentions about this theory, namely that deep mantle waters such as those produced by volcanic action produce the same type of sedimentary layers.