I am hoping this may find your interest, as I have been trying to gather the geological data needed for verification:
Recent findings suggest a meteor from a serial impact off the dust tail of Comet C/1811 F1 was the initial mechanism to cause The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812. There is a central semi-circular depression in Northeastern Marshall County, Mississippi which every hill in the valley reverberates out from in a shockwave pattern. On the northwest face numerous unusual rocks were found, with the appearance of melt rock, fusion crust, vitrification, shatter cones, fallback breccia, shocked quartz, nanodiamonds, etc...All aspects of impactites.
This is a quick description of how I view the topography of the embayment: On satellite, put the upper valley in view. Draw an imaginary line down the middle of The New Madrid Bend straight to where the rocks were found in North Slayden, Mississippi. Notice the lines in the topography showing angle, force, and direction of impact. Follow each river to the north [Wolf, Hatchie, Loosahatchie,...] down each of their valleys to view the larger waves from a shock that extends from The Tennessee River on the east around passed The St. Francis River on the west. All the semi-circular fractures and "sand blows" point directly to this structure. The man-made lakes to the south [Sardis, Enid, Arkabutla,...] is where the land was split apart and pulled upward by the blast. Later these chasms were blocked by earthen dams to form lakes. Every river, lake, hill, valley, and every detail in the topography surrounds and points to this same central location.
William Herchel's observations concur. The comet was seen as fifty percent larger than the Sun in October 1811. Several reports of major meteor showers, Lights across the skies, seen from way too far to be naturally occurring earthquake lights. Strong sulfur smells, black smoke, hot and cold blasts of air, lights, explosions, and the churchbells ringing in Boston and throughout the northeast. All these strange events, some now considered just myths, were all reported only during the first major earthquake. It is my belief that the comet came up in front of our planet from the southern hemisphere [where it was last seen before passing] leaving a trail of debris, and as the Earth travelled through the dust tail [for over a month] several meteors impacted, one large enough to cause this destruction.
I have put photos of just some of the rocks and my hypothesis of what I believe may have occurred at this site: http://koolkreations.wix.com/kalopins-legacy ,"Kalopins Legacy","wix","documents and links", and please read the article entitled "A Few Comments on 1811".
The information gathered so far is really just a start. This research needs further investigation that is now, mostly beyond my means [LiDAR, spectrometers, microscopes, core samples,...]. Could this be turned over to a research team able to find all the complex geological data and the answers to the many unanswered questions I have been asking? If you may be able to help, it will be greatly appreciated. Sincerely,
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Submitted by Kalopin on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 01:05.Hello Everyone,
I am hoping this may find your interest, as I have been trying to gather the geological data needed for verification:
Recent findings suggest a meteor from a serial impact off the dust tail of Comet C/1811 F1 was the initial mechanism to cause The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812. There is a central semi-circular depression in Northeastern Marshall County, Mississippi which every hill in the valley reverberates out from in a shockwave pattern. On the northwest face numerous unusual rocks were found, with the appearance of melt rock, fusion crust, vitrification, shatter cones, fallback breccia, shocked quartz, nanodiamonds, etc...All aspects of impactites.
This is a quick description of how I view the topography of the embayment: On satellite, put the upper valley in view. Draw an imaginary line down the middle of The New Madrid Bend straight to where the rocks were found in North Slayden, Mississippi. Notice the lines in the topography showing angle, force, and direction of impact. Follow each river to the north [Wolf, Hatchie, Loosahatchie,...] down each of their valleys to view the larger waves from a shock that extends from The Tennessee River on the east around passed The St. Francis River on the west. All the semi-circular fractures and "sand blows" point directly to this structure. The man-made lakes to the south [Sardis, Enid, Arkabutla,...] is where the land was split apart and pulled upward by the blast. Later these chasms were blocked by earthen dams to form lakes. Every river, lake, hill, valley, and every detail in the topography surrounds and points to this same central location.
William Herchel's observations concur. The comet was seen as fifty percent larger than the Sun in October 1811. Several reports of major meteor showers, Lights across the skies, seen from way too far to be naturally occurring earthquake lights. Strong sulfur smells, black smoke, hot and cold blasts of air, lights, explosions, and the churchbells ringing in Boston and throughout the northeast. All these strange events, some now considered just myths, were all reported only during the first major earthquake. It is my belief that the comet came up in front of our planet from the southern hemisphere [where it was last seen before passing] leaving a trail of debris, and as the Earth travelled through the dust tail [for over a month] several meteors impacted, one large enough to cause this destruction.
There is much more to this. Alexander von Humboldt has an excellent account of, what I believe were, the effects of a comet's close passing: http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/h/humboldt/alexander/travels/chapter14.html Caracas had a major earthquake in December 1811 as well.
I have put photos of just some of the rocks and my hypothesis of what I believe may have occurred at this site: http://koolkreations.wix.com/kalopins-legacy ,"Kalopins Legacy","wix","documents and links", and please read the article entitled "A Few Comments on 1811".
The information gathered so far is really just a start. This research needs further investigation that is now, mostly beyond my means [LiDAR, spectrometers, microscopes, core samples,...]. Could this be turned over to a research team able to find all the complex geological data and the answers to the many unanswered questions I have been asking? If you may be able to help, it will be greatly appreciated. Sincerely,
Thanks! ;-]