tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314190564205081026.post6871988686618748798..comments2024-03-04T01:27:26.200-08:00Comments on History of Geology: The End of the Mayan WorldDavid Bressanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17650115671464472095noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314190564205081026.post-71830523382704299552011-12-25T10:06:04.628-08:002011-12-25T10:06:04.628-08:00Wikipedia summarizes it well:
"Most estimate...Wikipedia summarizes it well:<br /><br />"Most estimates for the duration of a polarity transition are between 1,000 and 10,000 years"<br /><br />"The magnetic field may not vanish completely, with many poles forming chaotically in different places during reversal, until it stabilizes again"<br /><br />"Statistical analysis shows no evidence for a correlation between reversals and extinctions"<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal<br /><br />Chris Rowan discuss the questions in much more detail:<br /><br />http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2009/02/is-the-earths-magnetic-field-about-to-flip/David Bressanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17650115671464472095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314190564205081026.post-64552260843035588912011-12-24T14:19:27.685-08:002011-12-24T14:19:27.685-08:00It's true. The Mayans were deathly worried abo...It's true. The Mayans were deathly worried about waking up one morning with wonky compasses. Good thing they warned us.The Defective Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753079302510607981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314190564205081026.post-61050473408630235622011-12-22T16:59:45.156-08:002011-12-22T16:59:45.156-08:00What about the poles switching? I've read that...What about the poles switching? I've read that the North & South Poles switch every 200,000 years or so and that scientists are not sure what may happen as a result. Any comments?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314190564205081026.post-39652355057495849762011-12-21T17:42:29.424-08:002011-12-21T17:42:29.424-08:00They were taking a lot of strange hallucinogens an...They were taking a lot of strange hallucinogens and deliriants as well. That is bound to make it difficult to cope with change, daily life and remembering where you live.Patnoreply@blogger.com