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Prepared by: William I. Thompson IIIResearch Consultant62 Elmwood Street

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Contents

1.0 General Discussion & Background ....................................................................................... 22.0 Related Websites ..................................................................................................................... 43.0 Conferences/Symposiums/Meetings ...................................................................................... 54.0 Short Papers and Synopses .................................................................................................... 95.0 Bibliographies........................................................................................................................ 106.0 Relevant Periodicals.............................................................................................................. 117.0 Related Organizations .......................................................................................................... 138.0 Databases ............................................................................................................................... 149.0 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols ............................................................................. 15`# ................................................................................................................................................... 15À .................................................................................................................................................. 15`B................................................................................................................................................... 16`C .................................................................................................................................................. 17`D .................................................................................................................................................. 18È................................................................................................................................................... 19`F................................................................................................................................................... 20`G .................................................................................................................................................. 20`H .................................................................................................................................................. 21Ì.................................................................................................................................................... 21`J ................................................................................................................................................... 23`K .................................................................................................................................................. 23`L................................................................................................................................................... 24`M ................................................................................................................................................. 24`N .................................................................................................................................................. 26Ò .................................................................................................................................................. 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 tokeep 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 astralcatastrophism or sometimes cosmic catastrophism.

Note that some extinctions on Earth may have been ultimately caused by celestial events thatproduce secondary effects such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic action due to tidalshifting and so forth. Not all volcanic activity is caused by an astral visitor but some informationon 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 previouslyrealised. Partly that has come about because of an increased knowledge of the occurrence ofimmense 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 tobe 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 baseand it may have been the site of a thunderbolt. Patten (1988) covers thepotential Sword of the Lord electrical discharges between Mars and Earth. White (2003) in hisChapter 16 discusses much of this type of material.

Some of the catastrophic conditions which are associated with mass extinctions are globalcooling and warming, close approaches by astral visitors, major glaciation, fluctuations in sealevel, global anoxia, volcanic eruptions, asteroid impacts, plate tectonics, gamma rays, anddisease.

It should be noted that volcanism is included because some volcanic eruptions may have beeninduced if an astral visitor came close to Earth and cause large crustal deformations. Rememberthat the crust of the Earth is rather thin compared to the diameter of the Earth. Although it iscommon knowledge that some volcanism is not associated with astral visitors but with platetectonics.

The bibliography is never finished, it has been estimated that there are over 1,000 papers aloneon the Tunguska Event, mostly by Russian researchers.


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The annotations are minimal but may assist a researcher in locating specific information. Asmay 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 thekeyboard to the upper left of the Q key). By using the Find function in MS Word with the ` as aprefix, for example `R will take you to the citations with the last name of the lead (or sole) authorbeginning with R.

Acronyms Related to Celestial Catastrophism

A companion document of about 13 pages contains acronyms and abbreviations used in thevarious disciplines dealing with celestial catastrophism has also been prepared. One can be sentupon request.


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2.0 Related Websites

Table 1. List of Websites Related to Celestial Catastrophism and related Events.Name Universal Resource Locator

(URL)

Comments

Catastrophism http://www.pibburns.com/catastro.htm

Last updated in 17 July 2010 Looks very interesting. Philip Burns

http://www.catastrophist.org/home/catastrophist-manifesto-2007/

Didnt work on 19 April 2012

Cosmopier http://sites.google.com/site/cosmopier/

This site is dedicated to a new approachon the solar system astrophysics,archaeology, paleontology,archaeoastronomy, climate studies,water resources and environmentalevolution from the End-Pleistocene andHolocene. The site shares some cluesabout craters, scars, palaeolagoons andtheir possible cosmic origin.

SAO/NASA Astrophysics DataSystem

http://www.adsabs.harvard.edu/ Publications Citation listings

Catastrophism! - Man, Myth andMayhem in Ancient History and theSciences

www.catastrophism.comIncludes: archaeology, astronomy,biology, catastrophism, chemistry,cosmology, geology, geophysics,history, linguistics, mythology,palaeontology, physics, psychology,religion, and uniformitarianism

450 publications 5,000 images 6,000 documents Costs about $175.00

Impact Earth www.purdue.edu/ImpactEarth Pierazzo et al. (2012) and Collins et al.(2012)

Cosmochemistry Illustrated www.higp.hawaii.edu/cosmoeye/ Space science slide presentations.Earth Impact Database (EID) www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase Extensive listing of related links.Creationism www.creationsim.org Paul Abramson, Webmaster

Noahs flood.Geological Society of America, Inc. www.geosociety.orgMaverick Science www.maverickscience.comMeteorite Impact References byTopic, Cochise College, VirtualGeology Museum (VGM), Hall ofMeteorites,

http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/meteorite-impact-ref/metref-topic-list.htm

Roger Weller, Geology InstructorLast updated 2007.

Bob Kobres Web Page http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/cbaymenu.html

Carolina Bays plus.

George Howards website http://www.georgehoward.net/cbays.htm

Maintained by George Howard.Carolina Bays

Information about asteroids and near-Earth objects from NASA JPL.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch

Information about asteroid radarresearch.

http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/

The Meteoritical Society http://meteoritics.orgPlanetary Science ResearchDiscoveries (PSRD)

www.psrd.hawaii.edu Cosmochemistry web journal ofmeteorites, asteroids, planets, moons,and other materials in our Solar System.

Plasma Universe http://plasmauniverse.info/ Dr. Anthony L. PerattPlot of proper eccentricity versusproper semi-major axis for the mainbelt asteroid population

http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/astdys/ Proper elements computed by A. Milaniand Z. Knezevic. Cellino and DellOro(2009).
http://www.catastrophist.org/home/catastrophist-manifesto-2007/http://www.catastrophist.org/home/catastrophist-manifesto-2007/http://www.catastrophism.com/http://www.purdue.edu/ImpactEarthhttp://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabasehttp://www.creationsim.org/http://www.geosociety.org/http://www.maverickscience.com/http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/meteorite-impact-ref/metref-topic-list.htmhttp://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/meteorite-impact-ref/metref-topic-list.htmhttp://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/meteorite-impact-ref/metref-topic-list.htmhttp://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/cbaymenu.htmlhttp://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/cbaymenu.htmlhttp://www.georgehoward.net/cbays.htmhttp://www.georgehoward.net/cbays.htmhttp://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatchhttp://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatchhttp://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/http://plasmauniverse.info/http://plasmauniverse.info/http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatchhttp://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatchhttp://www.georgehoward.net/cbays.htmhttp://www.georgehoward.net/cbays.htmhttp://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/cbaymenu.htmlhttp://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/cbaymenu.htmlhttp://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/meteorite-impact-ref/metref-topic-list.htmhttp://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/meteorite-impact-ref/metref-topic-list.htmhttp://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/meteorite-impact-ref/metref-topic-list.htmhttp://www.maverickscience.com/http://www.geosociety.org/http://www.creationsim.org/http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabasehttp://www.purdue.edu/ImpactEarthhttp://www.catastrophism.com/http://www.catastrophist.org/home/catastrophist-manifesto-2007/http://www.catastrophist.org/home/catastrophist-manifesto-2007/


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Name Universal Resource Locator

(URL)

Comments

NASA JPL NEO Program CloseApproach Tables for the period 1900 2200 A.D.

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

NASAs NEO Statistics http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/stats/ Pierazzo et al. (2012)MIT Lincoln LaboratoryLincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research(LINEAR)

http://www.ll.mit.edu/mission/space/linear/

Tunguska Home Page http://www-th.bo.infn.it/tunguska/index.html

University of Bologna (Italy),Department of Physics

Mythopedia: Introducing PlasmaMythology

http://mythopedia.info/ Managed by: Marinus Anthony van derSluijs

Crater Hunter Blog http://craterhunter.wordpress.com Very good material.Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) - AChronology of Milestones

www.iau.org/public/nea

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 futureconferences are listed in bold at the top of the list. [8]

Title of Meeting Location, Date(s),

Sponsor(s)

Comments

Volcanism, Impacts, andMass Extinctions: Causes

and Effects

London, England27-29 March 2013

http://massextinction.princeton.eduCo-sponsored by Mineralogical Society of Great Britainand Ireland and the Volcanic and Magmatic StudiesGroup.

Asteroids, Comets, Meteors

(ACM) 2012

Niigata, Japan16-20 May 2012

http://chiron.mtk.nao.ac.jp/ACM2012I have some abstracts in my files.

Second Arab ImpactCratering and Astrogeology

Conference (AICAC II)

Casablanca, Morocco13-20 Nov 2011

www.fsac.ac.ma/aicaii/index.htmlElements, Vol. 8, No. 1, Feb. pp. 64-65.

Conference onQuantavolution

Athens, Greece07-10 Oct. 2011

www.qconference-athens-2011.grazian-archive.com

Stars and Stones: Voyages inArchaeoastronomy andCultural Astronomy - AMeeting of Different Worlds

vora, Portugal19-24 Sep. 2011SEAC

19th congress of SEAC.European Society for Astronomy in Culture.www.ciuhct.com/seac2011/

Conference on Large BodyImpacts and TerrestrialEvolution: Geological,Climatological, andBiological Implications

Snowbird, UT, USAOctober 1981Lunar and PlanetaryInstitute (LPI)National Academy ofSciences (NAS)

Over 100 delegates.Proceedings GSA Special Paper 190. Geological

Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and Cometson the Earth.See Silver and Schultz (1982).

Proceedings of the FirstSeminar of Catastrophismand Ancient History

04 Dec. 1982Catastrophism andAncient History

www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/cat-anc/proc1/index.htmThe Full Text of this article/publication can be foundeither:On the Catastrophism! CD-RomOn this web site at Catastrophism! Online
http://www.iau.org/public/neahttp://massextinction.princeton.edu/http://massextinction.princeton.edu/http://chiron.mtk.nao.ac.jp/ACM2012http://chiron.mtk.nao.ac.jp/ACM2012http://www.fsac.ac.ma/aicaii/index.htmlhttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/cat-anc/proc1/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/cat-anc/proc1/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/cat-anc/proc1/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/cat-anc/proc1/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/cat-anc/proc1/index.htmhttp://www.fsac.ac.ma/aicaii/index.htmlhttp://chiron.mtk.nao.ac.jp/ACM2012http://massextinction.princeton.edu/http://www.iau.org/public/nea


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Sponsor(s)

Comments

Proceedings of the SecondSeminar of Catastrophismand Ancient History

03 Dec. 1983Catastrophism andAncient History


Proceedings of the ThirdSeminar of Catastrophismand Ancient History

Catastrophism andAncient History


First InternationalConference on ImpactCratering in the Solar System

08-12 May 2006European Space Agency(ESA)

Notes 2-5.

First InternationalConference on LargeMeteorite Impacts

Geological Society ofAmerica

Might be the Sudbury series. Titles of Conferences

change.Dressler, Burkhard O., R. A. F. Grieve, and Virgil L.

SharptonEditors(1994) Large Meteorite Impactsand Planetary Evolution, Special Paper, GeologicalSociety of America, Boulder, CO. [May be the FirstConference.]

International Conference onLarge Meteorite Impacts andPlanetary Evolution

Sudbury, Ontario,Canada01-03 Sept. 1997Geological Society ofAmerica

Dressler, B. O. and V. L. SharptonEditors(1999),GSA Special Paper 339, Conf. No. II

Third InternationalConference on LargeMeteorite Impacts

Nrdlingen, Germany05-07 August 2003German ScienceFoundation (DFG)

Lunar and PlanetaryInstitute, HoustonHumboldt University,Berlin

Kenkmann et al. (2005)

Fourth InternationalConference on LargeMeteorite Impacts


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

Fifth InternationalConference on LargeMeteorite Impacts


The First Arab ImpactCratering and AstrogeologyConference

Amman, Jordan09-11 Nov. 2009

See Note 1.

Annual Lunar and PlanetaryScience Conference Lunar and PlanetaryScience Institute,Houston, Texas, USA

Special sessions on catastrophic themes.

Near-Earth Objects: TheUnited Nations Conferenceon Near-Earth Objects

New York, NY, USA24-26 April 1995United Nations

The Impact of NaturalCatastrophes on AncientMediterranean Civilizations

Island of Rhodes,Greece28-30 Oct 2005
http://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/cat-anc/proc2/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/cat-anc/proc2/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/cat-anc/proc3/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/cat-anc/proc3/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/cat-anc/proc3/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/cat-anc/proc3/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/intro/index.phphttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/cat-anc/proc2/index.htmhttp://www.catastrophism.com/cdrom/pubs/journals/cat-anc/proc2/index.htm


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Sponsor(s)

Comments

International Conference100 years since Tunguska

phenomenon: Past, presentand future"

Moscow, Russia26-28 June 2008

Proceedings exist.

SEPM Research ConferenceThe Sedimentary Record ofMeteorite Impacts

Springfield MO, USA21-22 May 2005Society for SedimentaryGeology (SEPM)

Field Forum South Africa04-09 July 2004Geological Society ofAmericaGeological Society ofSouth Africa

Clovis in the Southeast Columbia, SC, USA Dr. Al Goodyear. Prior to 2005.2004 Planetary DefenseConference: Protecting Earthfrom Asteroids

23-26 Feb. 2004 www.planetarydefense.info/index.htmlPhotographs of speakers and one can download any ofthe 48 presentations.

2007 Planetary DefenseConference

Washington, DC, USA05-08 March 2007

Cloyd Heck Marvin Center at George WashingtonUniversity.Note 6.

1st International Academy ofAstronautics (IAA) PlanetaryDefense Conference:Defending Earth fromAsteroids

Granada, Spain27-30 April 2009

http://www.congrex.nl/09c04/

Evidence that the Earth hasSuffered Catastrophes ofCosmic Origin in HistoricalTimes

Cambridge UK16-18 July 1993SIS

First Society for Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS)Cambridge Conferencewww.knowledge.co.uk/sis/

Natural Catastrophes DuringBronze Age Civilisations:Archaeological, Geological,Astronomical and CulturalPerspectives

Cambridge UK11-13 July 1997SIS

www.knowledge.co.uk/sis/Peiser, Benny J., Trevor Palmer, and Mark E. BaileyEditors(1998) Natural Catastrophes During BronzeAge Civilisations: Archaeological, Geological,Astronomical and Cultural Perspectives, Proceedingsof the Second Society for Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS)Cambridge Conference, 11-13 July 1997, BritishArchaeological Reports (BAR) 728, Archaeopress,Oxford, ISBN 086054916X.

International Symposium onHazardous Near EarthAsteroids

Valletta, Malta12-16 October 2009Russian Academy ofSciences

Note 6.

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting2011

Nantes, France02-07 October 2011

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011/meetingprogrammeEuropean Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) andDivision of Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the AmericanAstronomical 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/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39029&fbodylongid=1869
http://www.planetarydefense.info/index.htmlhttp://www.knowledge.co.uk/sis/http://www.knowledge.co.uk/sis/http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01016.x/pdfhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01016.x/pdfhttp://www.knowledge.co.uk/sis/http://www.knowledge.co.uk/sis/http://www.planetarydefense.info/index.html


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[3] Conference Proceedings: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39029&fbodylongid=1924[4] Print Only: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39029&fbodylongid=1873[5] Poster Sessions: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39029&fbodylongid=1870

[6] http://www.aero.org/conferences/planetarydefense/2007papers/WhitePaperFinal.pdf[7] , .[8] Elements has a Calendar feature in each bi-monthly issue. ISSN 1811-5209
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39029&fbodylongid=1870http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39029&fbodylongid=1870http://www.aero.org/conferences/planetarydefense/2007papers/WhitePaperFinal.pdfhttp://nea2009.cosmos.ru/http://iya2009malta.page.tl/International-Symposium-on-Near_Earth-Hazardous-Asteroids.htmhttp://iya2009malta.page.tl/International-Symposium-on-Near_Earth-Hazardous-Asteroids.htmhttp://iya2009malta.page.tl/International-Symposium-on-Near_Earth-Hazardous-Asteroids.htmhttp://iya2009malta.page.tl/International-Symposium-on-Near_Earth-Hazardous-Asteroids.htmhttp://nea2009.cosmos.ru/http://www.aero.org/conferences/planetarydefense/2007papers/WhitePaperFinal.pdfhttp://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39029&fbodylongid=1870http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39029&fbodylongid=1870


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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 Whimsical Science 2010:2, p. 28Gilligan, Gary The Sahara Desert 2010:2, pp. 26-27Hissink, Louis The Electrical Origin of Kimberlite Pipes 2010:2, p. 26

Smith, Stephen Earth Cycles 2010:2, pp. 27-28 Nice write-up.Thornhill, Wal Our Misunderstood Sun 2010:2, p. 25 www.holoscience.com


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5.0 Bibliographies

Table 4 Partial listing of publications with extensive bibliographies related to celestialcatastrophes. See the Celestial Catastrophism Bibliography for details.

Citation/Title Estimated

No. of

Citations

Comments

Allan & Delair (1997) 1,639Bevan (1998) 350Burns, Philip R. (1996) Annotated Bibliography for Catastrophism: Overview 150 Note 2Firestone et al. (2006) 398Hanslmeier, Arnold (2009A) 267Huggett, Richard John (1997) 700NASA - Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazard Bibliography (1992-2000) athttp://www2.fiu.edu/~longoria/gly3034-sp/gly3034sp/AsteroidCometImpactHazards.pdf

TBD Note 1.

Van Flandern (1998) 250+ Revised.[1] http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/biblio.cfm[2] http://www.pibburns.com/catasbib.htm
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6.0 Relevant Periodicals

Table 5 Selected Journals that Potentially Deal with Celestial or Cosmic Catastrophism.Journal Title Acronym ISSN Notes

Acta Geophysics and GeodeticaHungarica

Aeon: A Journal of Myth, Science,and Ancient History www.catastrophism.com

Archaeoastronomy: the journal ofAstronomy in Culture

http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/

Archaeoastronomy &Ethnoastronomy Newsletter


Astrobiology

Astronomy & Astrophysics A&A See notes. An International Weekly JournalPrint: 0004-6361Electronic: 1432-0746

Astronomy & Geophysics Astron. & Geophys. ?Astrophysics and Space Science

Catastrophist Geology www.catastrophism.com Note 2Catastrophism and Ancient History:A Journal of Interdisciplinary

Study

C&AH 0733-8058 www.catastrophism.com Note 1.

Chronology and Catastrophism

Review: The Journal of The Societyfor Interdisciplinary Studies

C&CR 0953-0053 Society for Interdisciplinary Studieswww.sis-group.org.uk

Chronology & CatastrophismWorkshop

C&CW 0951-5984 Society for Interdisciplinary Studieswww.sis-group.org.uk

Creation Research SocietyQuarterly

CRSQ

Earth, Moon, and Planets: An

International Journal of SolarSystem Science.

P 0167-

9295O 1573-

0794Earth Planetary Science Letters

Earth-Science Reviews 0012-8252Geochimica et Cosmochima Acta

Geophysical Research Letters

GSA Today

Horus www.catastrophism.com

Icarus: International Journal of

Solar Systems Studies

0019-1035

IEEE Transactions on PlasmaScience

Impact Studies 1612-8338 Ten in the series as of 02 Nov 2010.Springer.

International Journal of

Astrobiology

International Journal of Impact

Engineering
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Journal Title Acronym ISSN Notes

Journal for the Study of the OldTestament

JOT http://jot.sagepub.comhttp://intl-jot.sagepub.com

Journal of Creation http://creation.com/journal-of-creation-archive-index

Journal of Geophysical Research JRG 01480227Journal of Geophysical Research -

Planets

JGR-P

Journal of Geomagnetism and

Geoelectricity

0022-1392

Journal of Glaciology

Journal of Sedimentary Research JSRKronos Copies available at

www.catastrophism.comMarine Micropaleontology

Meteoritics and Planetary Science:Journal of the Meteoritics Society

MAPS 1086-9379 www.meteoriticalsociety.orgOnline ISSN: 1945-5100

Monthly Notices of the RoyalAstronomical Society

MNRAS 0035-8711 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.

National Geographic NG Monthly magazine. NGSNature

Nature Geoscience

New Scientist

Palaios SEPMPensee - Immanuel VelikovskyReconsidered

www.catastrophism.com

Proceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences of the United

States of America. [Proc. Nat. Acad.Sci. USA]

PNAS

Reviews of GeophysicsScience Sci.Scientific American

Tectonophysics Elsevier B.V.The Holocene 0959-6836 Print ISSN: 0959-6836

Online ISSN: 1477-0911The Velikovskian www.catastrophism.com[1] Catastrophism and Ancient History: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Study was abiannual 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
http://jot.sagepub.com/http://intl-jot.sagepub.com/http://creation.com/journal-of-creation-archive-indexhttp://creation.com/journal-of-creation-archive-indexhttp://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/http://creation.com/journal-of-creation-archive-indexhttp://creation.com/journal-of-creation-archive-indexhttp://intl-jot.sagepub.com/http://jot.sagepub.com/


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7.0 Related Organizations

Table 6. Some organizations related to celestial catastrophism. Note at all complete.Name URL Notes

The Center forArchaeoastronomy


European Society forAstronomy in Culture (SEAC) www.archeoastronomy.org

European Space Agency (ESA)Geological Society of America(GSA)German Science Foundation(DFG)Lunar and Planetary ScienceInstituteNational Academy of Sciences(NAS)National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA)Russian Academy of SciencesSociety for InterdisciplinaryStudies (SIS)

www.knowledge.co.uk/sis/

Society for SedimentaryGeology (SEPM)Thunderbolts Project www.thunderbolts.info
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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 atask that is growing because over the last 25 years the impact process has been increasinglyappreciated by the Earth Sciences community as an important planet-building and planet-modifying 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 maintainingthis 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 URL/Source/Discussion Comments

SAO/NASAAstrophysics DataSystem

http://www.adsabs.harvard.edu/The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is aDigital Library portal for researchers in Astronomy andPhysics, operated by the Smithsonian AstrophysicalObservatory (SAO) under a NASA grant. The ADSmaintains three bibliographic databases containing morethan 9.4 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics,Physics, and arXiv e-prints. The main body of data in theADS consists of bibliographic records, which aresearchable through highly customizable query forms, andfull-text scans of much of the astronomical literature whichcan be browsed or searched via our full-text searchinterface. Integrated in its databases, the ADS providesaccess and pointers to a wealth of external resources,including electronic articles, data catalogs and archives.We currently have links to over 9.5 million recordsmaintained by our collaborators.

24 March 2012

The Full Catalogue ofthe Earths ImpactStructures

http://www.sscc.ru/impact/index1.html

Russian Academy of SciencesMathematical DepartmentNovosibirsk Scientific CentreInstitute of Computational Mathematics and MathematicalGeophysics SB RAS

1,017 records

Impact Database http://impacts.rajmon.cz/Dr. David RajmonShell, Houston, TX, USA

896 records,Version 2010.1 (17May 2010)

Earth Impact Database http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/index.htmlThe Planetary and Space Science Centre (PASSC)University of New Brunswick

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Last updated on07 August 2010.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Impact_Database
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/ads_abstracts.htmlhttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/ads_browse.htmlhttp://www.sscc.ru/impact/index1.htmlhttp://impacts.rajmon.cz/http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/index.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Impact_Databasehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Impact_Databasehttp://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/index.htmlhttp://impacts.rajmon.cz/http://www.sscc.ru/impact/index1.htmlhttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/ads_browse.htmlhttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/ads_abstracts.html


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9.0 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols

For ease of movement within the acronyms and abbreviations, the first letter of the alphabeticentry 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 withthe ` as a prefix, for example `R will take you to the beginning of the acronyms beginning withR.

`#

2dF#1GRS 2 degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey2MASS Two Micron All-Sky Survey [WISE]

`A

AAA Aten, Apollo, Amor [Near-Earth Asteroid Classes]AAAS American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAAS American Astronomical SocietyABAA Antiquarian Booksellers Association of AmericaABR Associates for Biblical Research [www.BibleArchaeology.org]

ABS American Bible SocietyACCLAIM Antarctic Circumpolar Current Levels by Altimetry and Island MeasurementsACE Advanced Composition Explorer [NASA spacecraft.]ACG Alternative Cosmology Group [http://cosmologystatement.org ]ACM Asteroids, Comets, Meteors [Meeting sponsored by LPI and the Meteoritical

Society. Usually ACM nnnn where nnnn is the year.]ACR Anomalous Cosmic RaysACRIM Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance MonitorA.D. anno Domini or ADADAS Asiago DLR Asteroid SurveyADC accretion disk corona

ADC analog-to-digital-converterADEPT Advanced Dark Energy Physics Telescopeadj. adjectiveADS Astrophysics Data System (SAO/NASA) [http://adswww.harvard.edu/]AFTAU American Friends of Tel Aviv UniversityAGI American Geological InstituteAGN active galactic nucleusAGU American Geophysical UnionAGW anthropogenic global warmingAHD The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

copyright 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009.

AIA Atmospheric Imaging Assembly [Telescope on board the NASA Solar DynamicsObservatory.]AICAC Arab Impact Cratering and Astrogeology Conference [2009]AICAC II Second Arab Impact Cratering and Astrogeology Conference [2011 Morocco]AIP American Institute of PhysicsAIP Australian Institute of PhysicsAJ Astronomical JournalALMA Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102463957891&s=0&e=001P-q4Cbrg6b5G0M8eHwWt0IEbBddehiFmMDu2ERkcdUYFfuDQCLPXY_8SVLqPA2HXgcPMxCjbD3Gz_kjwPXBKuJG0-fS1nwLqiGe-cuNcS2I=http://cosmologystatement.org/http://cosmologystatement.org/http://cosmologystatement.org/http://cosmologystatement.org/http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102463957891&s=0&e=001P-q4Cbrg6b5G0M8eHwWt0IEbBddehiFmMDu2ERkcdUYFfuDQCLPXY_8SVLqPA2HXgcPMxCjbD3Gz_kjwPXBKuJG0-fS1nwLqiGe-cuNcS2I=


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AM angular momentumAMOC Atlantic Meridional Overturning CirculationAMS accelerator mass spectrometerANCPOD Ancient Destructions Picture of the DayANE ancient Near EastANGEO Annales Geophysicae [Journal of the EGU]

ANSMET Antarctic Search for Meteorites (United States)ANU Australian National UniversityAP Arcadia Planitia [location on Mars.]ApJ Astrophysical JournalAPOD Astronomy Picture of the Day [Online:] http://apod.nasa.gov/APS Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Department [Univ. Colorado Boulder]AR active region [On the Sun.]ARC Astrophysical Research ConsortiumARJ Answers Research Journal [www.answersingenesis.org]ASI Advanced Study Institute (NATO)ASI Australian Scientific Instruments

ASIAA Academia Sinica Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysicsasl above sea levelASL above sea levelASOR American Schools of Oriental ResearchASP Astronomical Society of the PacificAST3-1 Antarctic Survey TelescopesASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer [Japan]ASU Arizona State UniversityATA Allen Telescope Arraya.u. astronomical unitAU astronomical unitAURA Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.AVGR [NASA] Ames Vertical Gun Range

`B

BAR Biblical Archaeology ReviewBAR British Archaeological ReportsB.A.R. British Archaeological ReportsBB Big Bang [theory]BBC British Broadcasting CorporationBC Before ChristB.C. Before ChristBCE Before common era [replaces BC]

B.C.E. Before common era [replaces B.C.]BCS Bloody Creek structureBDA Base Donnes Amas (BDA)BLM U.S. Bureau of Land ManagementBM black matB&N Barnes & NobleBP years before the presentBSE back-scattered electron
http://apod.nasa.gov/http://www.univie.ac.at/webda/publication.htmlhttp://www.univie.ac.at/webda/publication.htmlhttp://www.univie.ac.at/webda/publication.htmlhttp://apod.nasa.gov/


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BSB Bible & Science BibliographyWilliam ThompsonBWD Blackwater Draw, [New Mexico]

`C

C CarbonC degrees Centigrade or oCoC degrees CentigradeC&C Chronology & CatastrophismC&CR Chronology & Catastrophism Review [www.sis-group.org.uk]C&CW Chronology & Catastrophism Workshop [www.sis-group.org.uk]CAI calcium-aluminum-rich inclusionscal calendar years [Radiocarbon dating.]Caltech California Institute of TechnologyCAMP Central Atlantic Magmatic ProvinceCARMA Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-Wave AstronomyCASA Center for Astrophysics & Space Astronomy (University of Colorado Boulder)CBAT Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

[http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/index.html]CC conventional chronologyCCCP Caltech Core-Collapse ProjectCCD charge-coupled deviceCCLDAS Colorado Center for Lunar Dust and Atmospheric Studies [Univ. Colorado

Boulder]CCNet Cambridge Conference NetworkCDM cold dark matterCE Common Era or C.E.CELD Creation-Evolution Literature DatabaseCERES Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Experiment [NASA Langley

Research Center orbiting instruments]CERN European Organisation for Nuclear ResearchCET Central European TimeCEV Holy Bible: Contemporary English VersionCfA Harvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsCFBs continental flood basaltsCFDL current-free double layer [electrical plasma]CFSA Center for the Study of First Americans [www.centerfirstamericans.com]CHAMPS Charge and Mass Characteristics of Charged Meteoric Smoke Particles [Univ.

Colorado Boulder]CHB cryohydrological basinCHFT Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

CIPS Center for Integrated Plasma Studies [Univ. Colorado Boulder]CIT California Institute of Technology [a.k.a. Caltech]CIV critical ionization velocityCJES Canadian Journal of Earth SciencesCLOE Center of Lunar Origin and Evolution [NASA Lunar Science Institute]CLOMON2 close-approach monitoring systemCLOs comet-like objectsCM carbonaceous chondrite [meteorite]


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CMAC Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation [Texas A&M University]CMB Cosmic Microwave BackgroundCME coronal mass ejectionCMI Creation Ministries International [http://creation.com/]CMS Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State UniversityCNRS French National Center for Scientific Research

Co CobaltCO2 carbon dioxideCOBE Cosmic Background Explorer [http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/]Coe coesiteCOPOUS Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space [UN]CMBR cosmic microwave background radiationCOCORP Consortium for Continental Reflection ProfilingCr ChromiumCRISM Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for MarsCRP Current Research in the Pleistocene [Journal. www.centerfirstamericans.com]CRS Creation Research Society

CRSQCreation Research Society Quarterly

CSA Canadian Space AgencyCSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Australia's

national science agency.]CSp carbon spherulesCSS Catalina Sky SurveyCU University of Colorado BoulderCUP Cambridge University PressCVD carbon vapor depositionCXC Chandra X-ray Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)CYBP carbon-14 years before the present

`DDAM decametric radio emission from Jupiter [up to 40 MHz]DAN Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons [Mars Science Laboratory]DEC declinationDEF differential energy flux [Electrons]DEM Digital Elevation ModelDFG German Science FoundationD/H deuterium to hydrogen ratioDIM decimetric radiation from JupiterDIXI Deep Impact Extended InvestigationDL double layer [plasma]

DLs double layers - separate cells of plasma in spaceDLE double layer ejectaDLR German Aerospace Center [English Translation]dn digitization numbersDOC U.S. Department of CommerceDOE U.S. Department of EnergyDOI Digital Object IdentifierDOMs digital optical modules


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DPF dense plasma focusDPR Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar [JAXA & NICT]DPS Division of Planetary Sciences [of the American Astronomical Society]DRAGN Double Radiosource Associated with Galactic Nucleus [Leahy, 1993]DREAM Dynamic Response of the Environment at the MoonDSDP Deep Sea Drilling Project

DSP Defense Support ProgramDSRI Danish Space Research InstituteDTM Digital Terrain ModelsDTU Technical University of Denmark

`E

EASI Earth and Space Index [AGU]EB Early BronzeEBA Early Bronze AgeEBSD electron backscatter diffractionECT External Collapse TheoryEDM electrical discharge machiningEDS Energy Dispersive X-ray SpectroscopyEDXS energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopyEELR extended emission-line regionEFTEM Energy-filtered TEM [transmission electron microscopy]EGU European Geosciences UnionEG2EU Essential Guide to the Electric Universe [www.thunderbolts.info]EHV extra high-voltage [power grid]EID Earth Impact Database [University of New Brunswick, Canada]EIH Extraterrestrial Impact HypothesiseISSN Electronic International Standard Serial NumberEIT Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope [on SOHO]EiU Earth in Upheaval - VelikovskyEKB EdgeworthKuiper BeltELS Electron SpectrometerEM electromagneticEMF electromotive forceEMP electron microprobeENA energetic neutral [hydrogen] atomsEO Eocene-OligoceneEOCO Earth orbit crossing objectseph Exploded Planet Hypothesis [probably should be EPHVan Flandern]EPOCh Extrasolar Planet Observations and Characterization

EPOES Education and Public Outreach for Earth and Space Sciences [NASA]EPOXI A combination of the names for the two extended mission components: the

extrasolar planet observations, called Extrasolar Planet Observations andCharacterization (EPOCh), and the flyby of comet Hartley 2, called the DeepImpact Extended Investigation (DIXI).

EPSC European Planetary Science ConferenceEPSL Earth and Planetary Science LettersESA European Space Agency
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Space_Research_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Space_Research_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Space_Research_Institute


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ESEM Environmental Scanning Electron MicroscopyESLAB European Space Research LaboratoryESO European Southern ObservatoryESTEC European Space Research and Technology CentreESV The Holy Bible English Standard VersionET Eastern Time

ET extraterrestrialETCSL Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian LiteratureETS Evangelical Theological SocietyEU Electric UniverseEUNEASO European NEA Search ObservatoriesEUV extreme ultravioleteV electron volt(s)exa prefix for 1018 [Example exa-amp]

`F

FAE field-aligned electron [energy flux]Fe ironFEG Field Emission GunFESEM Field Emission Scanning Electron MicroscopyFF Frasnian-Famennian [mass extinction ~380 and 364 Ma]]FGST Fermi Gamma-Ray Space TelescopeFLIERs fast low-ionization emission regionsFOV field-of-viewFSF Free Software FoundationFTE flux transfer eventFUV far ultraviolet

`G

g gram [a unit of mass]G giga or 109 or a billiona prefix of a unit of measure.Ga billion(s) (109) of years agoGBM GLAST Burst MonitorGCA Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaGCM general circulation model [simulation]GCR Galactic cosmic raysGEODSS Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (MIT LL)GeV gigaelectronvolts (1012 eV)GFDL GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL or simply GFDLGIC geomagnetically induced currents

GIF Gatan imaging filterGISP Greenland Ice Sheet ProjectGLAST Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (Renamed the FGST)GLOBE Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation [Digital Elevation Model]GNU GNU's Not Unix!GPa gigapascal or 109 pascals or a billion pascalsa unit of pressure.GPR ground penetrating radarGRACE NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
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GRAIL Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory [NASA satellites.]GRB Gamma-ray Bursts or Gamma Ray BurstersGRIP Greenland Ice Core Project (European drill site.)GRL Geophysical Research LettersGRS Galaxy Redshift SurveyGSA Geological Society of America

GSC Geological Survey of CanadaGSW GeoScienceWorld [www.geoscienceworld.org]Gt gigatons = 1012 kgGWPF The Global Warming Policy Foundation

`H

H hydrogen [An element.]H-0 Heinrich eventH-1 Heinrich eventHAADF high-angle annular dark field [detector]HAMO High Altitude Mapping Orbit [NASA Dawn spacecraft.]HARPS-N High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher-NorthHAWC High-resolution Airborne Wideband CameraHbk hard bound or hard back bound.HCS heliospheric current sheetHEAO 3 High Energy Astronomical Observatory (satellite. No. 3)HED howardite, eucrite, and diogenite [meteorites]HEND high-energy neutron detector [NASA Mars Odyssey orbiter.]HET Hobby-Eberly Telescope [University of Texas]HF hydrofluoric acidHI neutral hydrogenHIFI Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared [spectroscope on the ESA Herschel

Space ObservatoryHiRISE High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment [Camera on NASA's Mars

Reconnaissance Orbiter]HKU The University of Hong KongHPC high-performance computational [methods]HR Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram or H-RH-R Hertzsprung-Russell DiagramHRTEM high-resolution transmission electron microscopeHSEs highly siderophile elements [As it did so, iron loving elements (siderophiles -

such as platinum, gold rhenium, osmium, iridium, etc.)]HSO Herschel Space ObservatoryHST Hubble Space Telescope

HTML High-Temperature Materials Laboratory [Oak Ridge National Laboratory]HUDF Hubble Ultra Deep FieldHz hertz [the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a

periodic phenomenon.]

`I

IAGA International Association of Geomagnetism and AeronomyIAHS International Association of Hydrological Sciences
http://phys.org/tags/rhenium/http://phys.org/tags/osmium/http://phys.org/tags/iridium/http://phys.org/tags/iridium/http://phys.org/tags/osmium/http://phys.org/tags/rhenium/


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IAU International Astronomical UnionIAUCs International Astronomical Union Circulars

[http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/services/IAUC.html]IAUS International Astronomical Union SymposiumIBEX Interstellar Boundary Explorer [A NASA spacecraft.]ICDP International Continental Drilling Program

ICE International Comet Explorer [spacecraft]ICM&MG Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical GeophysicsICOPS International Conference on Plasma Science (IEEE)ICP-MS Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (analysis)ICP-OES inductively-coupled plasma - optical emission spectrometryICRAR International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research [Curtin University]ICS iridium coincidence spectrometryICSIH International Commission for Snow and Ice HydrologyIDPs interplanetary dust particlesIEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.IEO Interior to Earth Orbit

IESSG Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy [The University ofNottingham]IFSG Impact Field Studies GroupIFT Io Flux TubeIGCP International Geological Correlation ProgrammeIGRF International Geomagnetic Reference FieldIMEWS Infrared Missile Early Warning SatelliteIMF initial mass function [Galaxies]IMF interplanetary magnetic fieldINAA Instrumental Neutron Activation AnalysisINCA Ion and Neutral Camera (Cassini spacecraft)INCITE Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment [ORNL

program]ING Istituto Nazionale di GeofisicaINQUA International Union for Quaternary Research [www.inqua.tcd.ie]InSight Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport

[Multinational mission to Mars]INTEGRAL International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory [ESA]Io-DAM modulation of Jupiter's DAM by IoIP Impact ProbabilityIPY International Polar Year [2007-2008]Ir iridiumIR infraredIRAC Infrared Array Camera [NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope]IRAS Infrared Astronomical Satellite [flew in 1983]IRDs ice-rafted detritus or ice-rafted debrisIRM isothermal remanent magnetizationIRO Iowa Robotic ObservatoryISAAC International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in CultureISES International Space Environment Service [www.ises-spaceweather.org]ISI Institute for Scientific Information


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ISIS Institute for Interdisciplinary ScienceISM Interstellar MediumISSI International Space Science InstituteISS International Space StationISSN International Standard Serial NumberITASN ITASN, ITAlian Superbolide Network

ITEG Independent Tunguska Exploration GroupITO Interior to Earth OrbitIXO intermediate luminosity X-ray [sources]IYA2009 International Year of Astronomy 2009

`J

J Jurassic [A geologic period and system that extends from about 199.6 0.6 Mya(million years ago) to 145.5 4 Mya

JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyJCMT James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (on Mauna Kea in Hawaii)JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological SocietyJEV Jupiter-Earth-VenusJFC Jupiter-family cometsJHUAPL Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LaboratoryJOC Journal of CosmologyJOC Journal of CreationJOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament [http://jot.sagepub.com] JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory [CIT]JSGA Japanese Spaceguard AssociationJUICE Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer [ESA to launch in 2022]JWST James Webb Space Telescope

`K

k 1,000 [Metric prefix]K kelvins [a measurement of temperature in degrees]ka kiloannum, or 1,000 calendar yearsKamLAND Kamioka Liquid-scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector [http://kamland.lbl.gov]KBO Kuiper Belt Objects [sometimes referred to as EdgeworthKuiper Belt Objects]KEI Kinetic Energy Impactorkg kilogram [103 grams]KIPAC Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and CosmologyKJV Holy Bible: King James Versionkm kilometer(s)K-P Cretaceous-Paleogene [~ 65 Ma]

kpc kiloparsec [A distance of one thousand parsecs (approximately 3262 light years(ly)

K-Pg Cretaceous-Paleogene [mass extinction ~65 Ma]kR kilorayleighs [1 kR . 109 photons cm-2 s-1into 4 steradians]KREEP The elements potassium (chemical symbol K), rare-earth elements, and

phosphorus (P), from which the acronym KREEP is derived.K-T Cretaceous-Tertiary [mass extinction ~65 Ma, historic now called the K-Pg or

Cretaceous-Paleogene]
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ky thousand(s) of yearsKyr thousand(s) of years

`L

LAB-1 Lyman-Alpha Blob 1LADEE Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer [NASA]LA-ICP-MS Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass SpectrometryLANL Los Alamos National LaboratoryLAT Large Area Telescope (FGST)LBA Late Bronze AgeLC Library of CongressLCE Lyapunov Characteristic ExponentsLCM light-carrying mediumLCOGT Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope [Network]LCROSS Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing SatelliteLD The average distancefrom Earth to the Moon is 384,403 km (238,857 miles).]LDEF Long Duration Exposure FacilityLDEO Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory [Columbia University]LDRD Laboratory-Directed Research and Development [Sandia National Laboratories]LGM Last Glacial MaximumLHB Late Heavy Bombardment [of the Moon]LHC Large Hadron Collider [CERN]LIA Little Ice AgeLIDAR Light Detection and RangingLINEAR Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research [www.ll.mit.edu/linear/]LIS Laurentide Ice SheetLL Lincoln Laboratory [MIT]LMSAL Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics LaboratoryLNP Lecture Notes in Physics (Springer)LONEOS Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object SurveyLPI Lunar and Planetary InstituteLPL Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, The University of ArizonaLPSC Lunar and Planetary Science ConferenceLRIS Low Resolution Imaging SpectrographLRO Lunar Reconnaissance OrbiterLROC Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera [www.lroc.asu.edu]LSSS La Sagra Sky SurveyLSST Large Synoptic Survey Telescopely light years [is a unit of length, equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres.]LYDB Lower Younger Dryas Boundary

`M

m meter(s) [A metric unit of length.]m2 square meters [A unit of area.]mm millimeter(s) [A metric unit of length.]M mega, x106 or millions [A metric prefix.]Ma millions of years before the present
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MACHOs Massive Compact Halo ObjectsMAF Mainwaring Archive FoundationMAG magnetometerMAG magnitudeMAMA multi-anode microchannel arrayMAPS Meteoritics and Planetary Science: Journal of the Meteoritics Society

MBA main belt asteroidsMBA Middle Bronze AgeMBDB Meteoritical Bulletin DatabaseMEMIN Multidisciplinary Experimental and Modeling Impact Crater Research NetworkMEO Meteoroid Environment Office [NASA - http://fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov/]MERRA Modern Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (database)MetBull Meteoritical BulletinMetSoc The Meteoritic SocietyMEW Mars-Earth WarsMHz megahertz [106 Hertz]MHD magnetohydrodynamic or magnetohydrodynamics or magneto-hydrodynamics

MI matter ingredientsMIMI magnetospheric imaging instrument (Cassini spacecraft)MIRI Mid-Infrared Instrument [JWST]MIT Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMIT LL Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln LaboratoryMLE multiple layer ejectaMMS Magnetospheric Multiscale(MMS)mission [NASA, 2014]MNACG Monthly Notes of the Alternative Cosmology GroupMNRAS Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyMOC Mars Orbiter CameraMODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) [NASA]Moho Mohorovicic DiscontinuityMOID minimum orbit intersection distanceMOSFIRE Multi-Object Spectrometer for Infra-Red Exploration [W. M. Keck Observatory]MPa megapascals (1 MPa = N/mm2)a unit of pressure.Mpc mega parsecMPC Minor Planet Center [http://minorplanetcenter.net/]MPE Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (Germany)MPEC Minor Planet Electronic CircularMPO Minor Planet Circulars Orbit SupplementMPS Minor Planet Circulars SupplementMRI Magneto-Rotational InstabilityMRO Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [NASA]MRO Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory (MRO), in remote Western Australia

[CSIRO]MRT magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor [instabilities]MS magnetic susceptibilityMSA Mineralogical Society of AmericaMSL Mars Science LaboratoryMSp magnetic spherulesMSPs meteoric smoke particles
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MSU Michigan State UniversityMT megatonsMUD multiuser domainsMWA Murchison Widefield Array [CSIRO]Mya millions of years agoMyr millions of years before the present [Ma preferred]

`N

n nano [prefix meaning a billionth or 10-9]nm nanometer [10-9 m]NAA Neutron Activation AnalysisNADW North Atlantic Deep WaterNAO North Atlantic OscillationNASA National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNat NatureNATO North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationNCAR National Center for Atmospheric ResearchNCAS North Carolina Academy of ScienceN-D Neo-DarwinismND nanodiamondNDs nanodiamondsNEA Near-Earth Asteroid(s)NEAF Near Eastern Archaeology FoundationNEAT Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking [Telescope]NEAT Near-Earth Asteroid Trailblazer [spacecraft]NEB New English BibleNEO Near-Earth Object(s)NEOCP NEO Confirmation Page [http://minorplanetcenter.org/iau/NEO/ToConfirm.html]NEODyS Near-Earth Objects Dynamic Site [Chesley and Milani (1999)]NEOSSat NEO [Near-Earth Object] Surveillance Satellite [CSA]NEOWISE Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer [An enhancement of the

WISE, mission that launched in December 2009.]NExT New Exploration of Tempel [spacecraft] Stardust NExTNGC National Geographic ChannelNGC New General Catalogue [Astronomy]NGDC National Geophysical Data Center [www.ngdc.noaa.gov]NGRIP North Greenland Icecore Project [www.glaciology.gfy.ku.dk/ngrip/]NGS National Geographic SocietyNHM Natural History Museum [London]Ni nickel

NICT National Institute of Information and Communications Technology [Japan]NIR Near Infrared [Near-IR]NIV New International BibleNIV84 Holy Bible: New International Version Copyright 1984.NIV11 Holy Bible: New International Version Copyright 2011.NIVAC New International Version Application Commentary [Zondervan]NKJV Holy Bible: New King James VersionNMR nuclear magnetic resonance


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NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [US DOC]NomCom Nomenclature Committee (MetSoc)NPA Natural Philosophy AllianceNPD north polar deposit [planet Mars]NRAO National Radio Astronomy ObservatoryNRM Natural Remnant Magnetization

NSERC Natural Science and Engineering Research Council [Canada]NSI National Space Institute [Denmark]NSIDC U.S. National Snow and Ice Data CenterNSO National Solar ObservatoryNT New Testament [Holy Bible]NWA Northwest Africa

`O

O oxygen [An element.]OCC Operations Control Center [Chandra]ODP Ocean Drilling ProjectOIR Optical/InfraredOPAG Outer Planets Assessment GroupORNL Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOs OsmiumOSIRIS-Rex Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer

[mission, NASA to launch in 2016]OSL optically stimulated luminescenceOT Old Testament [Holy Bible]

`P

P/x Periodic Comet xPACS Palomar Asteroid and Comet Survey

PAH(S) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon(s) [molecules]PaleoDB Paleobiology DatabasePARCA Program for Arctic Regional Climate AssessmentPASSC Planetary and Space Science Centre [University of New Brunswick, Canada]PBS Public Broadcasting SystemPCAS Planetary Crossing Asteroid SurveyPDC Planetary Defense ConferencePDF Portable Data FilePDFs planar deformation featuresPEFT Previously Energized Flux TubePETM Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum [National Geographic, Oct 2011, p. 90-ff]

PGAA Prompt Gamma-ray Activation AnalysisPGEs platinum group elements [such as iridium, platinum, palladium and osmium]PGT Princeton Gamma TechPHA Potentially Hazardous AsteroidPHC Potentially Hazardous CometPHO Potentially hazardous objectsPIC particle-in-cell [computer simulation]PIC polygonal impact craters [Aittola et al. (2007).]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planar_deformation_featureshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentially_Hazardous_Objecthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentially_Hazardous_Objecthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planar_deformation_features


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pixels picture elementsPKT Procellarum KREEP Terrane [Lunar]PLS Plasma Science Experiment (NASA Voyager spacecraft)pmc percent modern carbonPMs planar microstructurePNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of

America. [Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA]POD Picture of the Day [Thunderbolts Project]ppb parts per billionppm parts per millionPRL Physical Research Laboratory [India]proplyds PROto-PLanetarY DiskPS Palermo ScalePSRD Planetary Science Research Discoveries [www.psrd.hawaii.edu]P-T Permian-Triassic [mass extinction ~251 Ma]PTF Palomar Transient FactoryP-Tr Permian-Triassic [mass extinction ~251 Ma]

PUP Princeton University Press`Q

QJRAS Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyQSO Quasi-Stellar Object or QuasarQz quartz [A mineral.]

`R

RA right ascensionRAL Rutherford Appleton LaboratoryRAS Russian Academy of SciencesRATS Desert RATSDesert Research and Technology Studies (NASA)

RCP right-hand circularly polarizedRCYBP 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 thepresent, CYBP

Re RheniumREE Rare Earth ElementsRNM radiochemical neutron activation analysisRPIF Regional and Planetary Image FacilityRSSD Research and Scientific Support Department [European Space AgencyESA]

RTI Reflectance Transformation ImagingRWC Regional Warning Centres [Solar]rybp radiocarbon years before the presentRYBP radiocarbon years before the present

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S chemical element sulfurSADPs selected area electron diffraction patterns


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SAGE SAICs Adaptive Grid EulerianSAIC Science Applications International CorporationSAO Smithsonian Astrophysical ObservatorySC shatter coneSDO Solar Dynamics Observatory (NASA)SDSS Sloan Digital Sky Survey (map)

SEAC European Society for Astronomy in CultureSEAS School of Engineering and Applied Sciences [Harvard University]SEIS Suspected Earth Impact Sites (http://impacts.rajmon.cz/)SELENE Selenological and Engineering Explorer (JAXA moon orbiting spacecraft also

known as Kaguya,)SEM scanning electron microscopySEPM Society for Sedimentary GeologySETI Search for Extraterrestrial IntelligenceSEU single-event upsetSFB Science & Faith BibliographySFDs size-frequency distributions

SFI Santa Fe InstituteSFOV south field-of-viewSGR Soft Gamma Repeaters [Astronomy]SHRIMP sensitive high resolution ion microprobe [ASI Version IIe]Si silicon [A nonmetallic element.]SI International System of UnitsSIDC Solar Influences Data Analysis Center [http://www.sidc.be/]SIM solar inertial motionSiO2 silicon dioxideSIS Society for Interdisciplinary StudiesSIU Southern Illinois UniversitySJ Society of Jesus [Jesuits] sometimes S.J.SKA Square Kilometre ArraySKR Saturn kilometric radiationS-L 9 Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9SMA Submillimeter ArraySMBH Super Massive Black HoleSMEI Solar Mass Ejection Imager [USAF]SMILES Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission SounderSMOW standard mean ocean waterSOAR Southern Astrophysical Research [telescope]SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy [NASA]SN supernovaSNC SNC-meteorites take their name from Shergotty, Nakhla and ChassignySNO Sudbury Neutrino ObservatorySOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy [airborne observatory]SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory [A spacecraft.]SPD Solar Physics Division [American Astronomical Society]SPD south polar deposit [on the planet Mars]SPE solar proton eventSRM shock-remnant magnetization
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SRTM Shuttle Radar Topography MissionSSA Space Situational Awareness Office [European Space Agency]SSB Solar System BarycentreSSB Solar System BibliographySSSB Small Solar System BodiesSSSI Space Sciences Series of ISSI [International Space Science Institute]

Stardust-NExT Stardust-New Exploration of Tempel, [spacecraft]STEM scanning transmission electron microscopeSTEREO 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 InstituteStv stishoviteSUERC 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

s

1

.SWE Solar Wind Experiment flying aboard the WIND satelliteSWEPAM Solar Wind Electron Proton Alpha Monitor flying aboard NASA's Advanced

Composition Explorer (ACE)SWPC Space Weather Prediction Center [NOAA]SwRI Southwest Research InstituteSy2 Seyfert 2 galaxy

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T TriassicTAU Tel Aviv UniversityTCB Tunguska Cosmic BodyTEM transmission electron microscopyTGFs Terrestrial Gamma-ray FlashesTHC thermohaline circulationTHEMIS Thermal Emission Imaging System [Odyssey spacecraft.]THEMIS Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms [NASA.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/themis/mission/index.html]TIFR Tata Institute of Fundamental Research [Mumbai, India]TIMS Thermal Ionization Mass SpectrometerTNC The Nature ConservancyTNO trans-Neptunian object or

http://planetary.org/explore/topics/our_solar_system/trans_neptunian_objects/list.

htmlTNT trinitrotoluene [A high explosive.]TOC Table of ContentsTP Target PlaneTPOD Thunderbolts Picture of the Day (www.thunderbolts.info )TRACE Transition Region and Coronal Explorer [A spacecraft.]Tr-J Triassic-Jurassic [mass extinction]TRM thermo-remnant magnetization
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TS Torino ScaleTSI total solar irradianceTWINS Two Wide-Angle Imaging Neutral-Atom Spectrometers [Two NASA spacecraft.]

`U

UAP Unidentified Atmospheric PhenomenaUCLA University of California Los AngelesUCM Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)UCSB University of California Santa BarbaraUFO Unidentified Flying ObjectUFRO University of Florida Radio Observatory (UFRO)UH Usselo HorizonUK United KingdomULIRGs Ultra Luminous Infra Red GalaxiesULX Ultra Luminous X-ray [sources]UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationUP University PressUP Utopia Planitia [location on Mars.]URL Universal Resource LocatorUS United States [of America]USGS United States Geological SurveyUV ultraviolet radiation or sometimes ultra violetUV-B ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B, 280-315 nm)UVIS Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph [instrument aboard the NASA/ESA

Cassini-Huygens spacecraft]UVOT Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope [Swift spacecraft.]

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VAs Virtual Asteroids

VEI Volcanic Explosivity IndexVGM Virtual Geology MuseumVHC Virtual Heritage Center [University of California Merced]VI Virtual ImpactorVIR visual and infrared [wavelengths]VISTA Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy [European Southern

Observatory]VLA Very Large ArrayVLT Very Large Telescope [European]VLT Victoria Land Traverse [U.S. led in Antarctica in 1959-1960]VOIR Venus Orbiting Imaging Radar

VRM Venus Radar MapperVSEGEI All Russia Geological Institute [St. Petersburg]VSMG Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group [UK]VSMOW Vienna Standard Mean Ocean WaterV-SMOW Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water

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W watts
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WDM warm dark matterWiC Worlds in Collision - I. VelikovskyWIS Weizmann Institute of ScienceWISE On February 1, 2011 NASAs Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer was shut

down.WISEASS WIS Experimental Astrophysics Spectroscopy System

WMAP Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe [http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html]WMD wiggle match dating [Radiocarbon dating]WPI Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWSD World Science Database [www.worldsci.org]WWSD World-Wide Science Database

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XRD X-ray diffractionXRF x-ray fluorescenceXXM X-ray Multi Mirror [ESA satellite XMM-Newton]

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YD Younger DryasYDB Younger Dryas BoundaryYDC Younger Dryas chronozoneYDIB Younger Dryas Impact Boundary

YORP An effect named after four scientists who investigated the effect of sunlight onsmall solar system bodies: Ivan Yarkovsky, John O'Keefe, V. Radzievskii andStephen Paddack.

YBP years before the present

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Zr zirconium [An element.]ZrSiO4 zircon [A mineral.]

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