Rock strata dating suggests planetary orbital effects on climate

warrsupwiththat? ^ | / 2 days ago February 24, 2017 | Anthony Watts

[DennisR]

Really? The strength of the gravitational force from Mars is incredibly small. How can they realistically justify some kind of resonance condition? I say this is fake science!

[HippyLoggerBiker]

Third quarter Calculus is a good starting point.
Vector analysis and (real) differential equations still make my hair hurt.

Glad you enjoyed the film.

Regards,
HLB

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

What? You mean changing weather is a fully NATURAL phenomenon over which man has almost no impact?

Gee, who would have guessed.

Great to see that confirmed through discoveries such as this, but I just rabidly can’t wait to see the HOAX of anthropogenic global warming theory severely debunked, and the sooner the better!

[crusty old prospector]

I’m with you.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

So....Velikovsky was right, but for the wrong reasons?

[NormsRevenge]

CHAOS Happens.

[razorback-bert]

ping

[Clutch Martin]

Wonderful article.

Now I understand my bowling balls tendency to avoid the pins.

[BlueMondaySkipper]

The strength of the gravitational force from Mars is incredibly small. How can they realistically justify some kind of resonance condition?

That's the whole concept behind Chaos theory. Small fluctuations can change things greatly over time.

Say for example, that the gravitational pull of Mars moved the earth 1mm per year. Over a few hundred million years, it would have moved it a few hundred million millimeters. On top of that, when earth is moved a few hundred million millimeters, the movement could accelerate from 1mm per year in my example to 2mm per year.

I'm obviously picking numbers out of the air, but you get my point.

[TXnMA]

"Well, Colorado, Texas. What difference does it make. They are both just flyover country."

That was one big oceanic segment. We routinely found fossilized shark's teeth 100 yards from our home in Sherman (north central) Texas. And, when you're at the parking lot at Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, you're standing on an ancient seashore-- looking out across that same ocean basin.

I haven't looked for specific evidence of it in Colorado, but, would not be surprised if others have found such evidence there.

FWIW, this:

San Jacinto Monument -- at the battleground where Texians kicked the Mexicans out of Texas -- and taller than the Washington Monument -- is built of this:

..."Texas Fossiliferous Limestone" from Central Texas. (Limestone from one of those "dry period" layers mentioned in the article...)

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[LOL! I Just inspired myself to revive an old tagline...] '-)

[TXnMA]

LOL! That photo of the Rio Grande (with Texas on the right) reminded me that there are significant stretches of Texas Border -- where Trump won't have to build our Wall... '-)