The Carolina bays: Explaining a cosmic mystery PART ONE OF THREE

The Virginian-Pilot ^ | September 7, 2008 | Dianne Tennant

[ForGod'sSake]

...but I'm not yet convinced there was any ‘ice age’ to start with...

I see. Well, there does appear to be a good deal of evidence of at least some really big glaciers over most of Canada and northern parts of the US. You know, the gouges, scrapes and stuff? But now that you mention it, there doesn't seem to be much in the oral histories or myths does there??? Anyway...

Think of all the evidence there is regarding adjustments to calenders worldwide.

I'm not up to speed on the calendar business, so I'll hafta do some digging to see what I can see.

http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1973/JASA12-73Steinhauer.html

Good read; thanks for that.

[ADemocratNoMore]

> Montgomery Alabama sets right in the middle of a part of it, no?

That's right.

> Best guess is that it's an artifact left over from the uplift of the Appalachians. Pure guess though.

I've considered that, but I would have expected such an artifact to be much more linear.

[ForGod'sSake]

The following site has a good deal of geologic information on this area and surrounding areas. It doesn't exactly explain how the semi-circle was formed but it's fairly apparent it wasn't from an impact:

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Follow the links; in particular 133A and 135A. Good hunting.

[ADemocratNoMore]

> ...it's fairly apparent it wasn't from an impact

Looks that way, but I still wonder if the more modern soils are on top of something really ancient.

Thanks for the link.