Not by fire but by ice - discover what killed the dinosaurs - and why it could soon kill us

256 Pages·2000·4.451 MB·English

by  Felix, Robert W.

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Not by Fire but by Ice
“I was charmed and delighted by your discussion of the fate of all
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very important with the underwater volcanic activity”.
—John E. Sanders, Professor Emeritus of Geology,
Barnard College, Columbia University, and author
of Principles of Physical Geology
“A must read! Fascinating. Forget global warming! You’ll shudder
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many nations. We’ve mentioned polar shifts before. Not by Fire but
by Ice puts all this together in a magnificent fashion with the best
evidence yet”. —The International Harry Schultz Letter
“Not by Fire but by Ice shocks your liver away from its moorings, it
is that riveting. A ten-inch rain—turned into snow—each day for a few
weeks would mean 100 inches of snow a day in such abundance it
could bring down every roof in Vancouver, Moose Jaw or Fargo”.
—Charles Walters, Editor, Acres USA
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—Dr. Louis Thompson, Climatologist, and
Professor Emeritus, Iowa State University
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excellent writing style is reminiscent of Carl Sagan’s wonderful
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relatively feeble impact of man relative to the long-term episodic
forces of nature”. —Dr. Daniel A. Walker, Seismologist, Retired
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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magnetic reversals and the coming ice age”.
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editor of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“Felix has done a most remarkable survey of the literature of the
geologic past to delineate what natural processes may show us of our
climatic future. For that alone the book is useful. His central
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glacial—is, I think, quite correct. Since we have used up the usual
time of past interglacials, it is possible that our current Little Ice Age
could turn into the next major glaciation”.
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found a book so well-researched and interesting that it compelled me
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think this book will fascinate readers from ninth grade through adult”.
—Mary Young, former high school
science teacher
“The only book I would consider a must read. Makes more common
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gious readers and writers may become the strongest supporters of ice-
age calamity and magnetic field reversal. Certainly this Christian
writer is such a believer”. —Bob Olson, Reviewer, and Author of
Memories with a Christmas Attitude
2nd Edition
2nd Edition
Discover What
Killed the
Dinosaurs . . .
and Why it Could
Soon Kill Us
Robert W. Felix
Copyright ® 2000 by Robert W. Felix
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or trans-
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Cover graphic design by Virginia Hand
Cover illustration by Carol Stecher Jones
Author photo by Mark A. Kulp
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-71069
Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data
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Felix, Robert W.
Not by fire but by ice: discover what killed
the dinosaurs-and why it could soon kill us /
Robert W. Felix. — 2nd Ed
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 0-9648746-8-7
1. Catastrophes (Geology) 2. Geodynamics.
3. Glacial climates. 4. Extinction (Biology)
I. Title.
QE506.F45 1997 363.3'4'92
QBI99-534
Printed in Canada
C 10 987654321
Sugarhouse Publishing, PO Box 435, Bellevue, WA 98009
A long time ago,
the universe was made of ice.
Then one day
the ice began to melt,
and a mist rose into the sky.
Out of the mist
came a giant made of frost,
and the earth and the heavens
were made from his body.
That is how the world began,
and that is how the world will end,
not by fire
but by ice.
The seas will freeze,
and winters will never end.
—Ancient Scandinavian Legend
CONTENTS
Preface
1 K-O’d at the K-T 21
Dinosaur extinction • They died in less than a year • A
worldwide layer of iridium • And a layer of soot • Equi-
valent to one billion Hiroshima bombs • A meteor? • No
2 Bolide Bullies 33
Where’s the hole? • Manson Structure • Chixculub • Popigai
Reversed polarity? • Volcanoes • The Deccan Traps • The
Siberian Traps • Geologic Time Scale • Extinctions come
in cycles • We can’t find 525 huge craters?
3 Disappearing Act 45
Sea levels fell at every extinction in history • Water tempera-
tures rose 9° to 22°F • Hallam’s and Vail’s sea level charts
The fish clays • Acid rain? • Freshwater animals survived
Black shale • Anoxic waters • Sea levels fell in some areas
but not in others
4 The Irony 55
Extinctions correlate with magnetic reversals • Magnetic
field strength is falling right now • Brunhes • Matuyama
Extinction and glaciation cycles match the reversal cycle
5 Ruler of the Universe 64
Magnetic forces cause explosions on the sun • Granulation
Supergranulation • Sunspots • Magnetic reversals on the sun
produce large electric surges on earth and affect volcanic and
seismic activity • What if a reversal should occur right here?
6 Continental Drift 75
Alfred Wegener • Pangaea • Huge underwater mountains and
magnetic stripes on the seafloor • New seafloor is created at
underwater ridges, then crawls across the ocean to be eaten at
the other end • Map • Benioff zones • Alaska’s Good Friday
earthquake • The biggest dispose-all in the world • All
continents are headed north • Open and close cycle in the seas
x CONTENTS
7 The Traitor Within 92
Go north young man • North-seeking protons drive the plates
Electrophoresis • Electrotelluric currents • All plates rotate
It’s slow-motion granulation, caused by magnetic repulsion
Thrusts • Faraday’s Law: A fluctuating magnetic field can
produce an electric current • Magnetic reversals move the
plates, shoot electricity through the soil, create metamorphic
rocks, and cause volcanoes • Mountains grow by extension
Bouguer anomalies • Liquefaction • Old Port Royal • Elec-
tromagnetic forces cause earthquakes
8 Earthquake Lights and Crazy Snakes 108
New Madrid • Haicheng • Tangshan • UFOs are earth-
quake lights? • Earthquake lights are escaping electromagnetic
forces • VAN method • Electrotelluric currents • Crazy
snakes and cockroaches twirling, all just before earthquakes
9 Diving Turtles 118
Land rises and falls in sync with our galactic orbit • Today’s
underwater ridge system began at the K-T • Electromagnetic
forces push land upward • Underwater volcanoes affect sea
levels • Sea level changes occur abruptly • Tectonic move-
ment correlates with magnetic reversals • Hairpin turns in the
polar wander curve • 14.1-myr cycle • Mazaud • Mag-
netic reversals cause ice ages
10 Fish Stew 133
Underwater volcanoes heat our seas and may cause El Niño
Freshwater animals survived • Thousands of cubic kilome-
ters of moisture rose into the sky, causing massive floods
What if it had been cold at the time? • Snow, unbelievable
amounts of snow
11 Not by Fire but by Ice 141
The dinosaur’s world ended by ice • Sixteen stories of snow
a day • Climatic cooling caused almost every extinction in
history • What do ice ages have in common? Magnetic rever-
sals • Description of past ice ages • Why do ice ages end
abruptly?