Dear Friends, The Geological Society of London has a new book concerning the potential of myth to yield clues to geologic processes and past geologic events. It is:
Piccardi, L., and W.B. Masse, 2007, Myth and Geology. Geological Society of London Special Publication no. 273. http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/vol273/issue1/ 10-Digit ISBN: 1-86239-216-1 13-Digit ISBN: 978-1-86239-216-8 Three of the papers in this book are related to mythology and either meteorites of extraterrestrial impacts. They are: 1. Myth and catastrophic reality: using myth to identify cosmic impacts and massive Plinian eruptions in Holocene South America by W. Bruce Masse1 & Michael J. Masse. http://sp.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/273/1/177 2. Cosmogenic mega-tsunami in the Australia region: are they supported by Aboriginal and Maori legends? by E. Bryant, G. Walsh & D. Abbott. http://sp.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/273/1/203 3. Meteorite records in the ancient Greek and Latin literature: between history and myth by Massimo D'Orazio http://sp.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/273/1/215 The PDF files of these articles can be downloaded for free until June 18th. Best Paul H. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
