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Are there any more similar stories like this? It's really fascinating.

ridgeguy 9y ago
Maybe. There is apparently some evidence and viable theories for ongoing fission reactions in localized regions deep in the Earth. Commentary [1] on a report in Nature [2]. Neither of these seems to be paywalled. [1] http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080515/full/news.2008.822.html http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080515/full/news.2008.822.ht... [2] http://www.nature.com/articles/srep37740 http://www.nature.com/articles/srep37740
- 205guy 9y ago
  Thank you for these links. I had recently read on wikipedia [1] about how plate tectonics may have started on the young earth, and I was fascinated by the idea. In a way, tectonic theory is relatively new, and already we are exploring the mantle mechanisms by which it may be driven. Your links help explain where that mantle heat comes from. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boring_Billion#Tectonic_constraints https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boring_Billion#Tectonic_constr...
cossatot 9y ago
I don't know about other nuclear physics type phenomena, but some reasonably unthinkable things that probably happened include the earth being completely encased in ice[1], all of the continents colliding into a supercontinent[2], a volcano big enough that it was essentially a crack in the earth with basalt lava (>1000°C) pouring out at 4x the flow of the Amazon for a week (in which it flowed hundreds of miles)[3], or (one of my favorites, though it's just kind of neat and not so mind-blowing) ammonite seashells that have had the original calcite shell naturally replaced with pyrite (fool's gold) so there are completely natural metallic fossils[4]. [1]: www.snowballearth.org [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River_Basalt_Group http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River_Basalt_Group [4]: https://www.google.it/search?q=ammonites+replaced+with+pyrite+morocco https://www.google.it/search?q=ammonites+replaced+with+pyrit...

Maybe. There is apparently some evidence and viable theories for ongoing fission reactions in localized regions deep in the Earth. Commentary [1] on a report in Nature [2]. Neither of these seems to be paywalled. [1] http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080515/full/news.2008.822.html http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080515/full/news.2008.822.ht... [2] http://www.nature.com/articles/srep37740 http://www.nature.com/articles/srep37740

205guy 9y ago
Thank you for these links. I had recently read on wikipedia [1] about how plate tectonics may have started on the young earth, and I was fascinated by the idea. In a way, tectonic theory is relatively new, and already we are exploring the mantle mechanisms by which it may be driven. Your links help explain where that mantle heat comes from. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boring_Billion#Tectonic_constraints https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boring_Billion#Tectonic_constr...

cossatot 9y ago

I don't know about other nuclear physics type phenomena, but some reasonably unthinkable things that probably happened include the earth being completely encased in ice[1], all of the continents colliding into a supercontinent[2], a volcano big enough that it was essentially a crack in the earth with basalt lava (>1000°C) pouring out at 4x the flow of the Amazon for a week (in which it flowed hundreds of miles)[3], or (one of my favorites, though it's just kind of neat and not so mind-blowing) ammonite seashells that have had the original calcite shell naturally replaced with pyrite (fool's gold) so there are completely natural metallic fossils[4]. [1]: www.snowballearth.org [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangaea [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River_Basalt_Group http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River_Basalt_Group [4]: https://www.google.it/search?q=ammonites+replaced+with+pyrite+morocco https://www.google.it/search?q=ammonites+replaced+with+pyrit...