User:Kalopin/Comet C/1811 F1 and The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812
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"Comet C/1811 F1 and The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812"
Recent findings suggest a meteor from a serial impact off the dust tail of Comet C/1811 F1 was the initial mechanism to cause the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812. There is a central semi-circular depression in Northeastern Marshall County, Mississippi which every hill in the valley emanates out from in a shockwave pattern. On the northwest face numerous unusual rocks were found with all aspects of impactites.
It appears this was not just tectonic activity or an isolated incident, but a global event from the close passing of a comet...
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[edit], Comet C/1811 F1, the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, Mississippi embayment, The Carolina Bays, Northeastern Marshall County Mississippi, meteor impact, intraplate tectonics, Mississippi Embayment/Bolide Astrobleme, Mississippi Embayment Landslides, A Theory of Cometary Associations with Earthquakes, 1811 A Comet and A Quake, Kalopins Legacy