Three New Papers on Mythology and Meteorites

Paul bristolia at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 8 15:58:47 EDT 2007

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.