Episode #054: Traumatic Subglacial Erosion of Finger Lakes Region

Summary

In this episode, Randall Carlson delves into the unique topography and erosion features of the Finger Lakes region, exploring its geological history shaped by ancient floods. He discusses observations by early natural philosopher James Hall and recent research by geologists Wright and Shaw regarding subglacial meltwater events. Carlson utilizes seismic reflection profiles to reveal the dynamic processes that reshaped central New York's landscapes during the Late Pleistocene epoch.

Key takeaways

• 1James Hall: Early natural philosopher who recognized geomorphology linked to regional floods.
• 2Wright and Shaw: Geologists who proposed the role of catastrophic subglacial discharges in landform creation.
• 3Seismic reflection profiles detailed by Hinchey and Mullins in 1989, revealing deposition sequences in eroded gorges.
• 4Late Pleistocene epoch events around 13-14 thousand years ago significantly impacted North America's topography.

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Transcript excerpt

That's AncientNutrition.com code protein. This is Cosmographia, the Randall Carlson Podcast. And welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to Cosmographia, the Randall Carlson Podcast. I am Russ, one of your hosts. And I'm Kyle. And we are joined by the usual suspects, the whole crew's here. And I think we got some announcements before we get into the main topic. We got some events coming up, some new ones that none of you have heard about yet. One of those would be the Earth Origins. That's right. Is that what it's? Earth Origins? Yeah. So when is that one happening? Well, it's Robert Dakota's event with WorldViewsMedia.com that we just had on episode 51. And he tried to pull it together for last year, 2020. And the world situation, what it is, it couldn't come through. So he's shooting for it again in the middle of May 2021. It's actually the 14th through the 16th. And we've shifted the scab lands, contacted the cabin trip, so we can be part of that. So hopefully we'll all be out there for that Earth Origins conference with Randall as a speaker amongst probably, I think, about a half dozen other people. And he's working on Eric Von Daniken. And we're hoping that Graham Hancock's going to be involved. And he ran through a list. We'll have more of that. And we'll have the link in the description for that. All right. And, yeah, so the Contact of the Cabin event has been shifted a week, but it is still on. And we should be having a meeting here soon with all the attendees, so that'll be fun. We're going to have several more of those before we actually go. ...

Excerpt from Kosmographia, Dec 22, 2020. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.