Episode #055: Clues to Reconstruct Megaflood Events

Summary

In this episode, Randall Carlson explores glacio-fluvial features in Central New York and beyond, potentially linked to a massive impact event that shaped regions like the Rochester Basin. He highlights the importance of understanding ice accumulation and catastrophic flooding events in Earth's history. Utilizing modern observational tools, Carlson examines recent geological phenomena that reveal clues about our planet's past.

Key takeaways

• 1Impact event possibly linked to the formation of the Rochester Basin.
• 2Examination of glacial features in areas like the Saginaw Lobe and Grand Valley flood channel.
• 3Discussion of the differences between living and dead ice.
• 4Focus on megaflood events and their significance in geological history.

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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. Cosmographia, this is, what did you say, Brad, episode 55? That's right. That's right, yeah, 55. Episode 55 of the Randall Carlson Podcast. So, Randall. Sir. Before we all start talking about other random stuff, I just want to know, what are we going to talk about today in the main part of the show? You mean I have to commit to a certain course? Okay. All right. Well, we're going to continue to discuss the mega flood features around the North American continent because I want people who live in North America to understand and appreciate how these gigantic flood features are everywhere about us, in everyone's backyard, so that people who are living around, adjacent to, on top of these magnificent features, can begin to see for themselves what's going on in terms of the geomorphology. And also, then, because one of our goals here is the effort to try to reconstruct these events. And so, what we're doing is we're looking at the geomorphic evidence that's preserved in the landscape to try to reconstruct the events. It's very much like forensic geology. We're coming in and we're looking at the clues and the features that have been left over from an event that happened that we didn't witness. And so, we have to look at the clues. We have to look at the evidence that's been left behind to attempt to reconstruct the event. And so, we'll pick up where we left off. Uh, we were talking about the Finger Lakes. That's right. Yeah. We were talking about the Finger Lakes. ...

Excerpt from Kosmographia, Dec 29, 2020. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.