ANTARCTIC IMPACT

VISION EDITION / THE WHOLE BOOK

The story beat index.

Browse 150 beats in chapter order. Each leads to the relevant book section, with links to its plate or an existing 3D stop where available.

01 · The Main Event · 17 beats
  1. Two Antarctic landmasses beneath one ice sheetM-02 in 3D ↗ · D-33 in 3D ↗
  2. Antarctica in the joined worldRelated stop ↗
  3. A Massive Comet CollisionRelated stop ↗
  4. Read the strike on Tharp's mapRelated stop ↗
  5. The proposed remnant beneath Wilkes LandD-31 in 3D ↗ · D-30 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  6. The Ninety East Ridge and the HimalayasD-08 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  7. Oblique contact, plasticization and the land waveM-34 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  8. The World Before
  9. Earth's axis in the book's before and after
  10. The southern continents drawn back toward Antarctica
  11. High-altitude fossils and Asian river courses
  12. Hidden valleys and subglacial lakesM-36 in 3D ↗ · D-32 in 3D ↗
  13. Heat flow and the authors' cooling argument
  14. Coal and ancient vegetation
  15. The Day the World Changed
  16. The book's proposed sequence in minutes and hoursD-03 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  17. Antarctica as the Smoking Gun
02 · Extending the Comet Hypothesis · 27 beats
  1. The encounter as part of a wider swarm
  2. Evidence Across the Solar System
  3. The Impact Scenario
  4. Approach angle and contact geometryD-01 in 3D ↗ · D-03 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  5. Roche breakup and the mantle–core splitD-02 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  6. Oblique impact and continental separationRelated stop ↗
  7. Cometary Chemistry: What Space Missions Tell Us
  8. Why Nitrogen Ice?
  9. Sublimation and the missing-crater argument
  10. Atmospheric nitrogen
  11. Sea-level accounting
  12. A proposed isotope fingerprint
  13. Nitrogen ice on outer worlds
  14. Aftermath: Melting, Sublimation, and Survival
  15. Meltwater, volcanism, weather and rainfallRelated stop ↗
  16. Survival and recovery
  17. The Global Fracture Pattern
  18. The Greenland wedge and Atlantic openingD-13 in 3D ↗ · M-05 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  19. The Andes and AltiplanoM-35 in 3D ↗
  20. The Ring of FireD-12 in 3D ↗ · M-04 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  21. Pacific fracture zonesD-09 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  22. The San Andreas Fault
  23. The East African RiftM-09 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  24. The Himalayas: Built in MinutesRelated stop ↗
  25. Antipodal focusingD-10 in 3D ↗
  26. Before and After: Pangea, Then the Modern WorldD-11 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  27. A Widening Lens
03 · Other Worlds, Other Impacts · 20 beats
  1. Chapter Three: Other Worlds, Other Impacts
  2. Introduction
  3. Mars: The Hellas Impact BasinM-25 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  4. Hellas and Tharsis as an antipodal pairD-19 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  5. Hellas, glaciation, Valles Marineris and tilt
  6. The Moon: South Pole–Aitken BasinM-26 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  7. Mercury: The Caloris BasinM-27 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  8. Pluto: A Nitrogen-Ice SurpriseM-28 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  9. Triton: Neptune's Mysterious MoonM-29 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  10. Triton's crater-density comparisonD-24 in 3D ↗
  11. Uranus: The Planet on Its SideRelated stop ↗
  12. Saturn: The Mystery of Hyperion (and Beyond)Related stop ↗
  13. Saturn's irregular moonsM-30 in 3D ↗
  14. Saturn ring-age estimatesD-25 in 3D ↗
  15. The Pattern: Southern Polar ImpactsD-18 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  16. Estimating the Antarctic Comet
  17. The deposition estimate
  18. The dynamics estimate
  19. The mass-inventory triangleD-07 in 3D ↗
  20. Synthesis: A Solar-System-Wide Narrative
04 · The Dinosaurs and the Oil · 18 beats
  1. Chapter Four: The Dinosaurs and the Oil
  2. Introduction
  3. Shocking Discoveries in Peru: "The Land of the Lost"M-15 in 3D ↗
  4. Bolivia: Parque Nacional Toro ToroM-16 in 3D ↗
  5. Argentina: Neuquén, "Land of the Dinosaurs"M-17 in 3D ↗
  6. Australia: Marine Fossils in the OutbackM-18 in 3D ↗
  7. Living "Dinosaurs": Crocodiles and Giant Tortoises
  8. China: The Zigong Dinosaur Museum (Sichuan Province)M-19 in 3D ↗
  9. Compare the five fossil sitesM-20 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  10. The Role of the "Land Wave" and Recent Dinosaur Extinction
  11. Plasticized CrustD-04 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  12. Flash Burial and Accelerated FossilizationRelated stop ↗
  13. Oil, Gas, and Dinosaur Remains
  14. Petroleum maturation at burial depthD-16 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  15. The Comet's Fingerprint in the Oil
  16. Nitrogen isotope testD-14 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  17. Amino acid chirality testD-15 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  18. Conclusion
05 · The Antarctic Impact and the Human Memory · 31 beats
  1. Chapter Five: The Antarctic Impact and the Human Memory
  2. Introduction
  3. Pinpointing the Convergence Date: Early Civilizations and Sites
  4. Jericho and Göbekli TepeM-22 in 3D ↗ · M-23 in 3D ↗
  5. Sites across Africa, Asia and the Americas
  6. Plot the book's convergence windowM-21 in 3D ↗ · D-38 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  7. The Drowned World
  8. SundalandM-10 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  9. SahulM-11 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  10. BeringiaM-12 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  11. DoggerlandM-13 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  12. Compare the drowned regions and their areasM-14 in 3D ↗ · D-35 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  13. Sea-level rise and the submerged recordD-28 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  14. Where to LookD-36 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  15. Linking to the "Land Wave"
  16. James Churchward and the Lost Continent of Mu
  17. The Younger Dryas and Memories of Catastrophe
  18. The Younger Dryas temperature curveD-26 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  19. Boundary marker layersD-27 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  20. Where the book places the archaeological layersD-39 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  21. Megafauna losses by continentD-29 in 3D ↗
  22. Disaster in the book's cultural comparisons
  23. Sky-Beings and Falling Objects: A Myth CategoryRelated stop ↗
  24. Survivors Near the Impact Zone
  25. The Australian Aborigines and the Dreamtime
  26. Dreamtime Philosophies
  27. Wandjina and Gwion Gwion (Bradshaw) Rock Art
  28. A "Knockout" Event
  29. Uluru (Ayers Rock) Legends
  30. The New Guinea Mudmen: A Ten-Thousand-Year Heritage
  31. Conclusion: Piecing Together the Human Timeline
06 · The Origins of the Comet Swarm · 14 beats
  1. Chapter Six: The Origins of the Comet Swarm
  2. Revisiting Solar System Cratering
  3. The 18–23° Inclination Mystery
  4. Compare Pluto, Mars and ETNO inclinationsD-20 in 3D ↗
  5. The Planet Nine HypothesisM-31 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  6. The Batygin–Brown orbit-clustering plotD-21 in 3D ↗
  7. The proposed Planet Nine orbitD-22 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  8. The proposed southward approach and comet deliveryRelated stop ↗
  9. The search for Planet NineRelated stop ↗
  10. Cometary Ice: A Galactic Perspective
  11. The Oort Cloud, molecular clouds and ice circulation
  12. Timing and Future DiscoveriesD-23 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  13. Conclusion
  14. Key Points to Remember
07 · The Resurrection · 23 beats
  1. Chapter Seven: The Resurrection
  2. Revisiting the Aftermath
  3. Life Before the ImpactRelated stop ↗
  4. Warm seas, ancient ecology and a green Antarctica
  5. The question of preparation before the encounterRelated stop ↗
  6. Going Underground
  7. Cappadocia as a refuge comparisonM-24 in 3D ↗
  8. Ventilation, water storage and shelter designD-40 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  9. The Underground Sanctuary ScenarioRelated stop ↗
  10. Emergence into a transformed worldRelated stop ↗
  11. Survival StrategiesRelated stop ↗
  12. Advanced RemnantsRelated stop ↗
  13. Surface DwellersRelated stop ↗
  14. Subterranean SurvivorsRelated stop ↗
  15. The Great "Knockout"
  16. Changed land, weather, coasts and shelters
  17. Symbols of RenewalRelated stop ↗
  18. A network of renewal motifsD-41 in 3D ↗ · Related stop ↗
  19. The Egg
  20. Reflecting on the Present
  21. A Maturity Threshold
  22. What We Do With ItRelated stop ↗
  23. Conclusion

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