Carolina Bay presentation from Davias wows Asheville GSA

Is that a lake on a ridge?

May 3, 2021

SURFICIAL QUARTZ SAND DEPOSITS ON THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN: EOLIAN, FLUVIAL OR MARINE? THE CASE FOR A CATASTROPHIC DELIVERY MECHANISM DAVIAS, Michael, Cintos Research, 1381 Hope Street, Stamford, CT 06907 and GILBRIDE, Jeanette L., Cintos Research, Raleigh, NC 27613, [email protected] Regions of the Atlantic Coastal Plain are often capped by a surficial sheet of…

Tusk and Co. dig a Carolina Bay

Arabia Bay sediments to be tested by Georgia High School

September 21, 2019

Want to know a sure-fire formula to get long time internet friends together in person — and even outdoors on a blazing August day? Dig up a perfectly featured Carolina Bay. Long time Carolina bay enthusiasts, digital buddies of the Tusk, and curious citizens, Chris Cotrell, Antonio Zamora, Michael Davias, Micah Hanks and Jason…

Tusk on the Carolina Bays

What I REALLY think

December 16, 2018

In the weeks following the Hiawatha Crater discovery, I took the opportunity to post a personal note concerning the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis on my Facebook page. Deeper in the thread as a result of some comments I took the opportunity to give my “2018 take” on the Carolina bays. Here is my comment,…

Podcast: Tusk appears on ‘Den of Lore’ to discuss the YDB and Carolina Bays with host Chris George Zuger

August 11, 2017

The Cosmic Tusk Carolina Bay media file

June 4, 2017

Click here for a public link to the file The Tusk has had several requests for Carolina Bay images lately, including drone video for a forthcoming episode of “What On Earth?”, the most popular show on Discovery Science. In the process of putting my material together in one place, I realized how cool it…

Problem solved?: Carolina Bays are shock liquefaction impact features from hypersonic ice boulders launched from the glacial ice sheet by a cosmic impact at the Younger Dryas

January 22, 2017

A. Zamora The Tusk was absolutely thrilled to see the publication last week of a paper concerning Carolina Bays in the distinguished journal, Geomorphology. Other than a brief role for the Carolina bays in the early papers of the Comet Research Group, and a much longer series of Geological Society of America posters laboriously…

Carolina bays identified as hydrogen seeps in new paper

October 19, 2015

I heard have from this group of researchers on and off as they have tested for anomalous hydrogen in Carolina bays based on their work on similar features in Russia. They are very professional and quite certain their test data supports the hypothesis that bays are surficial expressions of hydrogen seeps from down under —…

Davias confronts 2013 Denver GSA with the Carolina Bays

Restored from the library fire 1/1/20

May 4, 2014

Davias calls out “Wind and Wave” formation theory Michael Davias of Cintos.org presented another astonishing Carolina Bay poster at the October, 2013, Denver meeting of the Geological Society of America. My apologies to bay fans for not posting this earlier. Here is the direct download from GSA. I speculate that the robustly repetitive Carolina bays…

3D Space Navigator and Carolina Bay LiDAR Data from Cintos Research: A Match Made In Heaven

March 16, 2013

Eye Candy Earlier this week I purchased a wonderful device, the 3D Space Navigator Mouse from 3D Connexion. I am giving this cool tool Two Tusks Up and encourage any reader who works with 3D or Google Earth to purchase one post-haste. This sturdy little brick of a mouse has a foating head…

The Carolina Bays: George Howard’s Original 1997 Web Essay

February 17, 2013

February 2013 Prologue Long on the list of “To-Dos” here at the Tusk is the reposting of the 1997 web essay that got me into this mess. I have been particularly haunted in recent years as I ditched the eponymous site for social media (2008) and blogging (2010). The code from my old website deteriorated relative to modern…

Charlotte: Carolina Bays at GSA in November

Restored from the library fire 1/11/20

September 4, 2012

Isn’t it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!! — Wilbur Wright, June, 1903 No one has yet invented an explanation which will fully account for all the facts observed – Douglas Johnson, regarding Carolina bays, 1942 The Geological Society of America…

Carolina Bay Poster Now Available!

June 3, 2012

Contact Michael Davias here for this limited edition work of god….

Part I: Howard Recounts YDB and Carolina Bay Odyssey in Pleistocene Coalition News

April 12, 2012

Davias’ Astonishing Presentation to Asheville GSA on Carolina Bay origin

April 5, 2012

Michael Davias’ presentation this week to the GSA’s Southeastern Section in Asheville is simply extraordinary. Even better than last month at Hartford. I bet the sclerotic old geo-goats — and better, the know-it-all-because-somebody-told-me kids — were put on their heels The fact is that no one knows how the hell these features came to…

Astonishing Image of Carolina Bays

April 4, 2012

The image below is from the Bennettsville, South Carolina region. More Carolina bays here….

Davias Presents to Geological Society of America on Carolina Bays

March 29, 2012

I am trying to get the Powerpoint from Michael Davias, which I will post. I am sure it is very, very cool. His website is here: http://cintos.org/ Goldsboro Ridge: How does a lake form on a hill? SURFICIAL QUARTZ SAND DEPOSITS ON THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN: EOLIAN, FLUVIAL OR MARINE? THE CASE FOR A…

Carolina Bays and Peat Fires

January 31, 2012

But some bays have no peat! “Analysis reveals that, unlike typical, peat-rich Carolina Bays, Howard Bay essentially lacks peat, diatoms, pollen, and other organic materials, and it also lacks substantial silt and clay. That suggests this Bay never held water for a sustained length of time. Furthermore, the presence of extensive eolian sand calls…

Carolina Bay Tour de Force: Davias’ startles Geological Society of America with Delmarva Marvels and other wonders

October 29, 2011

Davias Carolina Bay GSA Poster Davias Carolina Bay Presentation Davias Carolina Bay Presentation Notes…

Southeastern Archaeology: Carolina Bays Time Capsules of Culture and Climate Change

January 24, 2011

Carolina Bays Time Capsules of Culture and Climate Change Southeastern Archaeology…

Pic of the Day: Davias and Perigee Zero stun planet with Carolina Bay image

December 16, 2010

SEE CORRECTION Update#1: Larger image now linked to small above;) Mike Davias brought some attention today to one of the Tusk’s favorite subjects: Carolina Bays. His wonderful LIDAR image of the bays — above and first revealed here on the Tusk — was selected as today’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Science Picture of the…

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