Dedication
We dedicate this work to several of the giants whose shoulders we timidly stand upon.
Raymond B. Daniels 1925-2009
Ignatius Donnelly 1831 - 1901
Immanuel Velikovsky 1895 - 1979
Alfred Lothar Wegener 1880- 1930
Harry Hammond Hess 1906 – 1969
Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996
Acknowledgements
The inspiration for this exploration was an exhibit on the enigma of the Carolina bay landforms at the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, in Raleigh, NC.
The genesis of our solution was a single paragraph in the paper The Goldsboro Ridge, an Enigma by R. B. Daniels, E. E. Gamble and W. H. Wheeler
The Goldsboro sand overlies the Sunderland Formation conformably. The contact is always abrupt but there is no evidence of deep channeling, basal coarse material, and evidence of weathering at the contact. Even the Carolina Bays do not disturb the underlying Sunderland materials (Figure 3). The sand in the bay rim is not different from the Goldsboro sand. Therefore, these Carolina Bays are merely surface features associated with the formation of the ridge.1
If it were not for Mr. Bob Kobres posting the paper on his site, we would likely not have arrived at a solution. When located, it was the only copy that seemed to be available anywhere on the web.
In 1982, two British astronomers, S. V. M (Victor) Clube and William Napier, published a book entitled "The Cosmic Serpent" . The first paragraph of that book presents the Perigee: Zero foundation:Clube and Napier identify the Taurid Complex as a possible source of the Perigee: Zero impactors, although their work does not consider circumterrestrial capture and de-orbits. "The Cosmic Serpent" is a prologue to all presented here.In this book we bring together hitherto unconnected strands in astronomy, biology and geology, and in the early history and mythology of man.
1. The Goldsboro Ridge, an Enigma By R. B. Daniels, E. E. Gamble, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, and W. H. Wheeler, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina