Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!roger_warren_tang From: roger_warren_tang@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: more Velikovsky Message-ID: <4060@cup.portal.com> Date: 23 Mar 88 07:06:01 GMT References: <5236@uwmcsd1.UUCP> <1138@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> <5250@uwmcsd1.UUCP> <1167@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> <5265@uwmcsd1.UUCP> <4006@cup.portal.com> <5300@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 7 XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.3405 That a catastrophe is a large source of radiation has very little to do with most of the radioactive dating methods. As well, such a catastrophe would be recognizable by the neutron tracks and other radiation markers. As well, such radiation would be stopped within the first few feet of solid ground cover. If you postulate such intense radiation as to penetrate ground cover, this too would be quite evident.