New paper: Rebuttal of Holliday et al.’s comprehensive Gish gallop of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis
A new paper has been accepted for publication in Airbursts and Cratering Impacts. Abstract below. The full paper will appear online, open access, in a few weeks. Rebuttal of Holliday et al.’s comprehensive Gish gallop of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis Martin B. Sweatman1*, James L. Powell2, Allen West3. 1. Martin B. Sweatman, Institute of Materials and Processes, School of Engineering, King’s Buildings, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FB, UK. 2. James L. Powell, University of Southern California, 3716 S. Hope St, Los Angeles, CA, 90007-4344, USA. Retired. 3. Allen West, Comet Research Group, 2204 Lakewood Drive, Prescott, AZ 86301, USA. *Corresponding author: martin.sweatman@ed.ac.uk Abstract In an article comprising some 96,000 words, Holliday et al. (2023) (HEA) claim to have “comprehensively refuted” the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (YDIH), even though it has been corroborated by scores of articles in dozens of peer-reviewed journals based on the discovery of some combin