Dinosaur extinction was probably by Sun particles

[Moontanman]

"For example, the levels of ionizing radiation and radio interference can vary by factors of hundreds to thousands" - "Earth itself is largely protected from the solar wind by its magnetic field, which deflects most of the charged particles; however some of the charged particles are trapped in the Van Allen radiation belt." - "CMEs cause shock waves in the thin plasma of the heliosphere, launching electromagnetic waves and accelerating particles (mostly protons and electrons) to form showers of ionizing radiation that precede the CME" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind

 

"From the European Space Agency’s Cluster mission, a new study has taken place that proposes it easier for the solar wind to infiltrate the magnetosphere than it had been previously believed" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind

 

"What Problems Do Solar Winds Cause for Technology?" - "Problems Caused by the Solar Wind - In power systems especially, geomagnetic storms induce strong currents within transformers" - "Minimizing Solar Wind Impacts - Utility companies and other technology-based operations can minimize the impacts from geomagnetic storms." - http://www.ehow.com/way_5743486_prob...chnology_.html

 

The perfect solar storm? Sun eruptions to peak in 2013 - "A massive solar storm, like the one that knocked out radio communications all over the U.S. in 1958, is coming, and this time the devastation could total as much as $2 trillion, experts told FoxNews.com. Call it the perfect solar storm." - http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/...-peak-in-2013/

 

etc, etc

 

 

None of this has anything to do with what you are asserting...

 

[Bignose]

"For example, the levels of ionizing radiation and radio interference can vary by factors of hundreds to thousands" - "Earth itself is largely protected from the solar wind by its magnetic field, which deflects most of the charged particles; however some of the charged particles are trapped in the Van Allen radiation belt." - "CMEs cause shock waves in the thin plasma of the heliosphere, launching electromagnetic waves and accelerating particles (mostly protons and electrons) to form showers of ionizing radiation that precede the CME" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind

 

"From the European Space Agency’s Cluster mission, a new study has taken place that proposes it easier for the solar wind to infiltrate the magnetosphere than it had been previously believed" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind

 

"What Problems Do Solar Winds Cause for Technology?" - "Problems Caused by the Solar Wind - In power systems especially, geomagnetic storms induce strong currents within transformers" - "Minimizing Solar Wind Impacts - Utility companies and other technology-based operations can minimize the impacts from geomagnetic storms." - http://www.ehow.com/way_5743486_prob...chnology_.html

 

The perfect solar storm? Sun eruptions to peak in 2013 - "A massive solar storm, like the one that knocked out radio communications all over the U.S. in 1958, is coming, and this time the devastation could total as much as $2 trillion, experts told FoxNews.com. Call it the perfect solar storm." - http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/...-peak-in-2013/

 

etc, etc

I don't believe anyone was disagreeing with the notion of existence of the solar wind. What we are disagreeing with is that the solar wind does not have the properties you are assigning to it. Unless you somehow want to claim that dinosaur extinction was because of current induction in transformers or interference of radio waves...

[lbiarge]

Very probably the effect is very high that I consider:

 

"Radiation exposure of airline passengers" - http://www.bfs.de/en/ion/anthropg/flugpassagiere.html

 

This is probably a negationist but also is usefull (he deny the effect of radioactivy in the "pregnant women exposed to medical radiation") : "So, even during large solar flares, passengers will not receive a radiation dose to be concerned about, but pregnant women worry about the effects on their children" - http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/faqs/solarflare.html

 

more in google : http://www.google.com/search?q=solar+wind+plains#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q="solar+wind"+airplane+passengers

 

This is usefull because a person is in a airplane few time, but a little more bigger solar wind but in many time, ... or less magnetic field can make many more effects.

[John Cuthber]

The notable thing about airline passengers and crew is that they are a long way up.

Because of this the earth's atmosphere is underneath them and so it cannot shelter them from the effects of the sun (including the solar wind).

However , unless you are suggesting that the dinosaurs were often at 10000 meters altitude it's not relevant to the extinction.

That other possibility would be if the air suddenly disappeared.

That would leave the animals at the mercy of the solar wind, but the lack of oxygen would kill them before they had time to worry about radiation.

[lbiarge]

The notable thing about airline passengers and crew is that they are a long way up.

Because of this the earth's atmosphere is underneath them and so it cannot shelter them from the effects of the sun (including the solar wind).

However , unless you are suggesting that the dinosaurs were often at 10000 meters altitude it's not relevant to the extinction.

That other possibility would be if the air suddenly disappeared.

That would leave the animals at the mercy of the solar wind, but the lack of oxygen would kill them before they had time to worry about radiation.

 

Airplane radiation is not in relation with atmosphere, it's in relation with less magnetic field.

 

In same form a less quantity of the magnetic field may have relation with radiation at low altitude. Also consider that a people is few time in a plain but all the time in the land.

[Moontanman]

Airplane radiation is not in relation with atmosphere, it's in relation with less magnetic field.

 

In same form a less quantity of the magnetic field may have relation with radiation at low altitude. Also consider that a people is few time in a plain but all the time in the land.

 

Umm no, the atmosphere provides quite a bit of shielding, something like the equivalent of a meter of lead. Enough "sun particles" to kill off 70% of all life on the earth would have had to have swept away the atmosphere completely.

[SplitInfinity]

The statements by the author of this topic as far as how they believe it would not be possible for a meteorite impacting the Earth to cause an ELE...Extinction Level Event at the time of the Dinosaurs...which in fact was an ASTEROID impact about 65 Million years ago near the Yucatan....make little sense.

 

The crator that still exists much of it underwater...is MASSIVE and would be the result of an impact of incredible kinetic transfer equivelent to multiple millions of megatons of explosive force. This impact threw millions of tons of debris into the atmosphere as well as caused masive tsunami's thousands of feet high as well as created a heat wave blast so hot and powerful most life on Earth was burned to a crisp by it.

 

The topics author should examine the physics and properly calculate the kinetic transfer and effects of that a 10 mile wide plus asteroid impacting the Earth at over 25 to 30 Thousand miles per hour...and some asteroids have impacted Earth at over 100,000 Miles Per Hour. It is like a bullet striking a Cantalope.

 

Split Infinity