A 2012 update of Paul A. LaViolette’s original 1983 Ph.D. dissertation (technical background for his book Earth Under Fire)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2 – Extragalactic Evidence Supporting the Superwave Model: Toward a General Theory of Galactic Outbursts 2.1 Evidence of Superwave Activity in Active Galactic Nuclei 2.2 Evidence of Superwave Activity in Inactive Spiral Galaxies 2.3 Cosmic Procreation 2.4 Activity in the Core of Our Galaxy 2.5 Cosmic Benchmarks
Chapter 3 – Modeling the Hypothesized 14,200 Years BP Superwave 3.1 Generation 3.2 Propagation 3.3 Arrival 3.4 Present Effect
Chapter 4 – Evidence of Recent Activity in the Galactic Nucleus and Disk 4.1 The Inhomogeneous Distribution of Hot Dust and Ionized Gas Within 6 Light Years of the Galactic Center 4.2 Expanding Clouds of Ionized Neon and the Propagating Ring of Neutral Oxygen Gas 4.3 The Radially Expanding Molecular Ring Cloud 4.4 Neutral Hydrogen Arm-like Ejections 4.5 The Violent Interstellar Medium 4.6 The Interstellar Wind 4.7 Planetary Evidence
Chapter 5 – Evidence of the Presence of the 14,200 Years BP Event Horizon 5.1 The Galactic Radio Background Radiation 5.2 The Distribution of Young Supernova Remnants 5.3 The Crab Nebula 5.4 The Casseopeia A Remnant 5.5 The Extragalactic Supernovae SN 1970g and SN 1979c
Chapter 6 – The Superwave Event Horizons of the Middle and Late Holocene 6.1 The Energetic Activity on the 6000 BP Superwave Event Horizon 6.2 A 393 AD Superwave?
Chapter 7 – Paleomagnetic Evidence7.1 Geomagnetic Reversals and Excursions 7.2 The Gothenburg Geomagnetic Excursion 7.3 Geomagnetic Excursions of the Current and Previous Interglacials
Chapter 8 – The Glacial Record 8.1 The Glacial Climatic Record 8.2 Dust in Glacial Ice 8.3 Cosmic Dust in Glacial Ice 8.4 Cosmogenic Beryllium Variations 8.5 The Volcanic Ash Record of the Byrd Ice Core
Chapter 9 – The Sedimentary Record 9.1 Correlations of Three Climatic Profiles 9.2 The Abrupt Nature of Major Climatic Change 9.3 Glacial Retreat and the Terminal Pleistocene Flood
Chapter 10 – The Terminal Pleistocene Extinction Episode 10.1 In Search of a Cause 10.2 The Drift Phenomenon 10.3 The Glacier Wave Effect 10.4 Dating the Megafaunal Extinctions
Chapter 11 – Recurrent Galactic Superwaves and the Evolution of Life 11.1 Quantum Speciation 11.2 Extraterrestrial Extinction Hypothesis in in Review
Chapter 12 – Testing the Galactic Explosion Hypothesis 12.1 Neutron Activation Analysis of Dust from Glacial Ice: Camp Century and Byrd Station Deep Ice Cores 12.2 Other Neutron Activiation Analysis Tests
Chapter 13 – Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendices