: Joseph O?Donoghue
: The Geology of Greece Uniformity or Catastrophe?
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Dive into the captivating world of The Geology of Greece, the second volume in The Legend of Atlantis and the Science of Geology series. Uncover the ancient catastrophe's impact on Greece and the Aegean Sea, challenging established academic theories with a thought-provoking exploration of geological evidence and the laws of physics.

The author graduated from University College Cork, Ireland, in 1986 with a Batchelor's degree in geology and began his career as a professional geologist working on water resources and environmental geology in both Ireland and the United States. Finding that the work of a geologist did not really appeal to him, he left the field and pursued his keen interest in the science of geology independently. His interest in natural history was matched only by his interest in ancient archaeology, and the intersection of the two. Driven by a primary interest in the enigma of the Ice Age, the author embarked on a quest to solve what is probably the greatest mystery in geology, undeterred by the many decades of prior and futile efforts that had preceded his. Growing up near formerly glaciated landscapes in Ireland, and living among them in the Northeastern United States, he became very familiar with the evidence the Ice Age left behind. Careful observation, an eye for detail, and an open mind enabled the author to achieve insights previously missed or obscured by an excessive adherence to traditional, gradualistic academic dogma. His review of the geological sciences extended back to the early years of the science and to a time when catastrophism was the dominant view of earth history. The question the author attempts to answer, therefore, is whether modern-day gradualist uniformitarianism is correct or whether some form of catastrophism holds the better answer. And, after thirty years of study, the author considers the latter to be much more the correct. The author's approach to his critical analysis of the Atlantis legend and the science of geology is based solely on the evidence and underpinned by the laws of physics, and, using much scientific evidence and those laws of physics, this series seeks to demonstrate that the geological history of this world may well be very different to what orthodox academic geology says it is, and that lost Atlantis may indeed be a reality.

INTRODUCTION

AS STATED IN THE SERIES INTRODUCTION, THESE first two volumes focus on matters pertaining in any way to the legend of Atlantis. In this second volume, we focus on the other region the Egyptian priest gives us some geological information about, i.e., Greece and the Aegean, which he describes in the context of Atlantis and its destruction. We are, of course, interested to see if the recent geological history of the Greek/Aegean region reflects incremental uniformitarianism, as we’re led to believe, or the old priest’s rather more dramatic narrative ofevents.

Having taken a close look at Plato’s Atlantis legend itself in volume 1, and from as many angles as could possibly have something to offer, including the geological and astronomical, we should, by now, have a good idea of what it actually says, at least about everything except Greece and the Aegean. We have heard from many of the parties involved, both ancient and modern, including those with one or another axe to grind, most of whom hail from academia, and most of whom condemn the legend as fiction, and its author as an imaginative poet, orworse.

At the same time, we saw that there are still some well-established academics who hesitate to dismiss the legend out of hand, and feel that there may be an historical fact or two lurking in the background. While they are certainly a small minority, these few academics do signify that not all scholars studiously toe the line of orthodoxy. This gives us some modicum of hope, atleast.

We spent a good deal of time on the newly created subdiscipline of geomythology and its treatment of Atlantis and other myths. We saw that the approach taken by these academics was little different from any academic anywhere. Most demonstrated disinterest, or perhaps evasion, when it came to giving any myth a proper scientific treatment. This was unsurprising, considering the reluctance of academic geologists to challenge any of the dearly held theories of the uniformitarian establishment, as Berger, for example, made clear. As he suggested, perhaps it’s time for some Chinese scientists or physicists to getinvolved.

In this volume, we will have no hesitation at all in challenging the theories of uniformitarianism, and we will often use physics to do so, while we may meet the odd Chinese scientist also. Since the priest gives us a good deal of geological information about ancient Greece (Athens) we will now use that to conduct a geological “test,” shall we say, of Plato’s legend, which we could also call his “geological theory.” As we saw from Dorothy Vitaliano, in chapter 8 of volume 1, there is little difference between a geological theory and an etiological myth, and hence, Plato’s legend is, in essence, an etiological myth concerning the formation of the present-day world.

The priest describes the country in both a general way, as regards its overall size, shape and topography, and also in a more detailed way, pertaining to its soils, sediments, plants, and climate. More importantly, the priest also presents a description of the catastrophe’s effects on Greece, simultaneous with the destruction of Atlantis out in theAtlantic.

We have, therefore, quite a lot to work with, especially as compared to some of the legends we examined in volume 1. Still, our examination of those legends showed that some do provide quite a lot of information—much of it unaddressed by academic geomythologists, who clearly hadn’t much interest in “elucidating” the nature of the geological events that gave rise to those legends. However, we saw that a simple comparison of one or two legends with the geological evidence suggested that those legends were quite likely valid reports of actual events. This volume is essentially a massively expanded version of that comparisonprocess.

The reader will, of course, understand that much of what I say in this book contradicts the uniformitarian explanation, and much else is considered complete heresy. However, the whole point is to test uniformitarianism, so it can’t be helped if the results of the experiment are not to academia’s liking—I’m just following the science, as academics themselves say, and I can’t help where it leads, as they alsosay.

We begin with a look at the structure of Greece and the Aegean, both being a single landmass, in reality; it is just that some of it, the Aegean area, is now underwater. We know that the region experiences occasional earthquakes and volcanic er