Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 49 minutes ago

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This presentation tries to determine if the atmospheric shock waves of a projectile can make basins like the Carolina Bays.


Michael Owen: 1.9 km/s 1.7 kT-TNT Airburst Simulation
youtu.be/KK2Mq2KqS9U
Michael Owen: 1.8 km/s 35° down angle impact of a 20m diameter equivalent irregular ice impactor
youtu.be/1VCJK5CGSOc

The Neglected Carolina Bays: Ubiquitous Geological Evidence of a Cataclysm.
Amazon: amzn.to/4dqrcRY

Cottrell, C., & Zamora, A. (2025). Interpreting the Geomorphology of Carolina Bays as Secondary Impact Structures. Journal of Environmental & Earth Sciences, 7(6), 111–124. doi.org/10.30564/jees.v7i6.8876
PDF: journals.bilpubgroup.com/index.php/jees/article/view/8876/6328

A. Zamora, A model for the geomorphology of the Carolina Bays, Geomorphology, 282, 209–216. (2017), DOI 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.019
doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.019

LiDAR Visualization Tool for Google Earth by Michael Davias.
ovoidbasinsurvey.cintos.org
lidar-hrtm.cintos.org

Python program for fitting ellipses to the Carolina Bays by the least squares method.
github.com/citpeks/Carolina-Bays-least-squares-ellipse-fitting

Fit ellipses using a web browser
pyscript.com/@ellipses123/ellipse-fitting/latest