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Collins and Fasold paper calls Durupınar a common geologic structure

· by Lorence G. Collins, David Fasold

Geologist Lorence Collins and David Fasold concluded in the Journal of Geoscience Education that the formation is a natural doubly plunging syncline and the "anchor" stones are local andesite.

The Durupınar ridge in 2009 (site photo, not of this event)
Site photo, not of this event. Zorka Sojka / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

What is claimed

Proponents describe metal-braced walls, an iron bracket, fossilised gopherwood and drogue anchor stones.

What is established

The paper found the supposed bracket and walls are weathered volcanic minerals and natural limonite/magnetite concentrations, the "bark" is metamorphosed peridotite, and the stones are local andesite.

Claimants
Lorence G. Collins David Fasold
Site
Durupınar formation

Sources (3)

  1. Bogus 'Noah's Ark' from Turkey Exposed as a Common Geologic Structure
    Journal of Geoscience Education 44(4) · published
  2. Bogus 'Noah's Ark' from Turkey Exposed as a Common Geologic Structure (author copy)
    California State University, Northridge (L. G. Collins) · published
  3. Durupınar site
    Wikipedia · published

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