YDIH Post-Publication Review Table (PubPeer pages)

Year Author Title Journal PubPeer
2003 Boyd et al. Paleoecology and geochronology of glacial Lake Hind during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition: A context for Folsom surface finds on the Canadian Prairies Geoarchaeology View
2007 Firestone et al. Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling PNAS1 View
2008 Haynes Younger Dryas “black mats” and the Rancholabrean termination in North America PNAS View
2008 Kennett et al. Wildfire and abrupt ecosystem disruption on California's Northern Channel Islands at the Ållerød–Younger Dryas boundary (13.0–12.9ka) Quaternary Science Reviews View
2008 Kennett & West Biostratigraphic evidence supports Paleoindian population disruption at approximately 12.9 ka PNAS View
2009 Napier & Asher The Tunguska impact event and beyond Astronomy & Geophysics View
2009 Kennett et al. Nanodiamonds in the Younger Dryas Boundary Sediment Layer Science View
2009 Rubtsov The Tunguska Mystery Astronomers' Universe View
2009 Kennett et al. Shock-synthesized hexagonal diamonds in Younger Dryas boundary sediments PNAS1 View
2010 Kurbatov et al. Discovery of a nanodiamond-rich layer in the Greenland ice sheet Journal of Glaciology View
2010 Mahaney et al. Evidence for a cosmogenic origin of fired glaciofluvial beds in the northwestern Andes: Correlation with experimentally heated quartz and feldspar Sedimentary Geology View
2010 Firestone et al. Confirmation of the Younger Dryas boundary (YDB) data at Murray Springs, AZ PNAS View
2010 Bunch et al. Geochemical data reported by Paquay et al. do not refute Younger Dryas impact event PNAS View
2010 Mahaney et al. Evidence from the northwestern Venezuelan Andes for extraterrestrial impact: The black mat enigma Geomorphology View
2010 Mahaney et al. Evidence for a cosmogenic origin of fired glaciofluvial beds in the northwestern Andes Sedimentary Geology View
2012 Bunch et al. Very high-temperature impact melt products as evidence for cosmic airbursts and impacts 12,900 years ago PNAS1 View
2012 Israde-Alcántara et al. Evidence from central Mexico supporting the Younger Dryas extraterrestrial impact hypothesis PNAS1 View
2012 Israde-Alcántara et al. Reply to Blaauw et al., Boslough, Daulton, Gill et al., and Hardiman et al.: Younger Dryas impact proxies in Lake Cuitzeo, Mexico PNAS View
2012 LeCompte et al. Early, Short-Duration, Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Missions Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets View
2012 LeCompte et al. Independent evaluation of conflicting microspherule results from different investigations of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis PNAS1 View
2013 Boslough Faulty protocols yield contaminated samples, unconfirmed results PNAS View
2013 LeCompte et al. Reply to Boslough: Prior studies validating research are ignored PNAS View
2013 Wittke et al. Evidence for deposition of 10 million tonnes of impact spherules across four continents 12,800 y ago PNAS1 View
2013 Wittke et al. Reply to Ives and Froese: Regarding the impact-related Younger Dryas boundary layer at Chobot site, Alberta, Canada PNAS View
2013 Wittke et al. Reply to van Hoesel et al.: Impact-related Younger Dryas boundary nanodiamonds from The Netherlands PNAS View
2013 Wu et al. Origin and provenance of spherules and magnetic grains at the Younger Dryas boundary PNAS1 View
2013 Overholt & Melott Cosmogenic nuclide enhancement via deposition from long-period comets as a test of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis Earth and Planetary Science Letters View
2013 Mahaney & Kaiser Weathering rinds: Unlikely host clasts for evidence of an impact-induced event Geomorphology View
2013 Mahaney et al. Weathering rinds as mirror images of palaeosols: examples from the Western Alps with correlation to Antarctica and Mars Journal of the Geological Society View
2013 Mahaney et al. New Evidence from a Black Mat Site in the Northern Andes Supporting a Cosmic Impact 12,800 Years Ago The Journal of Geology View
2014 Kinzie et al. Nanodiamond-Rich Layer across Three Continents Consistent with Major Cosmic Impact at 12,800 Cal BP Journal of Geology View
2015 Silvia The Middle Bronze Age Civilization-Ending Destruction of the Middle Ghor Unpublished report View
2015 Kennett et al. Bayesian chronological analyses consistent with synchronous age of 12,835–12,735 Cal B.P. for Younger Dryas boundary on four continents PNAS View
2015 Kennett et al. Reply to Holliday and Boslough et al.: Synchroneity of widespread Bayesian-modeled ages supports Younger Dryas impact hypothesis PNAS View
2015 Collins et al. The Tall al-Hammam Excavations, Volume 1 Penn State University Press View
2016 Andronikov et al. Implications from chemical, structural and mineralogical studies of magnetic microspherules from around the lower Younger Dryas boundary (New Mexico, USA) Geografiska Annaler: Series A View
2016 Mahaney et al. Clast rind analysis using multi-high resolution instrumentation Scanning View
2016 Mahaney et al. A microbial link to weathering of postglacial rocks and sediments, Mount Viso Area, Western Alps The Journal of Geology View
2017 Sweatman & Tsikritsis Decoding Göbekli Tepe with Archaeoastronomy: What does the Fox Say? Zenodo View
2017 Moore et al. Widespread platinum anomaly documented at the Younger Dryas onset in North American sedimentary sequences Scientific Reports View
2017 Hagstrum et al. Impact-related microspherules in Late Pleistocene Alaskan and Yukon “muck” deposits signify recurrent episodes of catastrophic emplacement Scientific Reports View
2017 Sweatman Catastrophism through the Ages, and a Cosmic Catastrophe at the Origin of Civilization Archaeology & Anthropology: Open Access View
2017 Daulton et al. Comprehensive analysis of nanodiamond evidence relating to the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis Journal of Quaternary Science View
2017 Mahaney et al. Evidence for cosmic airburst in the Western Alps archived in Late Glacial paleosols Quaternary International View
2018 Goodyear & Moore. Early Human Life on the Southeastern Coastal Plain University of Florida Press View
2018 LeCompte et al. Brief Overview of the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact Datum Layer 12,800 Years Ago and Its Archaeological Utility University of Florida Press View
2018 Kletetschka et al. Cosmic-Impact Event in Lake Sediments from Central Europe Postdates the Laacher See Eruption and Marks Onset of the Younger Dryas The Journal of Geology View
2018 Wolbach et al. Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact. 1. Ice cores and glaciers The Journal of Geology View
2018 Kennett et al. Potential Consequences of the YDB Cosmic Impact at 12.8 kya Early Human Life on the Southeastern Coastal Plain View
2018 Wolbach et al. Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact 2. Lake, Marine, and Terrestrial Sediments The Journal of Geology View
2018 Mahaney et al. Did the Black-Mat Impact/Airburst Reach the Antarctic? Evidence from New Mountain Near the Taylor Glacier in the Dry Valley Mountains The Journal of Geology View
2018 Mahaney et al. Cosmic Airburst on Developing Allerød Substrates (Soils) in the Western Alps, Mt. Viso Area Studia Quaternaria View
2019 Pino et al. Sedimentary record from Patagonia, southern Chile supports cosmic-impact triggering of biomass burning, climate change, and megafaunal extinctions at 12.8 ka Scientific Reports View
2019 Teller et al. A multi-proxy study of changing environmental conditions in a Younger Dryas sequence in southwestern Manitoba, Canada, and evidence for an extraterrestrial event Quaternary Research View
2019 Sweatman & Coombs Decoding European Palaeolithic Art: Extremely Ancient knowledge of Precession of the Equinoxes Athens Journal of History View
2020 Moore et al. Evidence of Cosmic Impact at Abu Hureyra, Syria at the Younger Dryas Onset (~12.8 ka): High-temperature melting at >2200 °C Scientific Reports View
2020 Firestone The correlation between impact crater ages and chronostratigraphic boundary dates Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society View
2020 Wolbach et al. Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago: A Reply The Journal of Geology View
2020 West et al. Evidence from Pilauco, Chile suggests a catastrophic cosmic impact occurred near the site ~12,800 years ago Latin American Studies Book Series View
2021 Bunch et al. RETRACTED: A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea Scientific Reports View
2021 Sweatman The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis: Review of the impact evidence Earth-Science Reviews View
2022 Tankersley et al. RETRACTED: The Hopewell airburst event, 1699–1567 years ago (252–383 CE) Scientific Reports View
2022 Marks The Worst Case: Planetary Defense against a Doomsday Impactor Space Policy View
2022 Powell Premature rejection in science: The case of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis Science Progress View
2022 Powell WITHDRAWN: Sodom and Skepticism Sage Publications View
2022 Sweatman Response to a comment by Jorgeson, Breslawski and Fisher on “The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis: Review of the impact evidence” by Sweatman Earth-Science Reviews View
2022 Bhavsar et al. Classification of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Using Supervised Quantum Machine Learning IEEE Access View
2023 Moore et al. 2023 Platinum and microspherule peaks as chronostratigraphic markers for onset of the Younger Dryas at Wakulla Springs, Florida Scientific Reports View
2023 Mahaney Critical assessment of Jenny’s soil forming equation in light of cosmic airbursts on the Viso Massif Geologos View
2023 Israde-Alcántara et al. Five Younger Dryas black mats in Mexico and their stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental context Journal of Paleolimnology View
2023 Powell Peer review and the pillar of salt: a case study Research Ethics View
2023 Mahaney The Younger Dryas Boundary (YDB): terrestrial, cosmic, or both? International Journal of Earth Sciences View
2023 Holliday et al. Comprehensive refutation of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH) Earth-Science Reviews View
2023 Moore et al. Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 1: Shock-fractured quartz grains support 12,800-year-old cosmic airburst at the Younger Dryas onset Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2023 Moore et al. Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 2: Additional evidence supporting catastrophic destruction by cosmic airburst ~12,800 years ago Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2023 Moore et al. Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 3: Comet airbursts triggered major climate change 12,800 years ago Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2023 Hermes et al. Microstructures in shocked quartz: linking nuclear airbursts and meteorite impacts Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2023 Tankersley et al. Evidence for a large late-Holocene Strewn Field in Kiowa County, Kansas, USA Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2024 Moore et al. Platinum, shock-fractured quartz, microspherules, and meltglass widely distributed in Eastern USA at the Younger Dryas onset (12.8 ka) Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2024 Tankersley et al. The Hopewell Cosmic Airburst Event: A review of the empirical evidence Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2024 West et al. Modeling airbursts by comets, asteroids, and nuclear detonations: shock metamorphism, meltglass, and microspherules Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2024 Sweatman et al. Rebuttal of Holliday et al.’s Comprehensive Gish Gallop of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2024 Mahaney et al. An Extraterrestrial Pt Anomaly during the Late Glacial–Younger Dryas: Viso Massif (Italy and France) Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2024 Moore et al. Platinum, shock-fractured quartz, microspherules, and meltglass widely distributed in Eastern USA at the Younger Dryas onset Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2024 Powell Data vs. Derision: The Ethics of Language in Scientific Publication. The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis as a Case Study Journal of Academic Ethics View
2024 Kalenda et al. Two impact craters at Emmerting, Germany: field documentation and geophysics Geodynamics View
2024 Sweatman et al. Rejection of Holliday et al.'s alleged refutation of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis Earth-Science Reviews View
2024 Sweatman Representations of calendars and time at Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe support an astronomical interpretation of their symbolism Time & Mind View
2025 Bindi et al. Trigonal Fe2Si from the Blackville site, South Carolina, USA: occurrence, composition and determination of the crystal structure Mineralogical Magazine View
2025 Druzhinina et al. Allerød–Younger Dryas Boundary (12.9–12.8 ka) as a “New” Geochronological Marker in Late Glacial Sediments of the Eastern Baltic Region Quaternary View
2025 Boslough & Bruno Misunderstandings about the Tunguska event, shock wave physics, and airbursts have resulted in misinterpretations of evidence at Tall el-Hammam Scientific Reports View
2025 Kletetschka Misunderstandings about the Tunguska airburst event, clarifying the physical record based on new evidence Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2025 Kletetschka et al. New Evidence of High-Temperature, High-Pressure Processes at the Site of the 1908 Tunguska Event: Implications for Impact and Airburst Phenomena Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2025 Young Geochemical re-evaluation supports cosmic impact rather than volcanism at Younger Dryas onset, Hall's Cave, Texas: Reply to Sun et al. 2020 Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2025 Seigel & Müller Glass-like Carbon in the Nalbach/Saarlouis (Saarland, Germany) Proposed Touchdown Airburst Impact Event: Evidence of Shock Metamorphism of Organic Material Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2025 Fitzenreiter et al. Evidence of a 12,800-year-old shallow airburst depression in Louisiana with shocked quartz and melted materials Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2025 LeCompte et al. A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea (Expanded) Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2025 Silvia et al. Modeling how a Powerful Airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam, a Middle Bronze Age city near the Dead Sea Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View
2025 Zamora Reply to Holliday et al. regarding the Carolina Bays Earth-Science Reviews View
2025 Cotrell & Zamora Interpreting the Geomorphology of Carolina Bays as Secondary Impact Structures Journal of Environmental & Earth Sciences View
2025 Moore et al. RETRACTED: A 12,800-year-old layer with cometary dust, microspherules, and platinum anomaly recorded in multiple cores from Baffin Bay PLOS One View
2025 Kennett et al. RETRACTED: Shocked quartz at the Younger Dryas onset (12.8 ka) supports cosmic airbursts/impacts contributing to North American megafaunal extinctions and collapse of the Clovis technocomplex PLOS One View
2026 Powell The Language of Opposition: A Quantitative Analysis of Four Papers Critical of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis Airbursts and Cratering Impacts2 View

1Seven papers by the YDIH group were published in PNAS between 2007 and 2013 using a non-standard "pal review" system that circumvented rigorous peer review by subject matter experts (Holliday et al., 2024; Jones, 2013; Flam, 2013).

2Airbursts and Cratering Impacts is an online YDIH advocacy journal that is available on an open science website (Holliday et al., 2024), created to provide an alternative to standard peer review and to publish papers that have been rejected or retracted by established scientific journals, are too novel, or contradict mainstream opinions. It is a predatory journal according to the standards established by a consensus of experts (Boslough et al., 2026): “Predatory journals and publishers are entities that prioritize self-interest at the expense of scholarship and are characterized by false or misleading information, deviation from best editorial and publication practices, a lack of transparency, and/or the use of aggressive and indiscriminate solicitation practices” (Grudniewicz et al., 2019).


REFERENCES

Boslough, M., et al. 2026. Preventing and Correcting Spread of Misinformation about Near-Earth Objects, Impacts, Airbursts, and Planetary Defense: Case Studies. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, in press

Flam, F., 2013. Reporters cheerlead for claim that asteroid wiped out mammoths, started civilization. In: Nature Notes PNAS Paper Didn’t Pass Standard Peer Review. Knight Science Journalism.🔗

Grudniewicz, et al. 2019. Predatory Journals: No Definition, no Defence. Nature 576: 210–12.🔗

Holliday, V. T., et al. 2024. Rebuttal of Sweatman, Powell, and West’s “Rejection of Holliday et al.’s Alleged Refutation of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis”. Earth-Science Reviews 258: 104961.🔗

Jones, N., 2013. Evidence found for planet-cooling asteroid. Nat. News.🔗