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PLOS One Editors (2026). “Retraction: Shocked quartz at the Younger Dryas onset…” _PLOS One_ 21(2): e0342620. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342620. Role: correction-status authority and explicit methodological reasons.

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Critical / corrective research
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FLAGGED RETRACTED/RETRACTION-RELATED — requires record-level review · retraction notice

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  • PLOS ONE Editors (2026), ‘Retraction: 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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342620.

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AT-0185

Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis

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correction-status authority and explicit methodological reasons. Formal retraction/correction record; use to document correction status, not as unqualified support.

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V3F-0011

Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis

Why Ancient Inquiry uses this citation here

Authoritative retraction notice documenting age-model and sampling concerns for a prominent shocked-quartz claim. Formal retraction/correction record; use to document correction status, not as unqualified support.

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The notice governs the retracted paper and should not be generalized beyond its stated reasons.
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Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis

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Proponents and critics continue to dispute marker identity, chronology, replication, and impact physics.

Proponents and critics continue to dispute marker identity, chronology, replication, and impact physics.
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Limiting / critical citation for public claim

A Younger Dryas extraterrestrial impact or airburst remains a minority hypothesis: proponent papers report candidate markers, while major critical reviews find the proposed impact-to-climate, extinction, and cultural-disruption chain unestablished.

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PLOS One Editors (2026). “Retraction: Shocked quartz at the Younger Dryas onset…” _PLOS One_ 21(2): e0342620. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342620. Role: correction-status authority and explicit methodological reasons.

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