Re: Oceanic salt evaporation

Arthur V. Chadwick (chadwicka@swac.edu)
Tue, 24 Oct 1995 09:48:28 -0700

Glenn writes
>For those who want this salt to be deposited by the flood, they often have
>pollen grains in them! This indicates subaerial exposure.
>

Not at all. For example, the Great Valley sequence, several kilometers
thickness of limestone turbidites deposited in deep water offshore of
California, (now part of the Central Valley) has abundant palynomorphs and
plant fossils, etc, as well as dinos. This is certainly not exceptional.
Art
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