> At 03:34 PM 1/29/97, Randy Landrum wrote:
>
> >As I stated earlier this is not at all an unusual phemomenon, but is quite
> >common. N.A. Rupke, of Princeton, has given numerous examples.
> >
> >N.A. Rupke, "Prolegomena to a Study of Cataclysmal Sedimentation,"
> >Quarterly of the Creation REsearch Society, Vol. 3. (May 1966), pp. 16-37
> >
> >Also try F.M. Broadhurst, "Some Aspects of the Paleoecology of Non-Marine
> >Faunas and Rates of Sedimentation in the Lancashire Coal Measures,"
> >American Journal of Science, Vol 262 p.865
>
> Thanks for the references. I have ordered the first last week. I will
> order the second. I would say that this "phenomenon" is not as common as
> you think. I have spent the past couple of weeks chasing down references
> for various claims that a tree goes through more than 2 coal seams. So far
> all I have found are a few cases where a tree goes through one coal seam and
> is truncated by the next.
>
Wow that was fast I just posted the message less than one hour ago!
-Randy