From: allenroy (allenroy@peoplepc.com)
Date: Wed Oct 15 2003 - 15:16:49 EDT
Michael Roberts wrote:
> The problem is that the geological column is basically the same throughout
> the world. I am personally familiar with it in the Grand Canyon, Black Hills
> UK the Alps . Italy and South Africa. Others have found and seen that it is
> the same elsewhere.
At Grand Canyon, the geologic record shows a paraconformity [meaning, the
contact is not visible or there is no evidence of erosion, w/ages differences
defined by fossils] between the Muav Limestone and the Redwall limestone where
100 million years of the Geologic Column are missing. S. Beus says that "the
unconformity [paraconformity], even though representing more than 100 million
years can be difficult to locate" (Beus, SS, 1990, Temple Butte Formation. In
Beaus SS, Morales M, eds. 1990. Grand Canyon Geology, Oxford University Press, p
107-117.)
Also, "the location of the boundary between the Manakach and Wescogami
formations [a 14 million year paraconformity] can be difficult to determine,
both from a distance and from a close range." (Blakey RS. 1990. Supai group and
Hermit formations. in Grand Canyon Geology [see above] p 147-182).
This illustrates how imaginary the Geologic Column is, and illustrates the
difference between the Geologic Record at Grand Canyon and the supposed Geologic
Column.
You will note [below] that I did not say Geologic Column was not generally the
same from place to place, but that the Geologic Record is not the same from
place to place. The Geologic Record (the formations what you actually see and
find) at Grand Canyon is not the same record as found in other places even
across the USA. So one would not expect to find the geologic record of a
location in Africa, or Asia, or Australia to be the same. It's the imaginary
Geologic Column which people claim to find all over the world.
> > And, Creationists do not, in general, propose that the geologic record in,
> say,
> Grand Canyon, is going to be the same as in Africa, Asia or Australia.
Allen
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