Re: The rate of geological processes

Glenn
Sorry about my delay in replying but I have the photo alleged by the Usgs to
be 100 years old. I got it dated in the local labs at the University and
they told me that it is only 19 years old. As a result your case is
nullified and that the Grand Canyon has taken 84 years to erode. That is
very slow as a 100 foot canyon was eroded on Mt St Helens in ONE DAY in
1980. Thus we could have expected if these observed erosional rates (and we
can only accept OBSERVED rates as anything else is just not scientific) the
Grand Canyon at 5000 feet deep could have been formed in 50 days, so 84
years is relatively slow and shows how cautious we are.

Michael

P.s. What are the funny symbols at the end of your post?
Received on Fri Dec 5 18:09:56 2003