Granny Magda writes:
Fossils are indeed often dated by the stratum they're found in, but the idea that rocks are only dated from fossils is simply nonsense. Strata can be dated by index fossils, but also by observing the simple fact that older strata tend to be below younger strata. That provides us with a relative system of dating. If that were the only kind of dating we have, then you might have a point, but it's not. There is also radiometric dating. This is usually carried out on igneous rocks, but can also provide limited information on sedimentary rocks.
Which is based on the theory that layers require millions of years to form or that each layer represents a long period of time. But layers can form very quickly, particularly in catastrophic conditions. In 1980, Mount St. Helens exploded with the force of 20,000 tonnes of TNT. This was one of the greatest catastrophes of the 20th century and provided a glimpse into what a catastrophic event can do. Masses of superheated mud moved at 200 miles an hour. Water rushed into Spirit Lake and created a wave that was 800 feet high. To put that into perspective, the Indian Ocean Tsunami which destroyed the lives of 250,000 people in 17 countries, was 50 feet high. And when the water and mud rushed down, it created layers upon layers, like pages in a book. If you didnt know what had happened you would assume that it took millions of years. The depth of a deposit of sedimentary strata, is not a factor of time, but of the magnitude of the hydrodynamic forces, so that you can have hundreds of feet of sediments, within hours. If you have enough water, moving fast, and filled with mud.
Mount St. Helens and the Indian Ocean Tsunami was an infinitesimal event in magnitude, compared to a global flood. Hundreds of simultaneous underwater fountains, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, tidal waves, mud flows, breaking lose and exploding, going in every direction, destroying everything in its path, all over the world for a year. Imagine the geological processes and features that such a catastrophe would create. This explains violent fossil graveyards that are squashed, smashed, and preserved, all over the world, over vast areas. And thats why you find marine fossils all over land continents, proving that they were once covered in masses of water, mud and sediment. This isnt natural death from natural causes, this is a global catastrophe.
So alot of the strata, fossils, and geological features could have formed very quickly rather than gradually over millions of years.
Panda writes:
Could you tell me: how long do fossils take to form?
I dont know how long fossils take to form. Millions of years, thousands of years, months, days, hours. To get a fossil you have bury the animal, so scavengers cant get to it and it cant fall apart. The soft parts might rot away, but the bones are hard enough that the minerals in the mud will replace the bones and become rock. That is how you get a fossil, you have to bury it quickly. Is there evidence of rapid burial in fossils? Many fossils have been found eating, giving birth, fighting, and drowning. This can only be explained by rapid burial. Darwin believed that soft-bodied animals could not be preserved, but you find fossilized jellyfish. Unless the jellyfish was buried quickly, it wouldnt have lasted at the beach or ocean because it would have rotted, and because of scavengers and the elements.
Edited by Portillo, : No reason given.
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