Mark, all I can tell you is that we have a documented mechanism for creating 'generations' of fossilized forests. If you don't want to consider it possible becasue of 'the details' that's fine with me. I am not an expert on those details and I find the very rapid dismisals of creationist ideas (rather than OK - it
could be possible) evidence of your biases.
If you guys can't even imagine soils being washed into a forest deposit then I think you (not necessarily you Mark) are obviously not willing to understand the other viewpoint. I have no problem with you pointing out miriad problems but if they were prefaced with 'it's not completely impossible but' it would lead to more sensible debate.
Most beds around the world are marine so statistically they will end up on the bottom more often. And catastrophic inundations of the land by sea will deposit the terrestial beds in one place and the rest is obviouly going to be marine until a deper surge comes. Hence alternate arine/non-marine beds.
And why should we get a 'jumbled mess of tees' in our model? Austin showed that the trees sink vertically and insert in mud and will stay vertical especially under catastrophic circumstances of non-stop deposition.
[This message has been edited by Tranquility Base, 05-21-2002]