Sedimentary Rock Formation

I think there's a good chance that I've forgotten more about geology, than you know about geology. And boy, I do wish I could have remembered it. MooseAdded by administrative edit: Moose has just been slapped, for his off-topic outburst - Adminnemooseus

Hi, GJ, and welcome to the fray. As you probably know, we get extremely large gold nuggets on the surface in Oz (2000 ozs +). Since the Yecs insist that the Flood sorted deposits in a brief period, they would have no defence if heavy masses turn up on the surface. EXCEPT, they say rapid erosion probably removed extensive flood sediments over the intervening years. Have we any air-tight measurements of erosion rates, both with sedimentary and igneous/metamorphic rocks? I realise different climatic conditions will accelerate erosion, but do we have any general tables?

Volcanologists might disagree. Welcome to the vagaries of geological terminology. The problem is that this is a gray area between purely sedimentary and volcanic environments. Somehow, I fail to visualize fiamme as sedimentary structures. Sort of like in 'cataclastic rocks'? There is a lot of confusion in the literature here. A clast is a broken rock fragment, regardless of origin and yet a clastic rock is universally recognized as being equivalent to a sedimentary rock. Geologists seem to work around this okay, but just never have gotten around to agreeing on how to resolve it. This disagreement remains despite the fact that YECs claim geologists can are party a world-wide conspiracy to hide radiometric dates, etc. How about 'crystal tuffs'? Sorry, GJ, I'm just taking a little advantage of you here. I am glad that you are studying geology and understand as much as you do. Believe me, new worlds await you.

Just wait until someone drills a hole in the wrong place, and GJ has to go find the hole puller.Moose

Or fill the hole in because they can hear the tormented in Hell.

We've been having a little fun here at GJ's expense. I hope that he understands that we all went through this early in our careers. We all paid our dues. Keep up the studies, GJ.

My bit of wisdom to pass on... never lick the core.