Polystrata fossils is evidence that suggests it does not take long for layers to form and also it suggests that the fossils were rapidly buried.
I would like to discuss this topic for it to be understood and to be
pondered.
This link from talk.origins does not adequately explain how they transcend through multiple rock strata.
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/polystrate/trees.html
This is part of my rebuttal I had posted in this
here thread.
I checked the link, and read it all, then came to the conclusion that Dawson and talk.origins has no clue how these things exist in multiple stratas. *If* it wasn't deposited rapidly, how did it just survive long enough to be buried then fossilized? I know first hand what happens to trees that have sediment over the original root level. It won't take long before the micro-organisms eat through the bark and kill the tree. Also too much water will kill trees especially if it's stagnant water. Dawson might have known about geology, but he excludes the basics of horticulture.
Also, I think it is important to notice the reason he gives for this.
"...that the roots found in them were not drifted, but grew in their present positions,"
This in no way suggests that a massive flood couldn't have deposited this. The fact is that roots will bind and hold together soils. Hostas are extremely good plants for this, also most broadleaf grasses. It could have taken a massive chunk of soil with root ball intact.
Also from said website:
"It is evident that when we find a bed of clay now hardened into stone, and containing the roots and rootlets of these plants in their natural position, we can infer, 1st, that such beds must once have been in a very soft condition;
The inference is probably correct. The original location is questioned. Could it not be reasonable inferred that trees could be carried and redeposited? Also, could it not be reasonably inferred that it could have been a localized rapid layering? And if either of these conclusions are brought into speculation, it calls into question the origin of the other stratas and the time it would take to form.
This is the issue I would like to discuss: By having polystrata fossils present in multiple rock strata does this not suggest that rapid burial is plausible?
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