Evidence that the Great Unconformity did not Form Before the Strata above it

I think that we might have mentioned some of this in passing, although without any quantification. Since sedimentary environments change laterally, there must be some change in water depth. Ergo, there is a slope.We also know the thickness of units changes even in the Grand Canyon region where Faith says that they are all straight and level. This would be hard to imagine given the fact of variable thicknesses.Someone is also suggested that since the ocean gets deeper as you go away from shore there simply has to be a slope.This is, of course, pretty basic stuff. But Faith has made so many errors that it's hard to know where to start and explain things in a simple manner.

I know the thicknesses vary and I've said so many times. That doesn't stop them from being visibly straight and horizontal over huge distances, even with knife-edge tight contacts. .Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

The rougher rock is a sort of hinge point where the layers start the sag to the left, the whole stack as a matter of fact, and to the right of it they are narrower, showing pinching against the basement rock.

In your very next post, you say this: So, what is the case?Were the sagging rock layers deposited horizontally or not?Your own experiment shows that they need not be originally horizontal.And just what are the 'huge distances' that you talk about? Are you saying that the Tapeats Sandstone at the Grand Canyon does not vary over even a few feet? Are you saying that the Coconino is straight and horizontal all the way to Vermont?C'mon, Faith, you are creating an argument where none is necessary by making vague and outlandish pronouncements. Ask yourself if you are not just being stubborn for the sake of stubbornness.

Hi Faith,I'm going to continue ruling that those arguments that are not directly relevant to the main topic and that you're unable to support with evidence can no longer be used in this thread. Feel free to propose new threads over at Proposed New Topics to discuss them further. The goal is to remove obstacles to discussing the original topic. Unless you can present evidence that the rougher rock has some geologic origin rather than is just the result of blasting the road cut, please don't present this argument anymore. I presented an image showing a sublayer that gradually peters out as you look from left to right. Unless you can present evidence of actual pinching, which means the rock in the thinner section became denser or the material was squeezed elsewhere, please don't present this argument anymore.

I think I already know how outlandish Faith's ideas are. She seems to have no criteria by which to distinguish valid from invalid ideas, no way of judging which details are important and which extraneous, and now we see that even her own experimental results dissolve in her eyes amidst a maze of irrelevant details of her own random choosing.If you think it would help to discuss the evidence for depositional environments by examining measured sections then by all means respond to Faith. I'm trying to stay out of the main discussion and am only focusing on bringing diversions to a quick resolution.Edited by Admin, : Fix grammar in 1st sentence of 2nd para.

Goodbye to this utterly ridiculous thread. Good grief what nonsense you all spout. "Science?" And what an absolutely disgusting excuse for moderation on this thread. Appalling.Edited by Faith, : No reason given.Edited by Faith, : No reason given.

Yeah, not being allowed to repeat claims that you have personally debunked is just like Stalin.

What makes it ridiculous? Why is it nonsense? Do you think that being less combative on your part might help?Could it be possible that it is your interpretation and application of the Bible is what's making the thread ridiculous and nonsense?

To help discussion resume I'll reintroduce the main topic. Faith's contention is that the Great Unconformity at the Grand Canyon was formed in this way:

• All the layers of the Grand Canyon, including missing layers that have eroded completely away, were deposited by the flood.
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• Tectonic forces tilted the layers below the Great Unconformity, leaving the layers above undisturbed.

If discussion doesn't resume then I'll throw this thread into summation mode in a week or so.

Except I don't accept the idea that whole layers eroded away. Itr's possible even in the Flood, but basically that's an idea necessary to the integrity of the Geologic Time Scale for which the evidence isn't exactly present.

Too funny Faith.The layers are missing, miles and miles of them.If they were not eroded away how do you propose they went? Did thy go "walk about" or "Poof" or are they magical like the Biblical Floods?

I think you must have misunderstood what I said. There *are* layers at the Grand Canyon that were once present and now are completely missing at the Grand Canyon. I'm referring to layers like, for example, the Claron and the Carmel that exist in the Brain Head region but not at the Grand Canyon: That layers like these are missing at the Grand Canyon is something you've explicitly said yourself.So let's make sure we have a very clear and accurate statement of your basic position, please provide any necessary corrections:

• All the layers of the Grand Canyon, including missing layers that have eroded completely away, were deposited by the flood.
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• Tectonic forces tilted the layers below the Great Unconformity, leaving the layers above undisturbed.

OK, yes, I definitely have referred many times to the layers that were once above the Kaibab in the GC region, all the way to the Claron level at least, eroded away.

So is this an accurate statement of your basic position or not? You just objected to part of it a short while ago, and while you've provided assent to my clarification you haven't actually endorsed that statement, and I'm trying to avoid leaving things in a state of ambiguity:

• All the layers of the Grand Canyon, including missing layers that have eroded completely away, were deposited by the flood.
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• Tectonic forces tilted the layers below the Great Unconformity, leaving the layers above undisturbed.