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I am looking at this topic.Adminnemooseus

I don't know where you got the above, but the worldly evidence, if you're intending it to represent the entire Earth, says that it's flat out (no pun intended) wrong.But here comes the topic promotion.Adminnemooseus

Thread copied here from the The Geological Timescale is Fiction whose only reality is stacks of rock thread in the Proposed New Topics forum.

My impression is that this topic is badly overheated, with a poor signal to noise ratio.Going to give it a break for about 24 hours (maybe more).Adminnemooseus

I never did get caught up in reading all those messages, but skimming indicated that I didn't miss much substance.Now, how about fewer messages, each with more topic theme substance?You don't want to make Moose cranky, do you?Adminnemooseus

Even in the context of a very fuzzy topic theme, covering hominid evolution is going substantially off-topic.AdminnemooseusAdded by edit - Also a lot of non-topic snark and blather.Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Added by edit.

Sweeping statements like this make me "nervous". Rather an unsupported assertion and at least in certain situations, flat out wrong.Article title and abstract:

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Lithification of Modern Marine Carbonate Sediments at Yellow Bank, Bahamas

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Abstract:
The mineralogy, chemistry, distribution of grain size, diagenesis, and ages of modern carbonates accumulating on the New Providence Platform, Bahamas, have been studied.

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Lithification by aragonite cement is taking place beneath sixteen feet of sea water. These marine sediments have never been exposed to fresh water as determined by virtual absence of low-magnesium calcite and lack of recrystallization of aragonite and high-magnesium calcite. Depth of water and abundance of plant life appear to localize lithification at sites we have termed bioherms.

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Significant vertical variations in facies have been found in the modern carbonates that overlie the recrystallized, biosparite, chemically dissolved Pleistocene bedrock. Silt- and clay-sized particles of unconsolidated modern carbonates rest unconformably on the biosparite and increase progressively in size toward the surface. Where modern lithified material is present, rarely is it found deeper than three feet below the water-sediment interface.

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My "bolding". Source (abstract, link to PDF)Source (complete PDF)Definitely not "under great pressure after being deeply buried."Adminnemooseus

And am trying to minimize the "Dates and Dating" forum type stuff.Adminnemooseus

The conversation has gone totally off topic, albeit in a worthy manner.I think I'm going to spin-off dwise1's most recent message as a new topic, with a link back to this topic.Adminnemooseus New topic is here.Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Add link to new topic.