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LinearAq
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Message 139 of 183 (241860)
09-09-2005 3:21 PM
Reply to: Message 68 by Faith
09-08-2005 11:01 PM


Re: World wide
Faith writes:
How do you explain the neat layering of the overlying strata from the bottom unconformity all the way up to the Kaibab, following the hump and the slope to the north and yet maintaining that parallel layering as it did, if the uplift that caused the hump and probably the unconformity at the base as well, did not occur AFTER the entire stack was complete? I mean, there's no way neat parallel layers of loose sediments are going to lay themselves down over a big hump and a steep slope like that. They would wind up in a heap at the lowest part of the slope. That didn't happen. I can't imagine that geologists think anything different but then don't they have to agree that the uplifting force occurred after the strata were laid down? And isn't that a likely cause of the tilting of the uncomformity at the bottom too? Clearly they were laid down as fairly even horizontal deposits and THEN the upthrust from below pushed them into the hump-and-slope configuration. And it seems to me that same force would have created the uncomformities at the bottom at the same time. Sorry I know I keep repeating myself but I've had the experience so often here of saying something that seems obvious to me but others misread that I feel it's necessary.
Ok, I decided to provide this quote to help you understand what I am asking about. I have read the whole thread so I know no-one has asked you this question. Additionally, I don't know a lot about geology so my questions may seem a little rudimentary to you.
It appears you are saying that a number of layers were deposited on each other in the tempestuous Flood and as the waters receded. This produced the layers at least up to the one marked "V". After that deposit, there was an upthrust from below that bent the layers on the right and split the deposited layers from each other causing the hurricane fault. You also say that when this occurred, the layers below "V" also tilted without causing "V" to tilt.
I know that the diagram is only a drawing so some of these questions will require more research.
1. What force/phenomenon kept "V" and the layers above it from tilting with the others?
2. What should we look for as evidence that this event occured?(ie...lower-layers-tilting-while-upper-layers-don't)
3. Has the evidence named in 2 been observed in the field at that location?
4. Is there an experiment that we could perform that might duplicate this effect on a smaller scale?
Thanks for your help in this.

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