Thousands of years of weathering during the 'flood'

In Northern Ireland there are many layers of Tertiary age basalt.

http://www.geographyinaction.co.uk/G...eol_index.html

Between these layers of basalt are beds of laterite a product of the chemical weathering of basalt:



an example from Antrim (1) the laterite is the red layer.

These beds can be extremely thick reaching a maximum depth of 30m. The chemical alteration of the rock needed to form a thick layer of laterite takes a long time (approx 1-2 million years (2)) and does not happen underwater. The surface environment is also confirmed by a lack of pllow lavas (diagnostic of underwater basalt eruption) and fossilised tree roots found in these paleosols: http://www.habitas.org.uk/fossils/basalt.html

falsifications of the flood in this formation:

1) time needed to form the laterite

2) lack of pillow lavas in the basalt (not erupted underwater)

3) evidence of trees growing between lava flows (long time between eruptions - consistant with presence of laterite and surface eruption of basalt)

(1) Piotr Migon, Karna Lidmar-Bergstrom. Weathering mantles and their significance for geomorphological evolution of central and northern Europe since the Mesozoic. Earth-Science Reviews 56 2001 285–324.

(2) I.G. Hill, R.H. Worden, I.G. Meighan. Geochemical evolution of a palaeolaterite: the Interbasaltic Formation, Northern Ireland. Chemical Geology 166 2000 65–84.

Geology is our friend. Except for those who don't get on so well, like creationists.

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Just as i suspected, most people just cant be that dumb. Alhtough i have met a few creationists in meatspace - so they sadly do exist.

Interestingly the most common form of creationism round these parts Islamic creationism. And most creationists i have met have been members of al muhajiroun a crazy Osama supporting bunch of loonies - although to be fair most of their beliefs are far saner than creationism (introducing sharia law, forcing women to wear a hijab etc.)

Here is another picture of a paleosol, this time in Oregon: http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/Fie...Paleosol1.jpeg

A Californian paleosol developed on basalt:
http://www.visualsunlimited.com/brow...8/vu93841.html

The time required to form these structures is far greater than allowed by most flood models - the flood is falsified again!

and a paper describing a paleosol from Oregon in detail: PEDOGENESIS AND GEOCHEMICAL ALTERATION OF COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT LAVAS. http://www.uoregon.edu/~nsheldon/Bulletin2003.pdf

JM: I would like to add yet another few shots of paleosols that don't fit into the flood framework

http://gondwanaresearch.com/hp/paleosol.htm

including my favorite shot (a termite mound, courtesy of Steve Hasiotis KU).



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Joe Meert

Thanks for the link


that nice picture of the termite mound reminds me of the fossil bee nests that has been found in a paleosol in Argentina:


I guess they must be aquatic bees!

maybe related to your aquatic termites and the 'underwater' insects insects of the coconino sandstone.

Source: Jorge F. Genise a, Juan C. Sciutto b, Jose H. Laza c, Mirta G. Gonzalez c, Eduardo S. Bellosi c. Fossil bee nests, coleopteran pupal chambers and tuffaceous paleosols from the Late Cretaceous Laguna Palacios Formation, Central Patagonia (Argentina). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 177 (2002) 215-235. http://www.bibble.plus.com/luc/Fossi...Argentina).pdf