In Dorset, southern England, There is the remains of a fossil forest that grew and was submerged during the alleged flood.
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/forest.htm http://psqt.org.uk/iq/bp.fossil_trees.html
The trees are rooted in a well developed paleosol that also contains calcrete nodules (formed by evaporation in arid soils). The tree stumps are also surrounded by algal domes, This shows that even if the trees were transported there would have to be a long period of time to accumulate a large mass of algae. Some of the trees are well enough preserved to enable the counting of tree rings, a maximum of 109 were counted in a single tree - was there a 100 year gap during the flood to allow the tree to grow?
http://psqt.org.uk/images/iq/tree_bole.jpg
Further evidence against the flood is provided by the presence of pebbles in the paleosol derived from the limestone below - there would have to be sufficient time during the 'flood' for the rock to form harden and erode - there just isn't enough time for this according to most flood models.
There are also fossilised imprints of salt crystals preserved in the deposit below the fossil forest, this is definate proof that the environment was dry and not underwater - clearly falsifying the flood.
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/jpg/pseudomorph-more.jpg http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/jpg/2Pps...h-enlarged.jpg
falsifications of the flood:
1) in situ fossil trees
2) paleosol
3) evidence of drying out
4) not enough time for deposition, lithification and erosion.
If you are interested in geology check out the 'Geology of the Wessex Coast' page:
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/
This is of course not the only in situ fossil forest in the geological record:
http://www.geocities.com/earthhistory/forests.htm
a nice example is Curio bay New zealand, nice pictures:
http://www.justourpictures.com/newze...and2000_9.html http://sweb.cz/martin.sliva/Fotogalerie/ctcurio_bay.htm http://www.levins-in-sehma.de/images...20CurioBay.jpg http://walstone.sub.jp/nzgeos2/curiobay.html
Francis, J.E. 1984. The seasonal environment of the Purbeck (Upper Jurassic) fossil forests. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 48, 285-307.
http://www.bibble.plus.com/luc/The%2...%20forests.pdf (1.5mb)
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