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Creationist explain the Miocene please
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<blockquote data-quote="ChordatesLegacy" data-source="post: 49084874" data-attributes="member: 193033"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Wrong Wrong Wrong; when will you listen Juv'y. Again your ignorace towards geology is clear for all to see.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">No; the Atlantic coast of North America is a passive margin NOT a foreland basin.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">A <strong>passive margin</strong> is the transition between </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_crust" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">oceanic</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> and </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_crust" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">continental crust</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> which is not an active plate margin, such as the Atlantic Coast of Norht America. It is constructed by </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedimentation" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">sedimentation</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> above an ancient </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rift" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">rift</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">, now marked by transitional crust. Continental rifting creates new ocean basins. Eventually the continental rift forms a </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-ocean_ridge" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">mid-oceanic ridge</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> and the locus of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">extension</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> moves away from the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent-ocean_boundary" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">continent-ocean boundary</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. The transition between the continental and oceanic crust that was originally created by rifting is known as a passive margin.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Globald.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChordatesLegacy, post: 49084874, member: 193033"] [SIZE=4]Wrong Wrong Wrong; when will you listen Juv'y. Again your ignorace towards geology is clear for all to see.[/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]No; the Atlantic coast of North America is a passive margin NOT a foreland basin.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]A [B]passive margin[/B] is the transition between [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_crust"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]oceanic[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] and [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_crust"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]continental crust[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] which is not an active plate margin, such as the Atlantic Coast of Norht America. It is constructed by [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedimentation"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]sedimentation[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] above an ancient [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rift"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]rift[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3], now marked by transitional crust. Continental rifting creates new ocean basins. Eventually the continental rift forms a [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-ocean_ridge"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]mid-oceanic ridge[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] and the locus of [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]extension[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] moves away from the [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent-ocean_boundary"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]continent-ocean boundary[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]. The transition between the continental and oceanic crust that was originally created by rifting is known as a passive margin.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Globald.png[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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