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Very well AV. For example, when Mt. St. Helens erupted in 1980, it either blew away or washed large parts of the forest around it. Many tree trunks were ripped away from their roots and washed downstream. Scientists have discovered thousands of polystrate tree trunks at the bottom of Spirit Lake. To their surprise, many of the tree trunks have embedded themselves upright into the soil at the bottom of the lake....so there is a literal forest of dead tree trunks standing upright at the bottom of the lake. They are slowly being covered up by many layers of silt and volcanic ash.
In many thousands of years someone will discover a forest of polystrate tree trunks surrounded by multiple layers of rocks, and I'm sure some creationist (if there is any religion at the time) will point out how this contradicts science and proves Noah's flood was a global historical event.
The fact is that most polystrate tree fossils do have roots, and those that do not can be explained by natural explanations, such as what has occurred at Spirit Lake, in the vicinity of Mt. St. Helens.
As for dead upright trees covered by multiple layers of rocks, in general, there is nothing unusual about them. Many dead tree trunks continue to stay standing up for many years, and if the area round it is blanketed by layers of sediment from volcanic eruptions or other natural means during a short period of time, then the trunk will eventually be preserved cutting across several layers of rocks.
Yes, some sedimentary layers can be formed fast, and others slowly. So age can only be determined by radiometric dating or by the fossil record (in combination with radiometric dating.)
In many thousands of years someone will discover a forest of polystrate tree trunks surrounded by multiple layers of rocks, and I'm sure some creationist (if there is any religion at the time) will point out how this contradicts science and proves Noah's flood was a global historical event.
The fact is that most polystrate tree fossils do have roots, and those that do not can be explained by natural explanations, such as what has occurred at Spirit Lake, in the vicinity of Mt. St. Helens.
As for dead upright trees covered by multiple layers of rocks, in general, there is nothing unusual about them. Many dead tree trunks continue to stay standing up for many years, and if the area round it is blanketed by layers of sediment from volcanic eruptions or other natural means during a short period of time, then the trunk will eventually be preserved cutting across several layers of rocks.
Yes, some sedimentary layers can be formed fast, and others slowly. So age can only be determined by radiometric dating or by the fossil record (in combination with radiometric dating.)
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