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Scientifically speaking, is it possible for the Noah's ark story to have happened?
Scientifically speaking, is it possible for the Noah's ark story to have happened?
Why or why not?
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Peter Law 50+
You may be interested in this video which explores the possibility of the sedimentary layers all being laid down within a short timescale. This is 1 of 4; you will need to watch all 4. Hope this helps.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=stratification%20flood%20geology&source=video&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CEoQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5PVnBaqqQw8&ei=e2glUIG1E8nE0QWkmIDACg&usg=AFQjCNGWHlc65U9RurLc34JqgFq0D22GEQ
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peter lindsay 30+
1) Where did the water come from?
2) Why are the layers in the Tonto group chemically different aswell as different in particle size?
3) After the water receded, and the unconsolidated sediments were exposed. Why didn't the wind blow them into dunes?
4) Why do experiments on sedimentation in a unidirectional current when the vast majority of natural sedimentation occurs on flood plains and the floor of the ocean?
Peter Law 50+
The answers must be speculative, so I'll give my opinion.
1) the majority of the water was subterranean gushing up through the sea bed, which also rose up & spilled the sea over the land.
2) The water advanced in tsunami type events over a period of months. Perhaps due to earthquakes, tidal rhythm or such events. The debris carried by one tsunami did not necessarily originate from the same place as the next.
3) The layers would be compacted by overburden to an extent before the waters receded & when exposed would presumably bake in the sun, giving some resilience. They still today are weathered, but is the short timescale of a few thousand years, many tombstones survive.
If we talk specifically about the Grand Canyon; it is generally thought it was formed by a breached dam some hundreds of years later, so it is an exception.
4) The experiments were designed to establish the characteristics of layer formation. This is easier to do in a straight line, maybe someone will do more for swirls,etc. From the global flood perspective though, it is thought most water movements would be linear, as in tsunami type flows.
Sedimentation on the sea floor is pretty slow these days. It is far more obvious at river deltas. As an aside; some guys think that the continental shelves are sediment from the general run-off as the continents rose. There are also extinct undersea volcanoes (seamounts); the larger of which all have their tops flattened off at a similar height. This may indicate a previous ocean level, where the tops were chopped off by wind & water erosion over a longish period.
It's all very fascinating, ut ultimately unknowable.
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peter lindsay 30+
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