Since has decided he won’t allow any scientific evidence in his YEC Flood evidence thread I’ll have to post the breakdown of his AIG source’s lies and misrepresentations here.
I’ll start with this one on the “Top 6 List” from his AIG link. The AIG claim is
This is a flat out lie. In the Grand canyon the strata of the Muav limestone (505 MYA) is overlaid by the Redwall limestone (340 MYA). Found carved into the Muav limestone are the cross sections of ancient river channels that were carved in the Muav limestone and filled in to form the Temple Butte formation. This process took millions of years for the river to carve the winding channels, be infilled, then be overlaid by the Redwall material. Here are photos showing how the infilled river channels are exposed.
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Another infilled cross section further down the canyon
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Another AIG lie exposed. Will comment or explain?
I’ll start with this one on the “Top 6 List” from his AIG link. The AIG claim is
Evidence 5: Rapid or no erosion between strata
We find evidence of rapid erosion, or even of no erosion, between rock layers. Flat, knife-edge boundaries between rock layers indicate continuous deposition of one layer after another, with no time for erosion. For example, there is no evidence of any “missing” millions of years (of erosion) in the flat boundary between two well-known layers of Grand Canyon—the Coconino Sandstone and the Hermit Formation. Another impressive example of flat boundaries at Grand Canyon is the Redwall Limestone and the strata beneath it.
We find evidence of rapid erosion, or even of no erosion, between rock layers. Flat, knife-edge boundaries between rock layers indicate continuous deposition of one layer after another, with no time for erosion. For example, there is no evidence of any “missing” millions of years (of erosion) in the flat boundary between two well-known layers of Grand Canyon—the Coconino Sandstone and the Hermit Formation. Another impressive example of flat boundaries at Grand Canyon is the Redwall Limestone and the strata beneath it.
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What’s going on here is that the Muav Limestone was deposited in relatively deep water along the coastline of what would become North America. Then over a hundred million years later, the region was uplifted. When rocks are lifted out of the water, they tend to erode rather than deposit; this erosion planed off the top of the Muav (and maybe removed other units as well). Then sinuous rivers cut into the flat top of the Muav, twisting and turning as they undulated toward the sea. We see the remnants of these rivers in the Temple Butte Formation, which is exposed in dramatic half-moon incisions into the Muav. These incisions occur in different orientations as you find them on opposite sides; you’re looking at the cross-section of a twisting fossil river changing its course, much as the Mississippi River does today
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Another AIG lie exposed. Will comment or explain?
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