Tonights reason that the global flood isn't workable comes from a comparison of the fossils found in the rock and the physical properties of that rock. We all know about index fossils Trilobites are found in Cambrian through Permian rocks. Certain Conodonts are found only in particular periods of the Cambrian and Ordovician but never anywhere else. Index fossils will be listed below the picture. If all the rocks were deposited in a one year period, we should expect that the compaction (the amount of particle packing, should vary only by depth. It really shouldn't matter what fossils are in it. A Devonian (400 million year old) sandstone on the surface is as young as a Pleistocene (3 million year old). Thus we should expect that they should have similar physical properties, like porosity, speed of sound etc. As a rock compacts, the rock grains are in greater contact and thus, the rock transmits sound waves faster as it compacts. Compaction occurs for two reasons. First is depth of burial in which the weight of the overlying sediments presses down on the rock making the grains be more in contact with each other. The second form of compaction comes with age. Normal processes cause the grains to become more in contact with each other over time. It is what causes settling in a new house build on land fill. Over time, the rock grains compact. What we find is that regardless of the depth of the rock, rocks which are older (contain the oldest fossils, transmit sound faster than the younger rocks. This simply shouldn't be the case if the global flood were the cause of the sediments. Devonian sands on the surface are always faster than Pliocene sands on the surface. It is as if the Devonian rocks are older. Below is a chart of this phenomenon taken from A. R. Gregory "Rock Physics in Seismic Interpretation," in Charles Payton Ed. Seismic Stratigraphy applications to hydrocarbon Exploration, AAPG Memoir 26, p. 19 Please explain why rocks which are older have a faster velocity, are more compacted, are more lithified and are harder? Index fossils conodonts Cambrian Late Cambrian Taridontus nakamurai Proconodontus muelleri Granatodontus ani Hispidodontus resimus Eoconodontus notchpeakensis Hirsutodontus nodus Hispidodontus appressus Hispidodontus discretus Eodentatus bicuspatus Cordylodus primitivus Fryxellodontus inornatus Datsonian (Late Cambrian or Early Ordovician Hirsutodontus hirsutus Cordylodus proavus Clavohamulus elongatus Hirsutodontus simplex Clavohamulus hintzei monocostodus sevierensis Utahconus utahensis Cordylodus Caboi Cordylodus prolindstromi Warendian Lower Ordiovician Cordylodus lindstromi Variabiliconus bassleri cordylodus angulatus Clavohamulus sp. nov. A Cordylodus caseyi Chosonodina herfurthi rossodous manitouensis Acanthodus costatus Iapetognatthus sp. Clavohamulus sp. nov. B ~ John H. Shergold and Robert S. Nicoll, "Revised Cambrian-Ordovician Boundary Biostratigraphy, Black Moutnain Western Queensland," in Webby and Laurie eds. Global Perspectives on Ordovician Geology, (Rotterdam:Balkema, 1992), pp 81-92, p. 84 ** Middle Lower Ordovician boundary Ibexian is Lower Whiterockian is middle Ibexian Lower Ordovician index conodonts Drepanoistodus forceps Paltodus sweeti Oepilkodus communis Scolopodus rex Reutteroidus andinus Eucharodus parallelus Scandodus americanus Juanagnathus variabilis Tropodus australis Parapanderodus striatus Drepanodus arcuatus Bergstroemognathus extensus Oepikodus evae Stolodus stola Acodus emanuelensis Middle Ordovician Histodella altifrons minutiserrata Pteracontiodus Scandodus robustus Walliserodus ethingtoni Paltodus jentlandicus lofgren Paroistodus originalis Amsella jemtlandicus Tripodus laevis Orthambonites marshalli Histiodella sinosa Ectenonotus whittingtoni Histiodella serrata Periodon aculeata ~ Reuben J. Ross Jr. and Raymond L. Ethington, "North American Whiterock Series Suited for Global Correlation," in Webby and Laurie eds. Global Perspectives on Ordovician Geology, (Rotterdam:Balkema, 1992), pp 135-152, p. 137 ** Brachiopods middle ordovician Idiostrophia conciliata Idiostrophia nuda Orthidium fimbriatum Ingria cloudi Liricamera nevadensis Petroria austrina Orthidium bellulum Pleurorthis beattyensis Cuparius cardilatus Orthambonites minusculus Idiostrophia valdari Idiostrophia lenticularis anomalorthis lambda phragmorthis antiqua Blastoidocrinus elongatus Blastoidocrinus nevadensis Orthidiella longwelli Orthidiella costellata Atelelasma primotica Hesperorthis antelopensis Ptychopleurella kelinhampli Leptellina occidentalis Valcourea plana leptellina occidentalis ~ Reuben J. Ross Jr. and Raymond L. Ethington, "North American Whiterock Series Suited for Global Correlation," in Webby and Laurie eds. Global Perspectives on Ordovician Geology, (Rotterdam:Balkema, 1992), pp 135-152, p. 139 ** Middle Ordovician trilobites "Carolinites killaryensis Kawina wilsoni Mileus worutator Endymionia meeki Xystrocrania pyriformis Illaemus auriculatus Carolinites genacinaca Heliomera albata Apatolichas juleieei Carolinites angustagena bathyurellus feitieri Ectenonotus whittingtoni Protocalymens acallesteri Illaenus auriculatus Pliomerops canadensis ~ Reuben J. Ross Jr. and Raymond L. Ethington, "North American Whiterock Series Suited for Global Correlation," in Webby and Laurie eds. Global Perspectives on Ordovician Geology, (Rotterdam:Balkema, 1992), pp 135-152, p. 140 In the Permian, certain sponges are index fossils index fossils Lower Permian genus's Paramblysiphonella Middle Permian genera Guadalupia Vuothalamia Upper Permian genera Amphorithalamia Apocoelia Glomocystospongia Pisothalamia Polyedra Pseudoamblysiphonella Spica Subascosymplegma Tristratocoelia ~ J. K. Rigbey and B. Senowbari-Daryan, "Permian Sponge Biogeography and Biostratigraphy," Petroleum Abstract 652,700, p. 162 |
Rock Properties Vary with Fossils Found in Them
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