Grand Canyon strata show geologic time is imaginary
by Tas Walker
Visitors to Grand Canyon hear the usual geological interpretation involving millions
of years. We are told that the horizontal formation at the bottom, the Tapeats Sandstone,
was deposited 550 million years ago, and the Kaibab Limestone that forms the rim
is 250 million years old (see diagram below). It is difficult to imagine the immense
time involved in this interpretation.
Interestingly, the Grand Canyon strata extend over 400 km (250 miles) into the eastern
part of Arizona.1 There, they
are at least 1,600 m (one mile) lower in elevation. Supposedly, the uplift of the
Grand Canyon area occurred about 70 million years ago—hundreds of millions
of years after the sediments were deposited. One would expect that hundreds of millions
of years would have been plenty of time for the sediment to cement into hard rock.
Yet, the evidence indicates that the sediments were soft and unconsolidated when
they bent. Instead of fracturing like the basement did, the entire layer thinned
as it bent. The sand grains show no evidence that the material was brittle and rock-hard,
because none of the grains are elongated.1 Neither
has the mineral cementing the grains been broken and recrystallized. Instead, the
evidence points to the whole 1,200-m (4,000-ft) thickness of strata being still
‘plastic’ when it was uplifted. In other words, the millions of years
of geologic time are imaginary. This ‘plastic’ deformation of Grand
Canyon strata dramatically demonstrates the reality of the catastrophic global Flood
of Noah’s day.
Reference
- Morris, J.D., The Young Earth,
Master Books, Arizona, pp. 106–109, 1994. Return to text.
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