Growing the Geologic Column

Ah, so old Steve is put up a strawman about "the standard view of the Geologic Column". Typical creationist. They have to tell untruths about everything. That's all they have. Untruths. Let's remind you that his 'article', containing all those untruths, is dated 1984.However, in real life, in 1977 from:Margaret Gary, Robert McAfee Jr and Carol L. Wolf, eds. (1977). Glossary of Geology, American Geological Institute, fourth printing, p.292: Faith, stop reading creationist nonsense. They always have to lie.

I pointed out exactly where your creationist source told an untruth. The attack was thus not unwarranted at all.

It's the defintion the tens of thousands of geologists from all over the world use. The definition all those geologists, regardless of language barriers, use. No problems with: It means the same all over the world; doesn't matter the language.Trying to make themselves understandable to every other geologist in the world. Scientific words do have meaning; don't you know?Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.

Really? From the side of of those tens of thousands of geologists from all over the world? As I see it, the few cases of dishonesty that some geologists were involved in have been pointed out and dealt with in the relevant circles. Could you provide references for "untruths" from geologists which haven't been dealt with by other geologists?On the other side, the dishonesty of people like Chris Nevins and John Woodmorappe have been pointed out very well. Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.

Why do you have this view? The geological time scale does not assign particular strata or thicknesses or extensiveness and so on at all. The geological time tables describe time periods. Your comment didn't make any sense.Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.

Of course it is. You do know that tens of thousands of geologists all over the world get paid for doing geology full-time? In my country around 3 000; where exploration and mining companies are the biggest employers, followed by research organisations (exploration and mining companies provide most of the funds for research on geology), Universities (exploration and mining companies provide most of the funds for research on geology) , Government research organisations (exploration and mining companies provide most of the funds for research on geology), etc.? Every single person working full-time on geology knows more than you about the subject.

Actually, quite a lot. The practical applications of the science of geology. Don't creationists always carry on about "observational science"?

Yes, that's how we know that the Drakensberg and Lebombo group basalts (up to 1600 m thick in the Lesotho area, tapering out to the west and east) were extruded at the end of Karoo deposition. The basaltic dolerite dykes and sills intruded during the same event and are of similar age to the Drakensberg and Lebombo Groups.Basaltic diabases are waaaaay older than the Drakensberg and Lebombo Group basalts. Its so easy to know; the contacts give it all away. Some basaltic dolerites actually intrude basaltic diabases. Aureoles, the works.In our country a diabase is of Pre-Karoo age; a dolerite is of Karoo-age (similar compositions and minerals and crystals and crystal sizes and everything else!)Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.

What do you expect? That volcanic rocks should float in mid-air and wait for the hole between them and the surface to be filled in with sediments somehow? Hope you do know about gravity?Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.

Actually, the relative age of a rock is very imporatant in exploration and mining. That's very important in geology. That's very important in geology, too. Everyone should consider what a rock can weather too, etc. That's why the weathering of rocks is such a huge part of geology. Minerology etc. Do you think that all those tens of thousands of geologists are all stupid?Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.

Seems like that's what you think about extrusions and intrusions.

Actually, no. Igneous rocks indicate igneous events. For example, we do have diabases 'running' from precambrian rocks to the Tertiary in the Karoo and the Karoo sediments were deposited in those valleys formed by those eroded diabases. The volcanic events occured first, then the sedimentation occurred later. Then more volcanic events to form the dolerites and basalts after the main sedimentation events.Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.

This was very funny: After the deposits investigated. Faults don't form in mid-air... Not very difficult.Sorry, I just don't think that having any conversations with people such as Faith is productive anymore. It's like having debates in any 'Malhuis'. It's like trying to get inmates in an institution for the mentally insane trying to produce sanity. Edited by Pressie, : No reason given.

The Navajo sandstone is shown as one sandstone 'layer' in cross-sections.