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To: Fester Chugabrew
I assumed the average thickness of the Earth's crust (the geological column) to be ten klicks. I subtracted the volume of a sphere 12,780 km in diameter from the volume of a sphere 12,800 km in diameter.

Dunno, it just seemed the right way to answer such an odd question.

1,275 posted on 12/03/2004 3:14:29 PM PST by Junior (FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
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To: Junior

Okay. So you consider the supposed geological column to descend approximately ten kilometers below the earth?


1,279 posted on 12/03/2004 3:30:29 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Junior
How many cubic kilometers do you think have been exposed and analyzed by geologic methods and study? Not an easy question. How much is exposed and analysed in a day? Figure one cubic kilometer. Tons of potential fossils. How many days would it take to expose and analyze 10% of the supposed geologic column? 51,406,314 days. A little more than 140,839 years.

With these kinds of numbers, how justified are we in assuming a geologic "column" even exists, that is to say, a record that shows continuity from top to bottom throughout?

1,287 posted on 12/03/2004 3:58:28 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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