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To: titanmike
Varves are extremely thin layers which evolutionists claim, without much justification, are laid down annually in lakes. By counting tens of thousands of varves, they believe elapsed time can be determined. However, since varves are so uniform, show no evidence of the slightest erosion, and are deposited over wider areas than tiny "stream deltas," they are better explained by liquefaction.

Well now, fine sediments being deposited seasonally in a quiet lake environment wouldn't demonstrate erosion, now would they? I believe erosion requires some external input of energy...yes, I read about that somewhere. Let's see, oh here's a definition:

Erosion - 1. the part of the overall process of denudation that includes the physical breaking down, chemical solution and transportation of material. 2. Movement of soil and rock material by agents such as running water, wind, moving ice, and gravitational creep. (from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences, 1991)

Now, on to liquifaction:

Liquifaction - The process of becoming or making a liquid by heating, cooling, or a change in pressure. In soils, the temporary transformation of material to a fluid state due to the sudden decrease in shearing resistance caused by a collapse of the structure associated with a temporary increase in pore fluid pressure. (from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences, 1991)

Please provide geological evidence that varves are always found in regions that have undergone structural collapse.

1,485 posted on 12/30/2002 1:03:17 PM PST by Aracelis
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To: Piltdown_Woman
Liquifaction - The process of becoming or making a liquid by heatin......

That's the normal definition of liquifaction. Sorry you weren't able to pick up on that, it seemed obvious enough at the time. In the context in question, "liquifaction" meant the covering of large areas of the Earth with water.

1,489 posted on 12/30/2002 1:37:02 PM PST by titanmike
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