Loess problems (Biblical Flood provides better explanation for distribution of loess)

CMI ^ | Michael J. Oard

[GodGunsGuts]

Loess, generally considered to be wind-blown silt, has caused a number of problems for uniformitarism. The major problems are the missing periglacial loess from past ice ages, a lack of a source for the immense volume of loess (covering about 10% of Earth’s land surface) and the lack of eroded loess from past ice ages. How loess is produced has also caused a quandary for uniformitarians, with only fluvial tumbling in mixed-sized sediment producing a large volume of silt. However, the Flood and post-Flood Ice Age provide a more plausible framework in which to explain the volume and distribution of loess. Extreme turbulence in the Flood would have provided the right context for producing the necessary silt, which may have been reworked during the dry, deglacial phase of the Ice Age...

[GodGunsGuts]

ping!

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Can’t wait to see what coyoteman has to say about this one!

Oh wait....

[muawiyah]

Uniformitarism? Gradualism? I thought we’d all moved beyond that.

[doc1019]

Well, this should be a grand discussion … just put the popcorn in the microwave. ;-)

[mamelukesabre]

All I have to add is this:

THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION IS “LUSS”.

If I hear one more person say “lowess”, I’m gonna bust a vein in my head.

[ClearCase_guy]

I guess I must have missed that — what did he do (that he didn’t always do?)

[TaMoDee]

Well blow an artery! To the MidWest geologists: “lowess”.

[DevNet]

Calling in your support staff I see.

[cacoethes_resipisco]

The Loess Hills are comprised of three major layers. From oldest to youngest, the layers are known as the Loveland Loess, (120,000 to 159,000 years old), the Pisgah Loess (25,000 to 31,000 years old), and the Peoria Loess (12,500-25,000 years old). Clues in the loess layers help geologists determine the rate at which the loess was deposited. For example, ripples mean accumulation took place very quickly. Thin dark bands in the loess indicate the presence of soil and vegetation which means little or no deposition was occurring. Erosion has exposed other geologic formations beneath the loess, such as glacial deposits of sand and gravel and much-older limestone rocks. A 15-inch layer of volcanic ash can be seen in some road cuts, the result of eruptions at now-extinct volcanoes near Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming more than 710,000 years ago. Areas of solid bedrock can be observed in deep quarries along the western edge of the Loess Hills.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/info/loess/

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

I guess I must have missed that — what did he do (that he didn’t always do?)

On an evo thread earlier today, he tried to tell some other posters what they could and couldn't post. They complained, the admins got involved, and coyoteman ended up flinging poo at Jim Robinson his-say-yelf.

Bye bye, c-man.

[mamelukesabre]

That’s cuz a geologist is an engineering school dropout.

Foundation engineers say “luss”!

The father of soils engineering...TERZAGHI...said “luss”.

That’s the facts jack.

[cacoethes_resipisco]

Yep, complaining about an ignoramous claiming that evolution was exactly equivalent to satanism, is apparently out of bounds.

[count-your-change]

LUSS is what Carter said he had in his heart. And Lowess is used as the opposite of “Your Highess” as in “Your Lowess”.

If that vein pops, can you send pictures?

[Non-Sequitur]

However, the Flood and post-Flood Ice Age provide a more plausible framework in which to explain the volume and distribution of loess.

One thing about your flood that I've always wondered about. Ignoring for the moment that the water cycle makes such a flood impossible, it doesn't change the fact that about 96.5% of all water on earth is salt water. Raise the level of the oceans by thousands of feet, enough to cover all the land by x number of cubits, and you have turned all the remaining fresh water into salt water as well. So cover the entire earth with oceans and what did Noah drink when the ark landed and how did they grow food on land rendered untillable by extended submersion in salt water?

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Yep, complaining about an ignoramous claiming that evolution was exactly equivalent to satanism, is apparently out of bounds.

No, but telling JR how to run his own forum is.

[cacoethes_resipisco]

Interestingly, back in the old days, the creationists denied all evidence of ice ages (they are, after all, not mentioned in the bible) and claimed glacial features were the result of the “flood”.

http://corior.blogspot.com/2006/02/part-14-evidence-for-ice-ages-through.html

But, hey, they could never be wrong, right?

[Dog Gone]

Satan created salt AFTER the flood, dummy.

[EternalVigilance]

Iowa's Loess Hills, which run along the Missouri River Valley from Sioux City south to St. Joseph, MO, have a dear place in my heart. They have a unique beauty that photographs don't fully do justice to.

[mamelukesabre]

THANKS TO YOU, THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE IS NOW PARALYZED!

Some lower forms of life say “lowess”. The rest of the lower forms of life say “lowce”. Those of us with frontal lobes say “luss”.

Are you seriously quoting a peanut farmer??