[GodGunsGuts]

Thought you might find the following interesting—GGG

Catastrophic Granite Formation: Rapid Melting of Source Rocks, and Rapid Magma Intrusion and Cooling

Abstract

The timescale for the generation of granitic magmas and their subsequent intrusion, crystallization, and cooling as plutons is no longer incompatible with the biblical time frames of the global, year-long Flood cataclysm and of 6,000–7,000 years for earth history...

http://www.answersingenesis.org/contents/379/Catastrophic-Granite-Formation.pdf

[JimSEA]

Nonsense. The plutons may form relatively quickly but the magma will not cool that quickly. crystal formation does not equate to cool granite on top of the Sierras. Rock is a good insulator. I worked in a mine where the rock temperature at the 2,000 foot level was 140-150 degrees, much hotter than the country rock surrounding the magma intrusion. Erosion had had the time to expose the volcanic plug situated some miles away completely down to its core. We can only assume that the rate of erosion is the same now as it was 6,000 or 100 million years back. Limestone was perched on top of this intrusive pluton suggesting that it was undersea at the time it formed.

Any basis in knowledge about geology or evolution on my part is due to interest and reading an no formal education. It is however my belief, corroborated by reading and observation.

Now< I notice you are swinging a "Jim Robinson" club. If you are so certain that your views are the only truth surely you can get me banned as a heretic for doubting the nonsense you spew.

[ColdWater]

“The timescale for the generation of granitic magmas and their subsequent intrusion, crystallization,
and cooling as plutons is no longer incompatible with the biblical time frames of the global, year-long
Flood cataclysm and of 6,000–7,000 years for earth history.”

Which is it? 6000 or 7000 years?

[ColdWater]

If all these geological events only take a few days, how come we never see any of the events in the last centuries? Does that mean that geological clocks are running at rates different from a couple of thousand years ago?

[Natural Law]

"Thought you might find the following interesting—GGG"

Thought you might find it interesting that the source cited isn't a prestigious university with a highly ranked Geology program or a well established and peer reviewed author, it is the "Answers in Genesis" website and the author is Dr. Andrew Snelling. For those who don't know Snelling is considered a crack pot within the geological community. Before you form an opinion, check out some legitimate sources.

[ColdWater]

Here is your Dr. talking about formations over a billion years ago!

"The Archaean basement consists of domes of granitoids and granitic gneisses (the Nanambu Complex), the nearest outcrop being 5 km to the north. Some of the lowermost overlying Proterozoic metasediments were accreted to these domes during amphibolite grade regional metamorphism (5 to 8 kb and 550° to 630° C) at 1870 to 1800 Myr. Multiple isoclinal recumbent folding accompanied metamorphism."

[ColdWater]

Which is your Dr. Snelling?