Geologists are Stupid
First off, no geologists were harmed in the making of this article. I, however am in danger of becoming petrified in a mud slide.
There are basically two popular theories about the formation of the Grand Canyon. For this discussion, we’ll leave it that one theory is around 35 million years and the other around 20 million years for the formation.
Both theories include all the forces on the earth. The major force is the pressure of the water carving its way through the solid stone. For this discussion we’ll use the shorter time. Simplified, that water has been carving the Grand Canyon for 20 million years.
Around 20 million years ago the Colorado River carves into the Grand Canyon at its eastern end, Marble Canyon, and likely exiting through Kanab Canyon. 17 million years ago the Colorado Plateau uplifts causing deeper cutting.
Now, as a river cuts through the earth it reveals the layers of sediment from different periods in the earth’s history.
20 million years ago, the surface of the earth that was at the very top of the earth is the layer that is currently covered by 20 million years worth of new sediment. In other words, it is 20 million years down from the top of the earth’s surface today.
When the river started cutting it was at this 20 million year layer because the layers above that didn’t exist.
Well, the river cut deeper and deeper as the years progressed, while the new sediment over the last 20 million years was added above where the river first started cutting.
My question: How did sediment above the 20 million year mark get cut by water if the river was already below that point well before the new sediment even existed?
I’m not talking about wind and weather erosion. I’m talking about water cut sediment.
What am I saying? I’m saying that the newest level that was obviously cut by water will date when the water was there cutting it.
If you have a 1 million year old level that was cut by the Colorado, then the river was at that level to cut it after it had formed. Since that level didn’t exist until 1 million years ago, then the river couldn’t have cut below that point before it existed. Otherwise it wouldn’t be water cut. It would only have erosion.
I think we have to realize that the newest level that is obviously water cut will date when the river started cutting. It had to be there to be cut by the river. If the river started cutting 20 million years ago, and if we account for higher water levels in flooding, then nothing above 17 to 18 million years old could have been water cut. The river was well below that point before it would have existed. In Fact, it has cut fast enough to be at levels that are 1.7 billion years old today. So, if it started at a level 20 million years old, thats a total of 1.68 billion years of cutting in 20 million years.
The Colorado has been cutting through 84 million years of sediment every 1 million years. So, starting at a level 20 million years old, after only 1 million years, it would have been cutting at the 104 million year old level.
So, 19 million years ago the river would have been at the 104 million year old levels of the earths sediment. Do we have water cut levels above 19 million years old?
Anyone with any common sense whatsoever has to realize the river couldn’t have cut what didn’t exist.
Better get a new theory.
Regards.
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