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In order for engineers to
determine how much dynamite will be required to remove this rock, they take
what they call “Core Samples.” These Core Samples are tested for how strong the
rock is and therefore how much dynamite they will need in order to maximize
the blasts and minimize the cost of the dynamite and subsequent removal. The
Core Wall at the |
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The “Flood Core” “It was deposited in a high-energy environment, where fast-moving water was capable of carrying these large pebbles, such as during a storm flood.” |
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The “Fault Core” “In the dark coaly shale layer near the top
of the cut you can see a thin sandstone layer that has been pushed over
itself in a thrust fault. It is a local demonstration of the massive movement
of tectonic plates . . .” This one visible fault
indicates a massive amount of tectonic plate movement. (A fault is where a
rock layer or layers has been subjected to enough stress to break the rock).
Interestingly enough, there is only this one fault at Sideling Hill. |
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The “Massive Burial Core” “The
dark grey to black sediment is carbonaceous shale and siltstone. A lot of
organic material (plant and fern remains) was incorporated in the sediment when
it was in a marshy area next to a river.” |
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Massive amounts of plant life was buried and mixed in with the sediments while it was being laid down. When a plant dies next to a river doesn’t it generally get washed down stream or decay before the sediment can cover it? These plants would have had to have been mixed into the sediment and then deposited together to become a “carbonaceous shale and siltstone.” |
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Two Theories—Two
Interpretations of the data—Only one can be right |
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Creation |
Evolution |
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Creationists
look at the Flood Core, the Fault Core and the Massive Burial Core and say that
all of the layers were laid down at different times in Noah’s Flood, and that
the one “visible fault” is evidence that the layers were laid down within a
short period of time and folded before completely solidified. |
Evolutionists
look at the different layers and assume that each layer represents a
different age and how that age lived. Therefore, since each layer is
significantly different they had to have been laid down and solidified over
millions of years. |
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