From: Glenn Morton (glennmorton@entouch.net)
Date: Fri Sep 26 2003 - 10:04:36 EDT
The interesting thing about all these is their rarity in the geologic column
compared with the sorted sediments and precipitates. Those who believe in a
global flood must deal with this issue. On the whole, however, I don't think
they even know it exists.
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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On
Behalf Of Don Winterstein
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 2:36 AM
To: bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com; asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: unsorted sediment
Conglomerates are sometimes very poorly sorted. You might expect poor
sorting whenever you have a very energetic process but relatively little
water per rock. Turbidites are well-sorted rocks that come from high energy
processes, but they formed on sea bottoms. ("Marine landslides.")
Breccias from talus slopes can also be very poorly sorted. Any more?
Don
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From: bivalve
To: asa@calvin.edu
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 2:28 PM
Subject: unsorted sediment
Variants on the landslide theme, not exactly landslides, can be rather
poorly sorted-e.g., brecchia due to cave collapse. Apart from things like
that, I am not thinking of many options.
The mud slurry idea has problems with the survival of organisms in it.
Fine mud will clog up most organisms, which is part of why putting a dam on
a river is such a good way of killing off native river-dwelling mollusks.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
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