Re: A reply to James
Arthur V. Chadwick (chadwicka@swac.edu)
Sun, 19 Jan 1997 18:29:07 -0800>Makes sense to me, my only point was that the flood model of coal
>vegetation accumulation is much more realistic. The conversion of the
>vegetation into coal, through adiabatic compression, heating, and shearing
>stresses, is much more easily visualized in terms of catastrophism than
>slow vertical accumulation of sediments.
It is not much of a stretch to make coal accumulation catastrophic. I think
the point Glenn has been making is that it would be useful to demonstrate
that the amount of plant meterial represented in coal (and for that matter
oil as well) can be accommodated on the preflood earth. That would be a
worthwhile exercise for someone.
Art
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