Re: New Flood Data

Greg Billock (billgr@cco.caltech.edu)
Fri, 20 Feb 1998 16:13:50 -0800 (PST)

Bill Hamilton:

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> believe miracles happen -- nor do they believe the flood happened. I
> believe the flood did occur, but whether we'll ever identify the exact time
> or location I don't know.

I have read some things about this. I think 2367BC was the date I saw.

served by addressing some basic questions like this than examining
details here and there. Here's a sampler:

1. What date was the flood? What lines of evidence give this conclusion?

2. What was the characteristic composition of the floodwaters? (That
is, that much mixing should leave some signature depositions in
terms of the dissolved minerals, etc.

3. What do maps of the flood look like. Draw pictures of at what point
in the event various regions were inundated, what continents moved
where, you get the idea.

I think answering questions like this would be better evidence that there
is a cohesive research program which is attempting to establish a
particular model.

-Greg