Sandstone Cross-Bedding and the Genesis Flood
by Owen Borville
The multiple layers of sandstone cross-bedded layers are found around the world and showcase the result of the global Genesis Flood more than 4,500 years ago.
These sandstone cross-beds are formed from sand that has been transported by water and cemented together by minerals into hardened rock. The crossing layers formed as a result of the catastrophic flood rapidly transporting sand into place with much erosion and deposition during this year-long event.
However, mainstream scientists insist that these layers were deposited by wind over millions of years. The perfect boundaries between the layers indicate that these layers were not deposited over millions of years apart, but rather during the year-long Genesis Flood, where water-saturated sand layers would have been deposited catastrophically on top of each other at different angles, eroding and depositing layers of sand.
Wind-deposited sand would not result in the multiple-layered and angled cross-beds seen throughout the world because wind erosion would not allow such features to form. Only sand layer burial in a wet, underwater environment with the cementing minerals could cause the formation of these cross-beds. This wet environment with cementing minerals are not found in a wind-blown desert environment.
Other features called sedimentary structures are found in cross-beds that could not have formed in a wind-blown environment. Ripple marks, animal tracks, and fossil impressions are found in cross-beds but these could not have formed in a wind-blown environment over long periods of time because wind erosion would destroy these structures. These structures must have been quickly deposited underwater by water-deposition with little time in between layers.
Creation geologists also assert that wind-blown sand deposits found in desert environments have a steeper angle than water-based deposits. Most cross-bedded sand deposits show a smaller angle than desert wind-blown deposits, indicating a water-based deposition during a catastrophic flood.
by Owen Borville
The multiple layers of sandstone cross-bedded layers are found around the world and showcase the result of the global Genesis Flood more than 4,500 years ago.
These sandstone cross-beds are formed from sand that has been transported by water and cemented together by minerals into hardened rock. The crossing layers formed as a result of the catastrophic flood rapidly transporting sand into place with much erosion and deposition during this year-long event.
However, mainstream scientists insist that these layers were deposited by wind over millions of years. The perfect boundaries between the layers indicate that these layers were not deposited over millions of years apart, but rather during the year-long Genesis Flood, where water-saturated sand layers would have been deposited catastrophically on top of each other at different angles, eroding and depositing layers of sand.
Wind-deposited sand would not result in the multiple-layered and angled cross-beds seen throughout the world because wind erosion would not allow such features to form. Only sand layer burial in a wet, underwater environment with the cementing minerals could cause the formation of these cross-beds. This wet environment with cementing minerals are not found in a wind-blown desert environment.
Other features called sedimentary structures are found in cross-beds that could not have formed in a wind-blown environment. Ripple marks, animal tracks, and fossil impressions are found in cross-beds but these could not have formed in a wind-blown environment over long periods of time because wind erosion would destroy these structures. These structures must have been quickly deposited underwater by water-deposition with little time in between layers.
Creation geologists also assert that wind-blown sand deposits found in desert environments have a steeper angle than water-based deposits. Most cross-bedded sand deposits show a smaller angle than desert wind-blown deposits, indicating a water-based deposition during a catastrophic flood.
