Whopper Sands in the Gulf of Mexico Give Strong Evidence of Genesis Flood
by Owen Borville
January 20, 2019
Geology
A large sand deposit is found in the Gulf of Mexico and mainstream scientists are confused about the origin of this deposit. Creationists, however, believe that this large sand accumulation was deposited by the receding waters of the Genesis Flood off of the continental lands of North America. While evolutionists argue that this deposit must have been alluvial, the size and extent of this deposit must have been created by a force much larger than the power of the existing river systems of North America.
In 2001, the BAHA well was drilled underneath 7,800 feet of Gulf of Mexico waters and into the Wilcox-unit sands at the base of the Tejas sedimentary megasequence. The drillers found about 1,100 feet of sand that was mostly pure (about 70 percent) and was named the "Whopper Sand." This discovery surprised mainstream geologists and scientists as it did not fit their uniformitarian assumptions about sand deposition, particularly how such a thick deposit of sand could have extended out so far from the continental coastline and shelf-more than 200 miles offshore.
In addition, billions of barrels of oil were also discovered in these Whopper Sands, which were found to extend over 40,000 square miles underneath the Gulf of Mexico waters. Most of the Whopper sand deposit is over 1,000 feet thick and up to 1,900 feet in some places. Evolutionists propose a large, sudden drop in sea level by 6,000 feet 55 million years ago in the Gulf of Mexico to account for the Whopper Sand deposition, however evolutionists have difficulty explaining how this occurred.
The only logical explanation for the deposition of the Whopper Sands is the quick, sudden deposition from the receding waters of the Genesis Flood off the North American continent and into the Gulf of Mexico with large, continental-size scale and substantial force to cause the sands to extent hundreds of miles offshore. Creationists explain that the purity of the sands at about 70 percent gives strong evidence that these sands are not from normal alluvial systems, but from a catastrophic continental scale flooding event. Normal river systems would deposit sand on the continental shelf while some of the sand would stay in the river delta. Any other sand from the river system would be spread back along the adjacent coastlines by the ocean or gulf currents. It is obvious that something with a greater force than river deposition could have deposited these Gulf sands hundreds of miles offshore. Therefore, the receding waters of the Genesis Flood is mentioned by creationists as the mechanism of deposition for the Whopper Sands in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sweet, M. L. and M. D. Blum. 2011. Paleocene-Eocene Wilcox Submarine Canyons and Thick Deepwater Sands of the Gulf of Mexico: Very Large Systems in a Greenhouse World, Not a Messinian-Like Crisis. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions. 61: 443-450.
Paleocene-Eocene Wilcox Submarine Canyons and Thick Deepwater Sands of the Gulf of Mexico: Very Large Systems in a Greenhouse World, Not a Messinian-Like Crisis. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, At Vera Cruz, Mexico, Volume: 61. October, 2011.
Rosenfeld, Joshua, and Arthur E. Berman. A new depositional model for the deepwater Wilcox-equivalent Whopper Sand - Changing the paradigm. June, 2007.
by Owen Borville
January 20, 2019
Geology
A large sand deposit is found in the Gulf of Mexico and mainstream scientists are confused about the origin of this deposit. Creationists, however, believe that this large sand accumulation was deposited by the receding waters of the Genesis Flood off of the continental lands of North America. While evolutionists argue that this deposit must have been alluvial, the size and extent of this deposit must have been created by a force much larger than the power of the existing river systems of North America.
In 2001, the BAHA well was drilled underneath 7,800 feet of Gulf of Mexico waters and into the Wilcox-unit sands at the base of the Tejas sedimentary megasequence. The drillers found about 1,100 feet of sand that was mostly pure (about 70 percent) and was named the "Whopper Sand." This discovery surprised mainstream geologists and scientists as it did not fit their uniformitarian assumptions about sand deposition, particularly how such a thick deposit of sand could have extended out so far from the continental coastline and shelf-more than 200 miles offshore.
In addition, billions of barrels of oil were also discovered in these Whopper Sands, which were found to extend over 40,000 square miles underneath the Gulf of Mexico waters. Most of the Whopper sand deposit is over 1,000 feet thick and up to 1,900 feet in some places. Evolutionists propose a large, sudden drop in sea level by 6,000 feet 55 million years ago in the Gulf of Mexico to account for the Whopper Sand deposition, however evolutionists have difficulty explaining how this occurred.
The only logical explanation for the deposition of the Whopper Sands is the quick, sudden deposition from the receding waters of the Genesis Flood off the North American continent and into the Gulf of Mexico with large, continental-size scale and substantial force to cause the sands to extent hundreds of miles offshore. Creationists explain that the purity of the sands at about 70 percent gives strong evidence that these sands are not from normal alluvial systems, but from a catastrophic continental scale flooding event. Normal river systems would deposit sand on the continental shelf while some of the sand would stay in the river delta. Any other sand from the river system would be spread back along the adjacent coastlines by the ocean or gulf currents. It is obvious that something with a greater force than river deposition could have deposited these Gulf sands hundreds of miles offshore. Therefore, the receding waters of the Genesis Flood is mentioned by creationists as the mechanism of deposition for the Whopper Sands in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sweet, M. L. and M. D. Blum. 2011. Paleocene-Eocene Wilcox Submarine Canyons and Thick Deepwater Sands of the Gulf of Mexico: Very Large Systems in a Greenhouse World, Not a Messinian-Like Crisis. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions. 61: 443-450.
Paleocene-Eocene Wilcox Submarine Canyons and Thick Deepwater Sands of the Gulf of Mexico: Very Large Systems in a Greenhouse World, Not a Messinian-Like Crisis. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, At Vera Cruz, Mexico, Volume: 61. October, 2011.
Rosenfeld, Joshua, and Arthur E. Berman. A new depositional model for the deepwater Wilcox-equivalent Whopper Sand - Changing the paradigm. June, 2007.
