Erosion of the continents

21 Erosion of the continents

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The renowned geologist, Ariel A. Roth, researched how much rubble, mud, debris etc. today’s rivers wash into the oceans, year after year. He calculated that after 10 million years, the continents would be eroded to sea level if they were not simultaneously being raised by tectonic processes. Even if, in the past, significantly less material had been washed down, it is clear that at least in the upper rock strata, it should not have been possible to find fossils that were considerably older than 10 million years. They must have been washed away long since.

Today, the Earth’s continents stand, on average, 623 metres above sea level. They are being constantly worn down, mostly by the effects of rain (erosion) and washed into the oceans by rivers and streams. At the current amount of these transported materials, it would take some 10 million years to wear all the continents down to sea level. In ‘only’ 185 million years, the material carried down would correspond to the volume of the present day oceans (1).

Consequences for the geological timetable:

As our continents are in the process of such a powerful transition, it is inconceivable that the fossils that we find on the earth’s surface should actually be 300–500 million years old. They could not have found in all the abundance (!), in which we find them today. The conventional geological timetable, as is taught in most state schools, has to be viewed very critically.

Flood disasters of global proportion:

This is further complicated by the fact that, in the above calculation, no account has been taken of the fact that, in the past, one or more flood disasters of global proportion have taken place. We can see this from numerous geological finds. A lot of additional material would have be washed in to the sea by a global flood.

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Reference:

(1)

Ariel A. Roth, Some Questions About Geochronology, Origins, Vol. 13, Nr. 2, 1986, Page 65.

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