To: MrB
Similarly, observed erosion doesn’t “prove” that mountains formed over millions of years via erosion.
However the observed rate of erosion is both necessary and sufficient to explain the formation of mountains over millions of years.
261 posted on
02/24/2012 7:27:36 AM PST by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
To: allmendream
If you are a strict uniformitarian.
People studying this more closely have abandoned uniformitarianism.
266 posted on
02/24/2012 8:14:22 AM PST by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
To: allmendream
However the observed rate of erosion is both necessary and sufficient to explain the formation of mountains over millions of years. How does erosion form a mountain instead of wearing it down?
/quibble>
321 posted on
02/25/2012 2:55:15 AM PST by
grey_whiskers
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