Polystrate fossil
A polystrate fossil is one that crosses more than one layer of stratified rock. Fossilized trees, for example, are frequently found in upright positions passing through two or more layers. These kinds of fossils offer clear evidence against a uniformitarian view of the earth's fossiliferous strata. Polystrate fossils are found in many parts of the world.[1]
Polystrate Trees
Numerous polystrate trees can be found in Yellowstone National Park, Joggins Nova Scotia, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian high Arctic, and among the coal strata rocks of the United States (including Alaska), Germany, England and France. Normally these trees are found without roots attached, and in rare cases they will also have both roots and rootlets attached; however, even in these instances the trees are very likely not in situ (i.e. in their original places of growth) but rather have been transported by Floodwaters.[1] Also, this strata has numerous rootlets that are buried individually (apart from being attached to a tree), which is further evidence of transport, as opposed to growth in situ. See references below for more information and documentation.
Polystrate fossils deposited upright after a catastrophe (the Flood) present a serious problem for Uniformitarian Evolutionist methodologies because they exist across strata claimed by Evolutionists to have taken millions of years to deposit. As pointed out by Creationist Michael Oard, slow deposition rates predicted by Evolutionists would not allow the fossilization of polystrate trees.
| “ | "The average rate of deposition according to them would typically be 1–2 cm (0.5–1 inch) per thousand years. Prof. Derek Ager calculated that, at the average uniformitarian sedimentation rate of the British coal measures, it would take 100,000 years to bury a 10 m (30 ft) tree.1 And he used a very generous deposition rate compared to those generally published. If such rates of deposition were true, the upper part would almost certainly have rotted away completely. Try to find timber that could be exposed to the elements for 100,000 years! In the unlikely event that the top part survived, it should show more decay than the bottom. However, polystrate trees show little if any difference from the base to the top. This is consistent with the layers of sedimentary rock encasing the trees being rapidly deposited during Noah’s Flood."
-Michael Oard, "Polystrate Trees and 'Fossil Forests' Explained by Flood Log Mats," Creation Ministries International[2] |
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External links
- The Fossil Forests of Nova Scotia
- Polystrate Fossils and the Creation/Evolution Controversy Joe Deweese and Bert Thompson, Ph.D. Reason & Revelation December 2000 - 20[12]:93-95
- A study of the Joggins Fossil Cliffs Ian A. Juby
- The Polystrate Trees and Coal Seams of Joggins Fossil Cliffs John Morris ICR Impact No. 316.
- What are Polystrate Fossils? John Morris
- Upright Trees in Coal Randy S. Berg
- The Underclays of Joggins Randy S. Berg
- Polystrate fossils: evidence for a young earth
Fossils
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rusch, Wilbert H (1970). "5-2: Review of Surtsey: The New Island in the North Atlantic". In Lammerts, Walter E. Why Not Creation?: Selected Articles from the Creation Research Society Quaterly - Volumes I through V (1964-1968). Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co.. p. 152-157. Library of Congress Catalog Card Nº 78-133085.
- ↑ Oard, M. (2024, April). "Polystrate Trees and 'Fossil Forests' Explained by Flood Log Mats." Creation 46(2):42–45.
See Also
- Polystrate fossils indicate massive sudden deposition Response to Talk.Origins
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