Paraconformity
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According to Ariel R. Roth a paraconformity (sometimes called a unconformity) occurs "when two different parallel layers from different parts of the geological column is missing in the layers." [1]
William R.Corliss, a cataloger and writer on scientific anomalies, wrote the following regarding paraconformities:
"Potentially more important to geological thinking are those unconformities that signal large chunks of geological history are missing, even though the strata on either side of the unconformity are perfectly parallel and show no evidence of erosion. Did millions of years fly by with no discernible effect? A possible though controversial inference is that our geological clocks and stratigraphic concepts need working on." William R. Corliss, Unknown Earth (Glen Arm, Maryland: The Sourcebook Project, 1980), p. 219. [2]
Ariel R. Roth wrote regarding paraconformities the following: "The lack of evidence of time at the surface of the underlying layers of a paraconformity suggest that the long ages never occurred." [3] Young earth creationists see paraconformities as a serious challenge to the old earth uniformitarian geology paradigm. [4][5][6]
