"About 12,000 feet of Phanerozoic strata (Flood rocks) underlie Colorado Springs, with Precambrian basement rocks (pre-Flood) occurring at an elevation of about 6,000 feet below sea level. Because the adjacent Precambrian basement rocks on the western side of the Ute Pass Fault occur up to 14,000 feet above sea level (i.e., Pike’s Peak), over 20,000 feet of vertical displacement occurred southwest of Colorado Springs!
The lowermost strata in the Colorado Springs area are in the Sawatch Sandstone (dated as Cambrian, or earliest Flood), which directly overlies the Precambrian basement. Also of importance in relation to the Ute Pass Fault is the thick, arkosic (composed of weathered granite and sand) Fountain Formation (dated as Pennsylvanian and Permian, or mid-Flood) overlying the Sawatch Sandstone.
A sequence of 12,000 feet of strata along the Ute Pass Fault was studied. The thick sequence of strata was still unconsolidated at the time of deformation, folding, or injection. The total time required for deposition of a sequence of strata, for regional flexing, for faulting, and for development of local deformational features must be less than the time it takes soft sediment—complete with necessary water and mineral cement—to harden into rock. The data support the creationist view that the deposition of strata and the actions of its folding/faulting/injections are concurrent, not consecutive. The violent continental plate movement and the vast amounts of sediment deposited during the Flood, as well as the deformation, happened during the same single-year event—just as described in Genesis!" ICR
The lowermost strata in the Colorado Springs area are in the Sawatch Sandstone (dated as Cambrian, or earliest Flood), which directly overlies the Precambrian basement. Also of importance in relation to the Ute Pass Fault is the thick, arkosic (composed of weathered granite and sand) Fountain Formation (dated as Pennsylvanian and Permian, or mid-Flood) overlying the Sawatch Sandstone.
A sequence of 12,000 feet of strata along the Ute Pass Fault was studied. The thick sequence of strata was still unconsolidated at the time of deformation, folding, or injection. The total time required for deposition of a sequence of strata, for regional flexing, for faulting, and for development of local deformational features must be less than the time it takes soft sediment—complete with necessary water and mineral cement—to harden into rock. The data support the creationist view that the deposition of strata and the actions of its folding/faulting/injections are concurrent, not consecutive. The violent continental plate movement and the vast amounts of sediment deposited during the Flood, as well as the deformation, happened during the same single-year event—just as described in Genesis!" ICR
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth;
and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Genesis 7:19
