And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased,...
Genesis 7:17
"Sheet sands are widespread, thin sandstones that blanket large regions of the continents. Most are composed of extremely pure quartz of uniform, well-rounded grains that contain almost no shale.
Secular geologists have tried to explain their presence for decades and have failed to develop a satisfactory answer. Their best models invoke “atypical depositional
conditions unique to shallow epeiric seas” and “are viewed as sufficiently different from other modern and ancient sedimentary successions that some textbooks treat them as a separate category of stratigraphic unit.”
In other words, not only are the sands hard to explain, they fail to follow uniformitarian expectations. Many of these sheet sandstones extend for hundreds of miles and are just a few tens of feet thick. The so-called Tapeats Sandstone that blankets much of North America is an excellent example and is found at the base of the Sauk Megasequence.
The continuity of the basal Sauk sandstone layer across North America is a testament to the Flood, specifically to the extent and uniformity of the first marine transgression of the continents. In many places, the base of this layer is also known as the Great Unconformity. This erosional surface has been mapped across multiple continents and is accepted as a global phenomenon. The basal Sauk Megasequence also coincides with the Cambrian Explosion, where fossils representing most animal phyla suddenly appear in the rock record. Most creationists recognize this sandstone layer as the Flood’s first extensive deposit.
This same layer also extends across North Africa and the Middle East, including Jordan and the city of Petra. It can even be found across parts of South America, demonstrating that the basal Sauk sandstone layer (the Tapeats equivalent) extends across multiple continents.
Genesis clearly describes a global flood event. The Flood offers the only reasonable explanation for the thin, uniform sandstones that were deposited at the same time across multiple continents. God’s Word can resolve many mysteries if we simply choose to believe it." ICR
Genesis 7:17
"Sheet sands are widespread, thin sandstones that blanket large regions of the continents. Most are composed of extremely pure quartz of uniform, well-rounded grains that contain almost no shale.
Secular geologists have tried to explain their presence for decades and have failed to develop a satisfactory answer. Their best models invoke “atypical depositional
In other words, not only are the sands hard to explain, they fail to follow uniformitarian expectations. Many of these sheet sandstones extend for hundreds of miles and are just a few tens of feet thick. The so-called Tapeats Sandstone that blankets much of North America is an excellent example and is found at the base of the Sauk Megasequence.
The continuity of the basal Sauk sandstone layer across North America is a testament to the Flood, specifically to the extent and uniformity of the first marine transgression of the continents. In many places, the base of this layer is also known as the Great Unconformity. This erosional surface has been mapped across multiple continents and is accepted as a global phenomenon. The basal Sauk Megasequence also coincides with the Cambrian Explosion, where fossils representing most animal phyla suddenly appear in the rock record. Most creationists recognize this sandstone layer as the Flood’s first extensive deposit.
This same layer also extends across North Africa and the Middle East, including Jordan and the city of Petra. It can even be found across parts of South America, demonstrating that the basal Sauk sandstone layer (the Tapeats equivalent) extends across multiple continents.
Genesis clearly describes a global flood event. The Flood offers the only reasonable explanation for the thin, uniform sandstones that were deposited at the same time across multiple continents. God’s Word can resolve many mysteries if we simply choose to believe it." ICR
