Counsel #13 — Erosion And Sedimentation Rates

Picture: Counsel #13 — Erosion And Sedimentation RatesCSe 100.1

Researchers like Ariel Roth have extensively studied the processes of erosion and sedimentation and have concluded that the current rates of erosion and sedimentation are incompatible with the vast ages assigned to geological formations.CSe 100.2

If the Earth were hundreds of millions or billions of years old, the continents should have been eroded away long ago. However, substantial amounts of sediment continue to be eroded from the continents and deposited in the oceans. The rate at which these processes occur today is far too rapid to be reconciled with the immense time spans proposed by the standard geological timescale.CSe 100.3

The thickness of sedimentary layers on Earth are often used to estimate geological time but accumulate at a much faster rate than what would be expected over millions of years. This discrepancy suggests that the Earth may be significantly younger than the conventional estimates. Catastrophic events, such as the biblical Flood, could have rapidly deposited vast amounts of sediment and shaped the Earth's surface, leading to the geological formations we observe today.^{[100]https://www.grisda.org/origins-15075}CSe 100.4

“Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm.” Jeremiah 32:17 NKJVCSe 100.5

“Infidel geologists claim that the world is very much older than the Bible record makes it. They reject the Bible record, because of those things which are to them evidences from the earth itself…. Ellen White in Spiritual Gifts, bk. 3, pp. 91, 92CSe 100.6

Reflect: Given the current rates of erosion, what is the likelihood of the continents remaining relatively intact over billions of years, as proposed by conventional geology?CSe 100.7