Claim CD302:

Evaporite deposits are far too thick to have been formed from the evaporation of ancient seas.

Source:

Morris, Henry M., 1974. Scientific Creationism, Green Forest, AR: Master Books, p. 106.

Response:

  1. This is only a problem for creationists who cannot imagine long time spans. Thick deposits with numerous beds are consistent with cyclical sea transgression/regressions (Burke n.d.). They can also form in sinking basins that have had no outlet over geological time.

References:

  1. Burke, Randy B., n.d. Some aspects of salt dissolution in the Williston Basin of North Dakota. NDGS Newsletter 28(1): 1-5. http://www.state.nd.us/ndgs//Newsletter/NL01S/PDF/salts01.pdf
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