Plate Tectonics

CPT Q. 020: How could the plates have accelerated to CPT velocities without ripping apart?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 20 Q. #20 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 20. How could the plates have accelerated to CPT velocities without ripping apart and without being impeded by drag from the underlying asthenosphere? Response: As I have mentioned previously in answers to earlier questions, the fact …

CPT Q. 021: Could an earth created on the verge of catastrophic runaway possibly be ‘very good’?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 21 Q. #21 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 21. Would a ring of cold material in the earth’s upper mantle that was on the verge of catastrophic runaway, as you postulate, if part of God’s original construction of the earth, be consistent with God’s declaration at the end of …

CPT Q. 022: Why would the rotational instability you posit for the Flood not begin just after creation?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 22 Q. #22 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 22. Would a ring of cold material in the upper mantle sufficient to produce the rotational instability you talked about in your 2008 ICC presentation, if present from the earth’s creation, not cause rotational instability immediately …

CPT Q. 023: Why is the mantle not stably stratified and hence resistant to any vertical flow of rock?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 23 Q. #23 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 23. Why should density differences due to temperature differences even matter in the mantle when the density differences among the different minerals are so large by comparison? Would not the minerals rise and sink in accordance with …

CPT Q. 024: Did the continents separate only once or more than once during the Flood?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 24 Q. #24 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 24. Did the continents separate only once or more than once? Were the water jets at the mid-ocean ridge something that only happened once at the beginning of the Flood? Does your model assume that the subducting plates all started …

CPT Q. 025: Why did the sinking cold rock not entrain hot material and warm dramatically as it sank?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 25 Q. #25 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 25. CPT posits that cold material from near the earth’s surface at the beginning of the Flood (essentially at surface temperature) now rests at the bottom of the mantle just above the liquid core. Why would molten material not have …

CPT Q. 026: Is the geologic column real, that is, do global correlations of fossils and strata actually exist?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 26 Q. #26 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 26. You appear to accept the chronostratigraphic validity of the geologic time scale. But the fundamental assumption behind this time scale is that rocks can be correlated by global correlative synchronous time. For example, …

CPT Q. 027: If CPT actually occurred, how did the oceans avoid being heated to the boiling point?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 27 Q. #27 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 27. How can the oceans avoid being heated to the boiling point as all the present ocean crust is rapidly generated via seafloor spreading along the mid-ocean ridges during the Flood? Response: The question of how the oceans might …

CPT Q. 028: How does limiting the minimum viscosity affect the time scale in your TERRA calculations?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 28 Q. #28 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 28. Can you explain the ‘viscosity floor’ parameter you mention in your papers on CPT and describe how it affects the time scale of the TERRA calculations? Response: What I have referred to as a ‘viscosity floor’ in TERRA is a limiting …

CPT Q. 029: Why are there thick continental sediment deposits but little sediment in the ocean basins?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 29 Q. #29 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 29. How does CPT, especially the most recent version which includes rotational instability and intense tsunamis sweeping across the continents, result in the thick continental sediment deposits we observe and very little sediment on …