Plate Tectonics

CPT Q. 041: Why do you conclude that the Sierra batholith must have been molten during the Flood?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 41 Q. #41 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 41. Why do you conclude that the Sierra batholith must have been molten during the Flood? Response: Geological investigations of the rocks of the Sierra Nevada over the past fifty years have revealed that the granitic rocks that form …

CPT Q. 042: Why do we not see more sediment in the ocean basins from runoff from the Flood?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 42 Q. #42 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 42. Please further explain why we do not see more sedimentary deposits in ocean basins, especially given the massive amount of runoff that occurred at the end of the Flood. Response: The essence of the answer is that, generally …

CPT Q. 043: Was it mantle cooling between Creation and the Flood that triggered runaway subduction?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 43 Q. #43 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 43. In the paper, “Catastrophic Plate Tectonics: The Physics Behind the Genesis Flood,” presented at the Fifth ICC in 2003 (available here), on page 15 you cite your preference for a subduction trigger “grinding inexorably toward …

CPT Q. 044: How did the RATE team deduce how much nuclear decay occurred during Creation Week?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 44 Q. #44 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 44. How did the RATE team deduce how much nuclear decay occurred during Creation Week? Extended question I would like a bit more explanation regarding your comment below from your response to question 32: We identified the first of the …

CPT Q. 045: How does CPT account for the vast amounts of dolomite in the rock record?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 45 Q. #45 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 45. How does CPT account for the vast amounts of dolomite in the rock record? Extended question The “dolomite problem” imposes some severe issues with regard to both mechanical and geochemical constraints on any model. This includes …

CPT Q. 046: How can one episode of CPT produce multiple openings of the Atlantic basin?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 46 Q. #46 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 46. I would like to follow up on an earlier question, number 37, which addressed the likelihood of multiple steam jet episodes contrary to the biblical record of one 40-day period of intense rain. It appears that I either do not …

CPT Q. 047: How does CPT explain the closing of the Iapetus Ocean and origin of the Appalachians?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 47 Q. #47 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 47. Catastrophic Plate Tectonics (CPT) not only distinguishes itself from Uniformitarian Plate Tectonics (UPT) in terms of time-scale reduction facilitated by subduction-rate acceleration, but would also appear to reject UPT’s …

CPT Q. 048: With which points can you agree in regard to the other Flood models?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 48 Q. #48 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 48. In the context of the various Flood models being advocated today, please comment on the points with which you as a Flood modeler can agree regarding the other models. Response Hydroplate Model: In regard to the hydroplate model, I …

CPT Q. 049: Why is there today so little volcanism associated with seismic tomography’s ‘superplumes’?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 49 Q. #49 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 49. Please explain how the 3D seismic tomography mantle map you have been using, shown below, correlates with the distribution of volcanism we observe today. Specifically, the hot mantle plumes do not seem to line up with the major …

CPT Q. 050: What research has been done recently on the deformational properties of mantle minerals?

Apr 1, 2012 by John Baumgardner · plate tectonics ·

CPT 50 Q. #50 – 101 Questions and Answers Concerning Catastrophic Plate Tectonics Q. 50. Since the viability of the CPT model rests heavily upon the stress-strain mechanics of crustal and mantle materials, can you supply additional references for research on the dislocation creep properties of mantle minerals, beyond …