Claim CD111:
Meteorites are never found in deeper strata.
Source:
Brown, Walt, 1995. In the Beginning: Compelling evidence for creation
and the Flood. Phoenix, AZ: Center for Scientific Creation, p. 27.
Response:
- Several meteorites have been found, in strata from Precambrian to
Miocene (Matson 1994; Schmitz et al. 1997). There is evidence that a
major asteroid disruption event about 500 million years ago caused an
increase in meteor rates during the mid-Ordovician; more than forty
mid-Ordovician fossil meteorites were found in one Ordovician limestone
quarry (Schmitz et al. 2003). In addition, many impact
craters and other evidence of impacts have been found.
Links:
Matson, Dave E., 1994. How good are those young-earth arguments?
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/hovind/howgood-yea.html#proof4
Littleton, Keith, 1999 (Jun 5). Re: Young earth evidence - meteorites.
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http://www.google.com/groups?as_umsgid=5jd63.82%24jF.61128%40ralph.vnet.net
References:
- Matson, 1994 (see above).
- Schmitz, B., B. Peucker-Ehrenbrink, M. Lindstrom, and M. Tassinari, 1997.
Accretion rates of meteorites and cosmic dust in the Early Ordovician.
Science 278: 88-90.
- Schmitz, B., T. Häggström and M. Tassinari, 2003.
Sediment-dispersed extraterrestrial chromite traces a major asteroid
disruption event. Science 300: 961-964.
See also Martel, Linda M. V., 2004. Tiny traces of a big asteroid
breakup. http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Mar04/fossilMeteorites.html
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