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Title: Monterey Canyon Post by: Soldier4Christ on October 10, 2005, 02:54:57 AM Monterey Canyon off California
For many years scientists have told us that the Grand Canyon took many, many thousands of years to form. This theory is based on their belief that it took the Colorado River that long to cut into the earth. Just a little ways off the coast of California right between the cities of Santa Clara and Monterey is an undersea canyon that is a replica of the Grand Canyon in size and characteristics. This canyon, Monterey Canyon, is often referred to as the undersea Grand Canyon. Scientists are seeing it grow and change rapidly right before their eyes, not taking many thousands of years to form but relatively few years. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v311/randers/MontereyCanyon.jpg) Quote Grand Canyon of the Sea Beginning as a tiny gully just a short swim from California's central coast, Monterey Canyon quickly slices through the shallow plateau of the continental shelf. About a hundred miles (175 kilometers) long and with water depths greater than two miles (3.5 kilometers), the canyon funnels the bounty and mysteries of the deep Pacific practically into the MBARI scientists' backyard. "We can leave the dock at Moss Landing at 7 a.m., and by 8:30 we're in 2,000 meters (6,562 feet) of water," says MBARI marine biologist George Matsumoto. The submarine canyon is often compared to Arizona's Grand Canyon, but the geologic forces that created it remain a subject of debate. Researchers are certain Monterey Canyon formed underwater, and therefore couldn't have been cut by a flowing river. They suspect catastrophic events such as avalanche-like flows triggered by earthquakes or floods. A major fault bisects the canyon, and MBARI marine geologist Charlie Paull has documented powerful currents—temporary and unpredictable—that move huge volumes of sand, among other things. "I've lost sensing devices that weigh 800 kilograms (1,800 pounds)," Paull says. "Some I find hundreds of meters down the canyon, mangled and partly buried. Others I never find." This is more proof that the flood of Noahs days made many changes to the earth. Title: Re:Monterey Canyon Post by: nChrist on October 11, 2005, 04:06:29 AM Quote This is more proof that the flood of Noahs days made many changes to the earth. Pastor Roger, This is also proof that men should never try to define or limit the power of GOD in HIS CREATION! For the same reasons, scientists are having to back up and regroup on things like carbon dating, evolution, and other so-called science. In all reality, just a glimpse of GOD'S CREATION AND WAYS is more than we can handle. Love in Christ, Tom John 10:8-10 NASB "All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. "I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. |