The Grand Canyon: How It Formed
Posted: December 25th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Parks And Campgrounds | Tags: Canyon, Formed, Grand | 25 Comments »
Erosive forces continue to shape the Grand Canyon today, millions of years after it began to form. Normal channel erosion alone, however, cannot explain the many kilometers that separate its rims. The strongest explanation holds that the major factor in the widening of the canyon has been activity from tributary drainage systems — the side streams, rivulets, and gullies outside the main river channel. The greatest erosive force in these tributaries is the fast-moving landslide called a debris flow.
my bible says that the grand canyon was formed 200 b.c my god created this earth
80 million years ago LOL. ahahahahaahahaahahaah .This was happened due to the flood where Noah rounded up the animals. Most of the dinosaurs got destroyed from the flood as well. This happened 2000+ years ago give or take a couple of hundred years.
The moon shrank video is silly.
The voice of Gaia in God Of War
@smoothpeople33 It’s easy to create a strawman version of science and paint it as “just another religion”. It is not. Indeed, that’s the whole point of science. Nobody takes anybody’s word for it. Ever. Evidence is checked and re-checked. Experiments are repeated many times by multiple independent researchers. And the logic of every scientific theory has to be absolutely watertight, expressed in a testable mathematical way so that it can be readily refuted.
@smoothpeople33 your link does not work. Floods don’t make distinct layers of different kinds of rocks. Geologists only have one point of view. Watch the video.
@gregrutz It’s not about ignoring facts, the facts are still there. The point of view explains where the differences in interpreting the facts are. This is an interesting video, watch?v=Yr42pNV-Eyo&p=45EF1B713A923F1F&feature=BF&index=7
@smoothpeople33 Point of view? So you are going to ignore the facts because of your point of view?
@smoothpeople33
1. the delta is at the end of the river.
2. where did the flood move the dirt?
3. the evidence is left behind, a big canyon.
4. There is no fossil layer, there are many layers of different kind of rock, evidence there was no flood. One layer of dead forest did not make hundreds of feet of coal.
Read a geology book.
@djcreation24 I don’t care which personal view that people take on on age of the earth or such things people are free to discover life as they see fit. My main problem is there are other points of view that aren’t being mentioned.
I never learned the biblical point of view till after schooling and I spent a lot of time learning about a world of billions of years. It was actually surprising too. A lot of trust has to be placed to “science” to accept millions of years.
@gregrutz
@gregrutz 1
1. The delta should be at the end of the river. The river moved more dirt then possibly any other canyon.
2. Downstream is where your should see alot of dirt. Very absent
3. Water will move the biggest rocks given enough time but evidence is left behind.
4. The rapid burial of the animals that make up the fossil layer, the coal deposits, and the continental shelfs are all evidence of flood events.
@djcreation24 Have you been down at the river, it is bigger than it looks from the rim. And a lot of the rocks are shale and mudstones and desert sandstones, really soft. I would go with the low estiment of 5 million years to cut it.
@smoothpeople33
1. Why, it is in the desert
2. the delta is downstream
3. water moves the biggest rock given time.
4. No global mud layer
There should be rock flows in the canyon all the time? Where is the delta to the Colorado river? The video of the flood in China proves the power needed to move big rocks. I think its funny that “scientists” avoid all possible chances the earth flooded even though its clearly almost covered with water. I wonder why this is? At the same time “scientists” believe mars was flooded and there isn’t a drop of water there. Science is funny.
Noah’s flood? I thought that crap was a fairytale. But hey, I guess fairytales is a better explanation than science? “Small amount of river cannot carve the grand canyon no way. That’s impossible”
Impossible? Excuse me are you a science major? I think the people in the video know what they’re talking about.
@ees2js Yes,and both humans and monkeys having prehensile thumbs is just a coincedence….
@djcreation24 Note to self: Don’t feed the creationist troll. They will always be “right”.
@JumpStartation There were huge amount of water that cut through the grand canyon taking note that 90% of the water are gone and enter into the Gulf of California and for other use of agriculture. If you look at the Colorado River today, of course, there is no possible way that tiny puddle of river could carved the canyon. That’s because one look into the present and draw false conclusion. Btw, school would be nice but unfortunately they only show one side of the story.
@djcreation24 Is it now? You should spend some time at school.
Where did that water that supposedly cut through the channel come from?
small amount of river cannot carved the grand canyon no way. that’s impossible. you need huge moving water to do it. noah’s flood is best explain imo.
@fairtiffb You are suspiciously optimistic. I won’t belabor the Flood topic, so I’ll just say that I’m happy to exchange ideas with someone so willing to listen to reason and I’m happy you’re taking an interest in science.
@Cheshie I didn’t think about that! obviously i knew rocks were pushed up with the plates but i didn’t think about fossils! i as i kind of put, but ran out of room to fully say, i don’t think the flood waters were even there long enough to make a huge difference in the shape of the earth. there is also some debate that the flood was just the “known world” and not globalized. but this isn’t about the flood lol! i never like science but i am finding this topic very interesting!
@fairtiffb On the contrary, oceanic fossils are exactly what you would expect to find in the upper layers of mountains. As small crustaceans die out at sea level, their shells are fossilized and rise up with the mountains as the mountains themselves are formed by the collision of tectonic plates over the millennia . It’s all entirely explainable and easy to understand and does not require any sort of theological intervention.
@Cheshie lol, thanks! but i’m not saying the flood has no role in it. there is evidence of oceanic life in the rocks of the canyon. the flood may be responsible for this. according to the Bible the waters were only there for 40 day. is that even enough to carve a whole canyon (i don’t think so) or put enough oceanic life over that area for there to be fossils? the down fall of us Christians is we try to explain with Biblical events but there are many years and events not covered in the Bible.