Erosion and Deep Time: Part 1

“Solid” ground under our feet is gradually slipping away as the oceans of the world relentlessly erode the coastlines. It might surprise you to discover just how fast that’s happening!

In this episode, special guest Monte Fleming explains the evidence of coastal erosion that indicates the continents couldn’t be much more than a few million years old, just a tiny fraction of the billions of years they’re supposed to be according to conventional radiometric dating.

Join Todd and Paul for this fascinating chat as they explore the true age of the continents! And be sure to catch Part 2 about interior continental erosion.

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For More Information about the Topics Addressed in this episode, check out the links below:

Monte Fleming’s book, Stories About Earth’s History: A Geologist’s Dissention from Deep Time

Papers discussed

1. Luijendijk, A., Hagenaars, G., Ranasinghe, R. et al. The State of the World’s Beaches. Sci Rep 8, 6641 (2018). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-24630-6
2. Dorothy Merritts, William B. Bull; Interpreting Quaternary uplift rates at the Mendocino triple junction, northern California, from uplifted marine terraces. Geology 1989; 17 (11): 1020–1024: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/17/11/1020/204776/Interpreting-Quaternary-uplift-rates-at-the
3. California Coastal Cliff Erosion Viewer: https://siocpg.ucsd.edu/data-products/ca-cliff-viewer/