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Many creationist who subscribe to the hydroplate idea, which claims that there were subterranean water pockets under the crust, claim that there are STILL subterranean water pockets under the crust that each arrived there before, or as a result FROM, the mythical global flood. One of them, which they point to, is the Beijing Anomaly, which in short, is estimated to be the same volume of water from the Arctic ocean, which rests underneat china.
This has been determined by seismic waves having a decreased speed from about 700 kilometers to about 1400 kilometers in depth below Northern China, Northwest of Beijing.
This conclusion was drawn because seismic waves travel at different speeds depending on the composition of the material it is travelling through. For instance, If it is travelling through solid crust, the waves will travel quicker than when they travel through the mantle. In this particular area, the Beijing anomoly, seismic waves travel slower than one would expect. The conclusion drawn from this is that there is, well, water down there.
So naturally the creationist will jump for joy and celebrate because they think science has just bailed out one of their claims. They look at science as a good thing because they think they found evidence for the hydroplate theory. But is that the case?
The short answer is no. The long answer is the following:
Creationists who use this as an argument tend to think that the water under Beijing is some sort of huge lake. As if an underground cavern full of water, as if there is a huge chunk of land which is litterally resting on top of a large area of water.. which of course would be the implication, if the hydroplate theory would be a viable explanation.
Unfortunately for them, it is NOT a lake under china. The water within this Beijing anomoly is estimated, based on the seismic waves, to be no more than .1% water by volume. That means, for the lack of a more precise example, for every 1 kilogram of dirt you have in a jar, you have 1 milliliter of water mixed in. Needless to say, this is not the kind of subterranean water that the hydroplate idea would require.
So that leaves us with one more question: How did the water get there? The leading explanation is that the water has been slowly dragged down as the pacific plate subducts under the asian plate. It brings a little bit of water with it as it pulls. The same sort of thing happens in other subduction zones as well, but it is more prominent and noticable in Beijing.
It isn't an underground lake, nor is it an underground ocean. It's also not a subterranean water "chamber" and finally, this is NOT evidence for any kind of global flood caused by some sort of hydroplate movement.
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This has been determined by seismic waves having a decreased speed from about 700 kilometers to about 1400 kilometers in depth below Northern China, Northwest of Beijing.
This conclusion was drawn because seismic waves travel at different speeds depending on the composition of the material it is travelling through. For instance, If it is travelling through solid crust, the waves will travel quicker than when they travel through the mantle. In this particular area, the Beijing anomoly, seismic waves travel slower than one would expect. The conclusion drawn from this is that there is, well, water down there.
So naturally the creationist will jump for joy and celebrate because they think science has just bailed out one of their claims. They look at science as a good thing because they think they found evidence for the hydroplate theory. But is that the case?
The short answer is no. The long answer is the following:
Creationists who use this as an argument tend to think that the water under Beijing is some sort of huge lake. As if an underground cavern full of water, as if there is a huge chunk of land which is litterally resting on top of a large area of water.. which of course would be the implication, if the hydroplate theory would be a viable explanation.
Unfortunately for them, it is NOT a lake under china. The water within this Beijing anomoly is estimated, based on the seismic waves, to be no more than .1% water by volume. That means, for the lack of a more precise example, for every 1 kilogram of dirt you have in a jar, you have 1 milliliter of water mixed in. Needless to say, this is not the kind of subterranean water that the hydroplate idea would require.
So that leaves us with one more question: How did the water get there? The leading explanation is that the water has been slowly dragged down as the pacific plate subducts under the asian plate. It brings a little bit of water with it as it pulls. The same sort of thing happens in other subduction zones as well, but it is more prominent and noticable in Beijing.
It isn't an underground lake, nor is it an underground ocean. It's also not a subterranean water "chamber" and finally, this is NOT evidence for any kind of global flood caused by some sort of hydroplate movement.
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