How did Oil, er plants, get so very very deep?

[rampart]

"tell us you don't know what plate tectonics is without saying you don't know what plate tectonics is."

some of these flat earthers may believe that oil is self generated within the planet somewhere by a process yet to be explained.

 

[dblack]

please google "continental drift" or "subduction zone"

or are the geologists all conspiring to make the earth look older than genesis ?

Those smart people are at it again, trying to trick us!

 

[elektra]

plate tectonics
oil was on the surface and millions of years of plate movement buried the oil
that makes about as much sense as wind turbines and solar panels

 

[Robert W]

This is very interesting.. it's about the formation of the White chalk cliffs of Dover.

History of The White Cliffs of Dover | Kent

Discover the history of The White Cliffs of Dover in Kent. From housing a prison to helping the war effort, these famous cliffs have stories to tell.

www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Cliffs of Dover is very interesting. It says nothing however about the creation of oil as deep as 40,000 feet. Can you start a Cliffs of cover thread?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Cliffs of Dover is very interesting.

And relevant to this topic, for those not trying to ignore scientific knowledge to keep an iron aged myth alive.

 

[surada]

Cliffs of Dover is very interesting. It says nothing however about the creation of oil as deep as 40,000 feet. Can you start a Cliffs of cover thread?

Cliffs of Dover are made of dead plankton 40 million years ago.

 

[Robert W]

Cliffs of Dover are made of dead plankton 40 million years ago.

Above sea level.

 

[surada]

Above sea level.

The White Cliffs Of Plankton

Naturally formed chalk rock could be described as a graveyard for plankton.

indianapublicmedia.org

Underwater and covered by a shallow sea about 70 million years ago. The seafloor was made of white mud created from the remains of microscopic algae called coccolithophores, which lived in the surface waters. These single-celled plants used calcium from the seawater to form transparent carbonate exoskeletons called coccoliths, which helped them make food through photosynthesis. When the coccolithophores died, their calcite plates sank to the bottom of the ocean and accumulated in heaps. Over millions of years, the pressure of the water and the weight of the algae on top compressed the shells into chalk, which was deposited very slowly, likely only half a millimeter per year. The remains of other creatures that lived on the ocean floor also combined with the chalk to form muddy sediments.

 

[surada]

The Geology of the Cliffs of Dover - Cliffs of Dover

The White Cliffs of Dover The White cliffs hass an amazing Geology. The region which faces the strait of Dover from England is part of the North Downs forming the white cliffs of Dover. The striking appearance of the cliff is due to the chalk accented by streaks of black flint. Around 70...

www.cliffsofdover.com

Around seventy million years ago this part of Britain was submerged by a shallow sea. The sea bottom was made of a white mud formed from the fragments of coccoliths, which were the skeletons of tiny algae which floated in the surface waters of the sea. This mud was later to become the chalk.

 

[surada]

The White cliffs has an amazing Geology. The region which faces the strait of Dover from England is part of the North Downs forming the white cliffs of Dover. The striking appearance of the cliff is due to the chalk accented by streaks of black flint. Around 70 million years ago, it is believed that Great Britain and much of Europe was submerged by the ocean. The bottom of the sea had been covered with white mud which formed from fragments of coccoliths, the skeletons of algae which floated in the surface waters and which sank to the bottom during the period of Cretaceous.

In this era, the bottom living creatures got preserved as fossils in the muddy sediments. These sediments had been formed very slowly with only about a half of a milimeter adding up in an year which is equivalent to about 180 coccoliths piled on top of one another. Some areas had over 500 meters of sediment and the weight of these overlying sediments became consolidated into chalk.


White cliffs geology
With subsequent movements by the earth the Alps was formed and it raised the sea floor deposits above the sea level. Till the time of the last glacial period, the British Isles were part of continental Europe which were linked by the Weald-Artois Anticline, which is a ridge which acted as a natural dam to keep a large freshwater pro glacial lake, which is now submerged under the North Sea. The land remained connected until between 450,000 and 180,000 years ago when there was a glacial lake outburst flood destroying the ridge which connected Britain to Europe. During the last glacial period which was around 10,000 years ago, the rising sea levels finally cut across the last land connection.

Fossils
The chalk face of the cliffs show horizontal bands of dark coloured flint which is composed of the remains of sea sponges and other siliceous planktonic micro organisms which has hardened into the microscopic quartz crystals. The quartz silica filled cavities which has been left by dead marine creatures are generally found as flint fossils, especially moulds of Micrasterechinoids. There are several different ocean floor species like crinoids and bivales which are present in the chalk deposits.

There are also certain areas which have layers of soft, grey chalk which is known as hardground complex. The hardgrounds reflect disruptions in the steady accumulation of sediment when sedimentation stops or the loose surface sediments are stripped off by currents or slumping, with exposed older hardened chalk sediments.

 

[BULLDOG]

plate tectonics
oil was on the surface and millions of years of plate movement buried the oil
that makes about as much sense as wind turbines and solar panels

Yes, science is so confusing to you MAGAs. It's easier to just believe God put it there, and occasionally he moves it deeper.

 

[elektra]

Yes, science is so confusing to you MAGAs. It's easier to just believe God put it there, and occasionally he moves it deeper.

Right, nice of you to explain things, hahaha, you dont know shit

 

[CrusaderFrank]

When oil is blamed, the topic of plants came up today. So did marine organisms. So oil has been found at a depth of 40,000 feet deep. We have no oceans that deep. Most of the oil found was found where we know the oceans were not ever at.
How deep is petroleum found?

The earliest year where data is available, 1949, shows the average depth of oil wells drilled was 3,500 feet. By 2008 the average rose to 6,000 feet. And the deepest well currently existing is a massive 40,000 feet deep.Nov 17, 2023

Where Does Crude Oil Come From? And 5 Other Things You ...​

How did those plants get to Saturn's Moon Titan?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Above sea level.

Plankton above sea level?

Just shout to the world that you're a bad faith troll, why don't you... freak

 

[surada]

Plankton above sea level?

Just shout to the world that you're a bad faith troll, why don't you... freak

Robert W

When did they find oil at 40,000 feet?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

How did you get so terribly fooled?

Do you fool yourself, or do others fool you?

The consistency of your gullibility and of the stupidity of the things you believe is truly astounding.

Isn't of reflexively trying to "outsmart" me, think for a minute.

Those are LAKES of hydrocarbons on Saturn's Moon Titan where the temperature is -300F.

How did they get there?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Those are LAKES of hydrocarbons on Saturn's Moon Titan where the temperature is -300F.

So what?

That's ethane and methane. Both very common. And that temperature is below their boiling point.

Explained.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Isn't of reflexively trying to "outsmart" me, think for a minute.

Those are LAKES of hydrocarbons on Saturn's Moon Titan where the temperature is -300F.

How did they get there?

Hey Frank

How do you get puddles of water in your backyard?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Hey Frank

How do you get puddles of water in your backyard?

Do you get lakes of hydrocarbons from decaying plants and dead dinosaurs on a Moon where the temperature is -300F?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

So what?

That's ethane and methane. Both very common. And that temperature is below their boiling point.

Explained.

But Earth only has ethane and methane because of dead dinosaurs? Does that make sense to you?