Mainstream Geologists Partly Right on Tsunamis and Amber

It is understandable for people to confuse sap with amber, as both are sticky and flow in trees. Sap is much thinner and transports nutrients within trees, while amber is found in cedar, pine, and other trees. It is much thicker and protects them from pests and damage.

Several puzzlers were found in Japan regarding amber. It was found mixed with deep-water sediments, but the amber and sediments were on an island. The amber had varying thicknesses. Also found were tree trunks and other plant debris, plus other indicators of rapid deposition.

Amber, Wikimedia Commons / Hannes Grobe (CC BY-SA 2.5)

To explain these things, uniformitarian researches speculate a cumbersome multi-step process involving several tsunamis washing debris to various points. Flood geologists from the Institute for Creation Research and others have more rational explanations. Yes, tsunamis were involved, but the Genesis Flood was extremely destructive with a great deal of water in a short time.

A recent study published in Scientific Reports found strange globs of tree resin (amber) mixed within claimed ancient (Cretaceous) deep-water sediments on Hokkaido Island in northern Japan. This is the first reported instance of amber in what’s interpreted as a deep ocean setting.

The research team, led by Aya Kubota from the Research Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment and on faculty at Chuo University, Tokyo, found amber in 30 separate layers with thicknesses varying from 0.75–106 inches within sandstone. Most of the amber was highly deformed and the sediments it was mixed with showed signs of soft-sediment deformation, including sand injections and flow and slump structures. These features are indicative of rapid deposition.

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