Quote:as for the reason you gave, sure it is all perfectly viable, and a thousand times more likely it happened in a way you suggested than by aliens cutting it with a big fat laser. but it's still not concrete 'this IS how it happened'.
You appear to want science to give you a final answer on this issue. And very likely it can give as final answer as one can be given. The problem is that you are looking for an answer that can't be given to you with the rather sparse information that you've provided (or not). The Nazca plain is a very remote region, and because of this fact, there is very little geologic information readily available without doing a more extensive search. What is not in question is the fact that the Nazca plain is a fluvial fan/apron. What is not in question is that erosion in arid regions that have undergone tectonic uplit often develop exactly the kinds of landscapes you see in the photos about which you queried.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
