(June 14, 2016 at 7:44 am)Socratic Meth Head Wrote: Okay, so a while back, Kent Hovind or someone like that posited that the water left over from Noah's Ark, went underground.
I thought it was ridiculous at the time, then just 5 minutes ago, I found this https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014...on-surface
It has enough water to flood the Earth, and it's stored under the ground.
This would work out great... If we had evidence for a world wide flood.
Um,
Quote:Ringwoodite is a high-pressure phase of Mg2SiO4 formed at high temperatures and pressures of the Earth's mantle between 525 and 660 km (326 and 410 mi) depth. It is polymorphous with the olivine phase forsterite (a magnesium iron silicate).
Ringwoodite is notable for being able to contain hydroxide ions (oxygen and hydrogen atoms bound together) within its structure.
It's not exactly "water."
Quote:Ringwoodite compositions range from pure Mg2SiO4 to Fe2SiO4 in synthesis experiments. Ringwoodite can incorporate up to 2.6 percent by weight H2O.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringwoodite
Although such distinctions would be lost on a putz like Hovind.
