Tim Clarey and Plate Tectonics

Massive deposits made up of life is another serious problem. Chalk is made up of dead microorganisms called coccoliths. Here they are under a microscope:

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They can only grow so fast, and they settle out very slowly over time. We find gigantic chalk deposits that simply couldn’t form in the time frames of a young Earth.

There’s a lighthouse for scale.

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