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Uniformitarianism claims that the many strata of rock in the geologic column have been formed slowly and at a generally uniform rate over thousands and millions of years. However, since polystrate fossils occupy more than one strata, this suggests that the strata were formed rapidly, as they would have been in the [[Great Flood]] (rather than the strata growing up around the fossils). See also [[catastrophism]], the rival theory to uniformitarianism.
Uniformitarianism claims that the many strata of rock in the geologic column have been formed slowly and at a generally uniform rate over thousands and millions of years. However, since polystrate fossils occupy more than one strata, this suggests that the strata were formed rapidly, as they would have been in the [[Great Flood]] (rather than the strata growing up around the fossils). See also [[catastrophism]], the rival theory to uniformitarianism.
==Uniformitarian explanation==
The common uniformitarian response is that if the trunk of a tree is buried, it will not necessarily die. A new root system may grow out from where the trunk was buried, and the tree may regenerate itself several times, such that by the time it finally dies, its trunk will have occupied several strata, all during its lifetime.
While certainly possible in theory, this may not account for all of the many polystrate trees which have been found.
==Resources==
http://creation.com/polystrate-fossils-evidence-for-a-young-earth (Creationist)
http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=1144 (Creationist)
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/polystrate/trees.html (Uniformitarian, Secular)
http://www.answersincreation.org/rebuttal/icr/drjohn/drjohn_81.htm (Uniformitarian, Old Earth Creationist)
[[Category:Geology]][[Category:Creationism]]
[[Category:Geology]][[Category:Creationism]]