> From: Trent Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For a first order approximation you would throw away topography as > "irrelevant" (after all, it starts at only 30% and gets smaller as you add > water) and you would treat the Earth as a proper sphere using distance from > the center of the "sphere" to mean sea level as diameter. > > Assume a constant rainfall, not adujsted for the increasing size of the sphere > as the ocean gets deeper. Say, 1 inch per hour, that's a nice hard rain so 2 > feet a day. It'll take a while to reach 5 miles. > > However, if you say wanted to know if it would fit into, say 40 days and 40 > nights, you would just assume that it rained 5 miles/40 days, that is > 1mile/8days, or 1/8 mile per day. It would, indeed, require a miracle. > > However, the miracle needed to produce such a global deluge would pale beside > the erosive effects of so much precipitation. Where *DID* all that topsoil > come from?
It would also boil the ocean from the friction of traveling through the atmosphere. I am not a believer in miracles. Suppose you wanted a precise scientifically exact approximation? > On Thursday 05 December 2002 04:01 am, The Fool wrote: > > Suppose you wanted to calculate the time it would take an even consistent > > rainfall over the entire surface of the earth to raise the sea level > > above the level of Mt. Everest (+5 miles or so), what would you need to > > know about rainfall, volume of the earth, topography of the earth, etc. > > to make a good first order approximation? > > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
