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Scientists have claimed that "peat moss" or "sphagnum moss" forms at a rate of one-fifth inch per century, or one foot every 6000 years.

"More than a century ago . . peat farmers said that
the rate [of peat formation] was about 2½ inches [6.35
cm] per year. A large number of embarrassing finds
soon supported the experience of the peat farmers:

"Elephant bones found under a few inches or feet of
peat in America are still dated in terms of many thousands
of years. In some places in Scotland old Roman
roads were covered with peat to a depth of eight feet
[24.38 dm], but one could hardly argue for an age of
48,000 years for such work by human beings.

"Other finds included datable metal objects found at
great depths in peat. In Abbeville, France, a boat loaded
with Roman bricks was found in the lowest tier of peat.
In the Somme Valley, beech stumps up to four feet in
height were found covered by peat before they had decayed."—
Erich A. von Fange, "Time Upside Down," in
Creation Research Society Quarterly, June 1974, p. 17.

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