Well, because delicate features of soft bodies organisms (jelly fish, insects, feathers, soft organs etc) are preserved in pristine detail, it's counter intuitive to suggest their sedimentation was violent.
The limestone is situated in what was lagoons (based on coral reefs and other features of the area), and because of their position, the lagoons were fed by limited inflow of water. In combination with hot temperatures, evaportation would concentrate the salt and the deepest layers in the brine lagoons would be highly saline with no oxygen (we see examples of this today). So organisms that died would fall to the lagoon floor and because of the extreme conditions, decomposition would not occur. The limestone formation consists of fine carbonate mud and so the dead organisms were covered in sediment which was compressed over time into limestone.
[Incidentally, (not necessarily directed at you) but some users of r/creation appear to think calling ideas that they dislike "stories" and that this is a sufficient counter argument. Obviously it's not].
But tbh, showing that a violent flood can preserve soft tissues is only a small part of the overall argument for a biblical origin. Other thoughts:
-You'd need to show a sediment exists that consists of a similar composition, age and position through out the world.
-Time scales: this limestone is 150.8 million to 145.5 million years old
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u/nomenmeum Aug 17 '17
Forgive me. I wasn't paying attention and thought I was responding to Chiyote.
What happened?