Can a fossil be formed in a few days if there is enough pressure? if so how much pressure would be needed?

Question

I am looking for an aprocimation of how much pressure would be required to fossilize an animal in a few days. If this is not possible please tell me why.
Thank you

Answer 1

Fossils take time to form. The animal or plant has to be trapped in an anaerobic environment in such a way that its shape is moulded by solidifying mud or silt or volcanic ash. Often the bones are all that are fossilised because they last a lot longer than the flesh. Pressure is not involved in fossilisation, it is a gentle, time consuming process.

Carbon 14 dating is good for objects up to perhaps 60,000 years old. There are many other methods of dating for rocks older than this. There is no dating method at all that shows the Earth to be young. If you are interested in finding out more about radiometric dating, you could start here:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/dating.html

Answer 2

Fossilization doesn't require pressure. Basically, minerals replace the minerals that were bone or tissue and that takes time. There are trace 'fossils' you could do easily: like making an imprint in clay and then baking it or letting it dry.

Another interesting experiment that can help show fossilization (although not exact) is to take a bucket or something with some dirt, a sponge, and water with quite abit of salt. Bury the sponge in the dirt and add salt water. Wait for awhile (a week?). The sponge should become rigid because the salt crystallizes in the sponge.

Answer 3

Maybe but not too likely. The reason is that fossils are mostly calcified, that is, the animals flesh is replaced with calcium. Most of the time this occurs over great amounts of time when water runs thru the mud and the molecules of calcium in the water eventually participate (harden) and actually replace the animals flesh. I am curious tho, why you ask. My guess is you are suggesting that God Created the world, and that we did not evolve from Apes like Evolutionists claim.
Evolutions claim the earth is 4.5 billion years old while Creationists (Bible Believers) say the earth is about 10,000 to 20,000 years old.... a huge difference. I believe the Creationists are right in part because there are dozens and dozens of ways of dating rocks. All of them, except Radio Carbon 14 dating, show that the earth is about 20,000 years old. Radio Carbon 14 dating, however, shows rocks are millions or even billions of years old. Radio Carbon 14 dating in some cases, has been billions of years off. For example, a Radio Carbon dating dated a rock at 3 billion years old, but later, in a piece of nearby rock that was broken off the same piece there was an arrowhead found in it. The arrowhead proves that man was around then and that proves the rock was only a few thousand years, at most, old. Therefore, I believe the Bible is correct and Evolutionists are wrong. Hope this answers your questions.

Answer 4

Basically, fossils cannot be formed within a few days. Technically speaking, a remnant should age more that 10,000 years for it to be considered as a fossil, otherwise, it is called artifacts or remains.
Asking about pressure, i say pressure is not a very significant factor in fossilization. Pressure would be more referent to sedimentation (of rocks) that is, where most fossil traces are found.
For more information about fossils, you may visit this link:
http://people.uncw.edu/laws/GLY135/fossiltypes.htm