Dr. Andrew A. Snelling Articles

• Feedback Article

  Dating Techniques

  May 6, 2011 from Feedback

  Just how far off are the commonly accepted dating methods? Dr. Andrew Snelling explains.

• Feedback Article

  The Maximum Date for Carbon-14

  April 1, 2011 from Feedback

  Do Answers in Genesis articles present different maximum dates for Carbon-14? Dr. Andrew Snelling explains.

• Magazine Article

  Carbon-14 Dating

  

  March 30, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  Many people assume that rocks are dated at “millions of years” based on radiocarbon (carbon-14) dating. But that’s not the case.

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  Radiometric Dating: Making Sense of the Patterns

  

  March 16, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  Interpreted in a biblical framework, radiometric dating methods help us better understand the earth's history since creation six thousand years ago.

• Technical In-Depth Article

  Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth

  March 9, 2011 from Answers in Depth

  This article summarizes the purpose, history, and intermediate findings of the RATE project five years into an eight-year effort.

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  Measurable ¹⁴C in Fossilized Organic Materials: Confirming the Young Earth Creation-Flood Model

  Feb. 9, 2011 from Answers in Depth

  An astonishing discovery made over the past 20 years is that, almost without exception, organic samples from every portion of the Phanerozoic record show detectable amounts of ¹⁴C!

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• Magazine Article

  Rubies & Sapphires—Sparkling Reminders of God’s Judgment

  

  Jan. 5, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  God’s Word gives these two stones special attention. Indeed, rubies and sapphires are mentioned more often than diamonds.

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  Carbon-14 in Fossils and Diamonds

  

  Jan. 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  If the radioactive element carbon-14 breaks down quickly—within a few thousand years—why do we still find it in fossils and diamonds?

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  Order in the Fossil Record

  

  Nov. 3, 2010 from Answers Magazine

  Rock layers can be explained within the biblical framework of earth history.

• Technical In-Depth Article

  Catastrophic Plate Tectonics: A Global Flood Model of Earth History

  Oct. 27, 2010 from Answers in Depth

  Because of the enormous explanatory and predictive success of the plate tectonics model, we feel that at least some portion of plate tectonics theory should be incorporated into the creation model.

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  Fossilized Footprints—A Dinosaur Dilemma

  

  Oct. 1, 2010 from Answers Magazine

  Dinosaur footprints create an apparent dilemma for creationists. How could they ever be made and fossilized during the Flood?

• Feedback Article

  Fallacious Refutations

  Aug. 27, 2010 from Feedback

  Dr. Andrew Snelling, AiG–U.S., explains how to deal with refutations of creationist material

• Magazine Article

  Radiometric Dating: Problems with the Assumptions

  

  Aug. 4, 2010 from Answers Magazine

  Once you understand the basic science of radiometric dating, you can see how wrong assumptions lead to incorrect dates.

• Magazine Article

  No Slow and Gradual Erosion

  

  July 21, 2010 from Answers Magazine

  Today we see the effects of weathering and erosion all around us. But where is the evidence of millions of years between rock layers?

• Feedback Article

  Does Sand Prove Long Ages?

  July 9, 2010 from Feedback

  Dr. Andrew Snelling, AiG–U.S., gives a young earth creation explanation of the formation of beaches and other sands.

• Technical In-Depth Article

  Regional Metamorphism within a Creationist Framework: What Garnet Compositions Reveal

  June 23, 2010 from Answers in Depth

  Of the two styles of metamorphism, contact and regional, the latter is most often used to argue against the young-earth creation-Flood model.

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• Magazine Article

  Sand Transported Cross Country

  

  May 19, 2010 from Answers Magazine

  We find thick layers of sandstone around the earth. Where did it come from?

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• Thirtieth Anniversary of a Geologic Catastrophe

  May 18, 2010

  The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens in the state of Washington is regarded by many as the most significant geologic event of the twentieth century.

• ARJ: Past, Present, and Future

  April 21, 2010

  Answers Research Journal began on January 9, 2008, with much controversy. Three volumes later, hundreds of thousands of visitors have learned how true science testifies to God’s glory.

• Technical In-Depth Article

  Significance of Highly Discordant Radioisotope Dates for Precambrian Amphibolites in Grand Canyon, USA

  April 14, 2010 from Answers in Depth

  The pattern in the discordances may provide clues into the physics responsible for time variations in the decay process.

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  Radiometric Dating

  April 1, 2010 from Answers Magazine

  Does radiometric dating show that rocks are millions of years old? No!

• Feedback Article

  Tough Questions About the Flood

  March 26, 2010 from Feedback

  Dr. Andrew Snelling, AiG–U.S., helps a fellow Aussie understand some of the tough aspects of the Flood and how science works from a biblical point of view.

• Technical In-Depth Article

  Whole-Rock K-Ar Model and Isochron, and Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, and Pb-Pb Isochron, “Dating” of the Somerset Dam Layered Mafic Intrusion, Australia

  March 24, 2010 from Answers in Depth

  The Somerset Dam layered mafic intrusion in southeast Queensland, Australia, has been conventionally dated as Late Triassic by the apparently successful application of radioisotopic dating techniques.

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• Not Ashamed to be a Creation Scientist

  March 22, 2010 from Answers Update

  As a Christian, I am thoroughly enthralled when exploring the world created by our Savior. As a scientist, I see so many mysteries yet to be solved.

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