Dr. Andrew A. Snelling

• Magazine Article

  Is Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat?

  

  May 1, 2017 from Answers Magazine

  Despite multiple expeditions over many centuries, Noah’s Ark still has not been found. A geologist proposes one reason why.

• Book Chapter

  Radioactive Dating of Rocks: Questions Answered

  

  April 24, 2017 from How Do We Know the Bible Is True? Volume 2

  Let’s take a closer look at the radioactive dating method and the radiometric dating methods and see how reliable they really are.

• Book Chapter

  Radiocarbon Dating: Questions Answered

  

  April 8, 2017 from How Do We Know the Bible Is True? Volume 2

  Although many people think radiocarbon is used to date rocks, it is limited to dating things that contain carbon and were once alive (fossils).

• Magazine Article

  Plate Tectonics—The Reality Behind a Theory

  

  April 2, 2017 from Answers Magazine

  The idea that continents move sounds crazy . . . until you look at the facts.

• In-Depth Article

  Key Flaw Found in Radioisotope Isochron Dating

  

  March 27, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  NCSU’s recent research revealed an “oversight in a radioisotope dating technique used to date everything from meteorites to geologic samples.”

• In-Depth Article

  From Where Did the Earth’s Water Come?

  

  March 13, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  “Planet Earth makes its own water from scratch deep in the mantle” was the article headline in the January 27, 2017, New Scientist’s Daily News.

• Magazine Article

  Five Mass Extinctions or One Cataclysmic Event?

  

  Feb. 12, 2017 from Answers Magazine

  Many scientists claim the fossil record shows many mass extinctions separated by millions of years. Does the Bible give a better explanation?

• Technical Research Paper

  Determination of the Decay Constants and Half-Lives of Uranium-238 (²³⁸U) and Uranium-235 (²³⁵U), and the Implications for U-Pb and Pb-Pb Radioisotope Dating Methodologies

  

  Jan. 18, 2017 from Answers Research Journal

  Without accurately known decay half-lives, all radioisotope ages cannot be accurately determined or be considered absolute ages.

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• Technical Research Paper

  Do Varves, Tree-Rings, and Radiocarbon Measurements Prove an Old Earth?

  

  Dec. 7, 2016 from Answers Research Journal

  The BioLogos Foundation published a popular-level article by old-earth geologists Gregg Davidson and Ken Wolgemuth presenting arguments for an old earth.

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• Magazine Article

  Alabama’s Underwater Forest

  

  Dec. 4, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  Remnants of a cypress forest were recently discovered off Alabama’s coast. What climate changes could explain such a massive rise in ocean level?

• In-Depth Article

  Why Do Some US Earthquakes Occur in Unexpected Places?

  

  Dec. 2, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  Why would the Southeastern USA experience such a devastating earthquake, a region that sits snugly in the middle of a tectonic plate?

• In-Depth Article

  Did Tectonic Activity Trigger the Ice Age?

  

  Nov. 10, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  Evidently, just prior to both periods, massive tectonic collisions took place near the earth's equator—a tropical zone where rocks undergo heavy weathering.

• Magazine Article

  Sifting Through Layers of Meaning

  

  Oct. 30, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  According to science textbooks, a series of rock layers covers the earth, representing many eras over “millions of years.” Are these charts accurate?

• In-Depth Article

  Does the Earth’s Mantle Preserve Evidence of Its Origin?

  

  Oct. 27, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  New chemical analyses appear to show that some of the early mantle rock may have survived until today in rock formations called flood basalts.

• In-Depth Article

  Oxygen Levels in the Early Earth’s Atmosphere

  Sept. 1, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  “Lack of oxygen did not hold back evolution of complex life” was the bold announcement in the scientific news media recently.

• Technical Research Paper

  Determination of the Radioisotope Decay Constants and Half-lives: Potassium-40 (⁴⁰K)

  Aug. 3, 2016 from Answers Research Journal

  Dr. Snelling documents the methodology and history of determining present decay constants and half-lives of parent radioisotopes used for dating methods.

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• Magazine Article

  Dazzling Diamonds by Special Delivery

  

  July 10, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  Diamonds are dazzling but definitely not “forever.” In fact, they wouldn’t exist without special conditions that God provided.

• Magazine Department Article

  Chalk It Up to a Global Flood

  

  June 19, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  At today’s rate of ocean-floor buildup, chalk layers would take millions of years to form. How do creationists explain them?

• Technical In-Depth Article

  Helium Diffusion Rates Support Accelerated Nuclear Decay

  May 4, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  A significant fraction of the earth’s radioactive elements, particularly uranium and thorium, appear to be in the granitic rock of the upper continental crust.

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• Magazine Article

  Yosemite Valley—Colossal Ice Carving

  

  April 24, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  Mountains and breathtaking valleys adorn our planet. Each one speaks of God’s handiwork, but they were formed by water and ice in judgment, not creation.

• Ancient Tropical “Transitional” Forests Found Fossilized in the Arctic

  

  March 17, 2016

  Thus this fossil-bearing sedimentary rock sequence on Spitsbergen is better understood from the biblical perspective of the eyewitness account in Genesis.

• In-Depth Article

  How Did Plate Tectonics Get Started on Earth?

  March 2, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  Secular geologists are puzzled by how plate tectonics got started if early earth’s surface was covered by a layer of crust that kept the surface motionless.

• Dealing with Skeptics

  Feb. 2, 2016 from Answers Update

  They need to be shown that what we see in this world around us only makes sense in the light of God’s Word.

• Technical Research Paper

  Radioisotope Dating of Meteorites: V. Isochron Ages of Groups of Meteorites

  Dec. 16, 2015 from Answers Research Journal

  This contribution is designed to document the radioisotope dating data for groups of chondrites, stony achondrites, pallasites and mesosiderites, and irons.

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