Geology
Radioisotope Dating of Rocks
The radioisotope methods—long touted as irrefutably dating the earth as countless millions of years old—have repeatedly failed to give reliable and meaningful absolute ages for Grand Canyon rocks.
Folded Rock Layers
In the walls of the Grand Canyon, we can see that the whole horizontal sedimentary strata sequence was folded without fracturing. The only way to explain how these sandstone and limestone beds could be folded, as though still pliable, is to conclude they were deposited during the Genesis Flood, just months before they were folded.
The Mineral Carbon
Carbon is found in all living things. Like a Swiss Army knife, carbon is extremely versatile. Add carbon to iron, and you get steel. Add carbon to hydrogen and oxygen, and you can produce everything from alcohol to sugar and gasoline.
Creation and Geologic Layers
In one day, our infinitely wise, all-powerful Creator laid down some dirt layers 30 miles thick that are now deep in the geologic record and foundational to the landmasses we live on. These provide us with an abundance of resources, which we use to worship and serve Him for His purposes and glory.
Geology Topics
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Age of the Earth
How old is the earth? How can anyone know for sure unless a trustworthy eyewitness was there in the beginning?
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Carbon-14
Carbon, which dissipates in just tens of thousands of years, is present in diamonds and fossils! Carbon-14 calls the whole old-earth paradigm into question.
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Catastrophism
Are current, slow geologic processes the key to understanding earth’s past, or was history marked by a global, earth-shaping catastrophe?
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Caves
The eerie darkness of caves hosts strange growths called stalagmites and stalactites. Caves, and their features, take millions of years to form—don’t they?
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Geologic Time Scale
How should we interpret the geologic time scale, traditionally associated with millions of years, in light of the Bible’s history?
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Grand Canyon Facts
Was the Grand Canyon formed with a little bit of water over a long period of time or a lot of water over a little bit of time? What are the facts?
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Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens violently erupted on May 18, 1980, rapidly dispelling many false long-age notions about the formation of canyons, rock layers, and coal.
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Natural Features
The world of geology is filled with beautiful and awe-inspiring natural formations. How did these formations get there?
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Plate Tectonics
How do plate tectonics and continental drift fit with the Bible’s history? Can plate tectonics help explain the global Flood?
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Radiometric Dating
How does radiometric dating work? Does radiometric dating prove rocks are millions or billions of years old?
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Rock Layers
Do rock layers prove the earth is billions of years old? How does what we see in the world match what we read in God’s Word?
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Rocks and Minerals
The hidden beauty of rocks and minerals, such as diamonds, rubies, and gold, praises the creativity of the Designer and reminds us of His Flood judgment.
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Sedimentation
Under what circumstances do sand, mud, silt and clay deposits turn into rock? Could the Bible’s history shed light on this process?
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The Flood
Geology overwhelmingly supports the historicity of the global Flood. Sediments were rapidly deposited, forming most of the fossil-bearing rock layers.
Articles About Geology
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Nov. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
The Flood is impossible because one of the Grand Canyon’s layers was deposited in a desert. Or so evolutionists claim. Do the facts back them up?
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Oct. 4, 2015 from Answers Magazine
Secluded in the canyon country of southern Utah is a beautiful but often overlooked state park called Kodachrome Basin.
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Magazine Department ArticleBeauty Beneath the DesertOct. 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
Slot canyons, like this one in Arizona’s world-famous Antelope Canyon, are hidden just below the desert surface, waiting to delight our eyes.
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Oct. 1, 2015 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?
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April 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
The eruption of Mount St. Helens 35 years ago provided an amazing opportunity for scientists to study the effects of catastrophe.
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April 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
The guides at Creation Encounter tours haven’t missed the opportunity God gave them in the Pacific Northwest.
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Technical Research PaperIntraformational Parabolic Recumbent Folds in the Coconino Sandstone (Permian) and Two Other Formations in Sedona, Arizona (USA)Jan. 21, 2015 from Answers Research Journal
The hypothesis that Schnebly Hill and Coconino were deposited by marine sand waves on a shallow continental shelf is strengthened in light of these new data.
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Technical Research PaperMore Evidence of Rapid Geomagnetic Reversals Confirms a Young EarthJan. 8, 2015 from Answers in Depth
Explore stunning evidence consistent with the young-earth model for the earth’s geomagnetic polarity reversal during the Flood and its aftermath.
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Dec. 10, 2014 from Answers Research Journal
In light of these new data, alternative depositional models for the Coconino should be considered.
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No Hadean Hell on EarthOct. 30, 2014 from News to Know
Zircons may hint at a story about the early earth, but only with the help of God’s Word.
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Oct. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Like every other rainbow, China’s Rainbow Mountain was formed by water.
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July 10, 2014 from News to Know
Swedish meteorite said to have triggered mass destruction and opened the way for life’s post-Cambrian explosion.
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Magazine Department ArticleCrystal Clear?July 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Evolutionary scientists say they have confirmed that 4.4 billion years is the age of the earth’s earliest rocks.
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April 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
The details of the Flood have profound implications for explaining the geology of the earth today.
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Magazine Department ArticleGeology That Makes SenseApril 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Creation has been in the news a lot recently.
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Feedback ArticleFeedback: Is the Bible Silent on Geological Events?June 28, 2013 from Feedback
Dr. Andrew Snelling, AiG–U.S., responds to a common misconception that the Bible is silent on geological events.
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How Could Most Scientists Be Wrong?Sept. 10, 2012 from Answers Update
What better place to teach geology than the Grand Canyon? Exposed there is a large slice through the rock record of a major part of earth history.
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Semi-Technical Research PaperThe Geology of Israel within the Biblical Creation-Flood Framework of History: 2. The Flood RocksDec. 15, 2010 from Answers Research Journal
The sedimentary strata that cover most of Israel are an obvious record of the Genesis Flood.
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Technical Research PaperThe Geology of Israel Within the Biblical Creation-Flood Framework of History: 1. The Pre-Flood RocksSept. 8, 2010 from Answers Research Journal
Understanding the geology of Israel would provide background to biblical events, and potential insights as to where and how they happened.
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Book ChapterAren’t Millions of Years Required for Geological Processes?July 15, 2010 from The New Answers Book 2
Millions of years are not required to explain the earth’s rocks, as Hutton, Lyell, Darwin, and so many others have assumed.
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Technical Research PaperRegional Metamorphism within a Creationist Framework: What Garnet Compositions RevealJune 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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Book ChapterGrand CanyonNov. 4, 2009 from Wonders of Geology
The Grand Canyon does not speak of millions of years of formation; it clearly testifies of rapid formation.
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Technical Research PaperThe Cooling of Thick Igneous Bodies on a Young EarthAug. 5, 2009 from Answers in Depth
One of the scientific objections to a young earth is the apparent evidence that large plutons of granitic and other igneous intrusive rocks necessarily required millions of years to cool from magmas.
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Technical Research PaperThe Origin of Oil—A Creationist AnswerDec. 17, 2008 from Answers Research Journal
The dominant view of the origin of oil amongst western oil companies until 1969 was that it was due to the decay of living matter. Now other views are making themselves heard.
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Uniformity or Catastrophe?June 2, 2007 from Responding to Protestors’ Propaganda
Most creation scientists agree that the continents were probably once together, for the most part, in a super-continent based on Genesis 1:9.
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Dec. 27, 2006 from Answers Magazine
For more than 100 years oil has been the “black gold” that has fueled transport vehicles and powered global economic growth and prosperity. So how does oil form, and what is its origin?
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Black Sea Flood Link to Noah Sinking FastDec. 11, 2002
An international team of scientists have recently rejected the idea that the Black Sea ever flooded suddenly in the past.
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Technical Research PaperField Studies in the Columbia River Basalt, Northwest USAApril 1, 2002, pp. 103–110
Taken together, the features of the Columbia River basalts suggest that they were mostly extruded and emplaced during the Late Abative Phase of the Recessive Stage of the Flood.
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Technical Research PaperMore Evidence Against So-Called PaleokarstDec. 1, 2001, pp. 100–104
A long-accepted mid-Carboniferous ‘paleokarst’ in the western United States fails several tests for subaerial exposure at the time of ‘karstification.’
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Technical Research PaperAntiquity of LandformsApril 1, 2000, pp. 35–39
Non-creationists do not believe there is objective evidence for a young earth. However, landforms now provide that evidence.
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Semi-Technical Research PaperA Classic Tillite Reclassified as a Submarine Debris FlowApril 1, 1997, pp. 7–8
Tillites, assumed to be the lithified equivalents of glacial till (rubble), are often found in the strata of the Earth.
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Semi-Technical Research PaperThe “Principle of Least Astonishment”!Aug. 1, 1995, pp. 138–139
Prévot and Coe (and colleagues) reported evidence they found of extremely rapid changes of the Earth’s magnetic field recorded in lava flows at Steens Mountain.
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Technical Research PaperTowards a Creationist Explanation of Regional MetamorphismApril 1, 1994, pp. 51–77
The ‘classical’ model for regional metamorphism presupposes elevated temperatures and pressures due to deep burial and deformation/tectonic forces over large areas over millions of years.
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