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

• Technical Research Paper

  Intraformational 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 Paper

  More Evidence of Rapid Geomagnetic Reversals Confirms a Young Earth

  Jan. 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.

• Technical Research Paper

  The Petrology of the Coconino Sandstone (Permian), Arizona, USA

  

  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 Earth

  Oct. 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.

• Space Rock Supposedly Spurred “Life’s Second Big Bang”

  

  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.

• Magazine Article

  A Complex Geologic Puzzle

  March 13, 2014 from Answers Magazine

  The details of the Flood have profound implications for explaining the geology of the earth today.

• Magazine Department Article

  Publisher’s Pen

  March 11, 2014 from Answers Magazine

  Creation has been in the news a lot recently.

• Feedback Article

  Feedback: 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.

• 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.

• Semi-Technical Research Paper

  The Geology of Israel within the Biblical Creation-Flood Framework of History: 2. The Flood Rocks

  Dec. 15, 2010, pp. 267–309

  The sedimentary strata that cover most of Israel are an obvious record of the Genesis Flood.

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• Technical Research Paper

  The Geology of Israel Within the Biblical Creation-Flood Framework of History: 1. The Pre-Flood Rocks

  Sept. 8, 2010, pp. 165–190

  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 Chapter

  Aren’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.

• Technical Research Paper

  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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  Grand Canyon

  Nov. 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 Paper

  The Cooling of Thick Igneous Bodies on a Young Earth

  Aug. 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.

• Technical Research Paper

  The Origin of Oil—A Creationist Answer

  Dec. 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.

• Semi-Technical Magazine Article

  The Origin of Oil

  

  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?

• Black Sea Flood Link to Noah Sinking Fast

  Dec. 11, 2002

  An international team of scientists have recently rejected the idea that the Black Sea ever flooded suddenly in the past.

• Technical Research Paper

  Field Studies in the Columbia River Basalt, Northwest USA

  April 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.

• Technical Research Paper

  More Evidence Against So-Called Paleokarst

  Dec. 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.’

• Technical Research Paper

  Antiquity of Landforms

  April 1, 2000, pp. 35–39

  Non-creationists do not believe there is objective evidence for a young earth. However, landforms now provide that evidence.

• Semi-Technical Research Paper

  A Classic Tillite Reclassified as a Submarine Debris Flow

  April 1, 1997, p. 7

  Tillites, assumed to be the lithified equivalents of glacial till (rubble), are often found in the strata of the Earth.

• Semi-Technical Research Paper

  The “Principle of Least Astonishment”!

  Aug. 1, 1995, p. 138

  A decade ago, Prévot and Coe (and colleagues) reported in three papers the evidence they had found of extremely rapid changes of the Earth’s magnetic field recorded in lava flows at Steens Mountain.

• Technical Research Paper

  Towards a Creationist Explanation of Regional Metamorphism

  April 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.

• Book Chapter

  Neo-Catastrophism

  Jan. 1, 1994 from Creation: Facts of Life

  Catastrophism has always been an important part of creationist geology.