Grand Canyon Facts
How Was the Grand Canyon Formed?
The formation of the Grand Canyon defies the explanations offered by evolutionary geologists. It was carved through a plateau that had already been uplifted by some sort of geologic process.
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No Erosion Between Layers
The fossil-bearing portion of the geologic record consists of tens of thousands of feet of sedimentary layers, of which about 4,500 feet are exposed in the walls of Grand Canyon. If the thickness of sediments was deposited over 500 million years then some boundaries between layers should show evidence of erosion.
Flood Shows Power of Water
Dam breaches remind us that rather than forming over millions of years, the Grand Canyon is a testament to the amazing power of a lot of water over a little time (and a testament to the God who made this happen). Water can transform entire terrains in minutes.
Grand Canyon Unique
There was a unique set of circumstances that made the Grand Canyon happen where it did, and the Colorado River today is there because the Grand Canyon was carved out first across the plateau.
Articles About Grand Canyon Facts
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April 3, 2022 from Answers Magazine
You can see the photos, hear the stories, and read all about the Grand Canyon, but nothing compares to being there.
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Aug. 25, 2019 from Answers Magazine
Sometimes skeptical scientists just need to listen to what the rocks are saying.
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Sept. 9, 2017 from Essays on Origins: Creation vs. Evolution
After visiting the Grand Canyon, I discovered that not only are the evolutionist’s “missing links” truly missing—their whole “ladder of life” is missing!
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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?
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Magazine Department ArticleSurprised by God’s MajestyApril 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine
Founded in 1997, the nonprofit Canyon Ministries has a vision to inspire awe in God’s handiwork, as the Lord intends for this natural wonder.
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Book Chapter3.9 The Grand CanyonMarch 28, 2016 from Creation: Facts of Life
The best place to see, test, and put together all these ideas about stacks of fossil-bearing rock is the Grand Canyon.
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Dec. 9, 2014 from The New Answers Book 3
The Grand Canyon is one of the world’s most awesome erosional features. How did it form?
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Magazine Department ArticleAnother View of the Grand CanyonApril 1, 2013 from Answers Magazine
Regarding the age of the Grand Canyon, we can now take our pick from a growing selection of dates.
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What Carved the Grand Canyon?Jan. 5, 2013 from News to Know
Because Grand Canyon’s northern rim is at a high elevation, the Colorado River as we know it today could not have carved the Grand Canyon.
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Grand Canyon RaftingNov. 15, 2012
Of the approximately 22,000 people who have the privilege of rafting the Colorado River each year, only about one percent will hear a biblical interpretation of how the canyon was formed.
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Feedback ArticleWhat Is Unique About the Colorado River?Nov. 2, 2012 from Feedback
Why, according to evolutionists, would rivers other than the Colorado River not form canyons? Dr. Andrew Snelling, AiG–U.S., responds.
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Feedback: Grand Canyon ElevationOct. 28, 2011
Is the higher elevation of the rim in the center of the Grand Canyon evidence of catastrophic formation? Dr. Andrew Snelling, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Dripping Canyon CrustMay 7, 2011 from News to Know
The Grand Canyon slices through the high Colorado Plateau, but how did the plateau come to be so high? New seismic data paints a picture of the plateau’s underbelly.
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Magazine Department ArticleEvidences for a Global Flood—Grand CanyonApril 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine
View the chart “Evidences for a Global Flood—Grand Canyon” in PDF format
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Magazine Department ArticleOn-Site ApologeticsApril 1, 2011 from Answers Magazine
Patient apologetics can be a powerufl witness.
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Canyon Rapids and Rapid FormationsSept. 9, 2010
The current edition of World magazine includes an article by the editor-in-chief encouraging Christians to rethink how they view Creation and the Flood.
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Backdrop of a Grand Canyon Raft TripSept. 4, 2010
What should the Christian believe about the age of the earth and the origin of life? WORLD magazine editor-in-chief Marvin Olasky explores the issue against the backdrop of a Grand Canyon raft trip.*
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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?
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Magazine Department ArticleAlong for the RideJuly 1, 2010 from Answers Magazine
Ever dreamed of visiting the most famous natural wonders of the world? Now you can take along an audio tour by leading creation geologist Andrew Snelling.
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Technical In-Depth ArticleSignificance of Highly Discordant Radioisotope Dates for Precambrian Amphibolites in Grand Canyon, USAApril 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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Technical In-Depth ArticleRadioisotopes in the Diabase Sill (Upper Precambrian) at Bass Rapids, Grand Canyon, ArizonaMarch 10, 2010 from Answers in Depth
Only changing radioisotope decay rates in the past could account for these discordant isochron ‘ages’ for the same geologic event
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Technical In-Depth ArticleDiscordant Potassium-Argon Model and Isochron “Ages” for Cardenas Basalt (Middle Proterozoic) and Associated Diabase of Eastern Grand Canyon, ArizonaFeb. 3, 2010 from Answers in Depth
For more than twenty years it has been known that the Rb-Sr and K-Ar systems give discordant ‘ages’ for Cardenas Basalt and associated Proterozoic diabase sills and dikes of Grand Canyon.
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Rapid Erosion of Grand Canyon Sandbars DiscoveredSept. 13, 2008 from News to Know
The place is the Grand Canyon, and the story is an indisputable case of rapid erosion caused by massive amounts of water.
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Ruptured Dam Offers Insight Into the Formation of the Grand CanyonAug. 23, 2008
A lot of rain, a lot of water, and a gorge transformed in a matter of minutes. What can a ruptured earthen dam tell us about the formation of the Grand Canyon?
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Grand Canyon Age Getting Pushed Back through Time of DinosaursApril 19, 2008
Any article on old-age dating methods that begins, “How could everyone have gotten it so wrong?” is obviously going to be of interest to creationists.
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Carving the Grand Canyon: Eons or Years?March 8, 2008
If you thought six million years was too old an age for the Grand Canyon, think again—or at least, that’s what a group of scientists from the University of New Mexico argues in a recent Science paper.
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The question: to ban or not to ban?Jan. 30, 2007
The effort to ban creationist Tom Vail’s beautifully photographed picture book Grand Canyon: A Different View once again is promising to become an international controversy.
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PEERing into the manufacturing of an anti-creationist urban mythJan. 23, 2007
AiG had been tracking the efforts of anti-creationists in America who have been trying to ban a book from National Park Service bookstores.
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Grand Canyon—What Is the Message?Dec. 20, 2005
The Grand Canyon is a place to find and explore the wonders of God’s creation.
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Shenanigans Recently Uncovered in Grand Canyon Book ControversyDec. 14, 2004
AiG has been following the efforts of leading evolutionists to ban the creationist photo-essay book Grand Canyon: A Different View from the bookstores at Grand Canyon National Park.
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Eighth Graders and the Grand Canyon ControversyMarch 27, 2004
The eighth-grade class at Burlington Christian Academy of Burlington, North Carolina, USA used the controversial book, Grand Canyon: A Different View, in a recent worldview class.
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The Correction the New York Times Refuses to PrintFeb. 13, 2004
The venerable New York Times has a policy that “welcomes … information about errors [that appear in its pages] that call for correction.”
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Deluged with Pro-Flood Email!Feb. 2, 2004
Grand Canyon: A Different View has been available at Grand Canyon bookstores since August, but was in jeopardy of being removed after pressure by prominent evolutionists.
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Geologists in an UproarJan. 6, 2004
What provoked the presidents of seven geological societies to write a letter of protest to the superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park?
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Remove God from the Grand Canyon?July 28, 2003
For over thirty years, three bronze plaques at Grand Canyon have displayed brief quotes from the Psalms. However, last week US Park Service officials decided that the plaques had to go.
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Magazine ArticleGrand CanyonMarch 1, 1996, pp. 28–29
The formation of the Grand Canyon is a problem for evolutionists, but fits well into the framework of the Bible.
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Magazine ArticleGrand Canyon Limestone—Fast or Slow Deposits?June 1, 1995, pp. 50–51
It is not true that modern-day lime muds are structurally identical to the ancient Canyon limestone layers.
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Magazine ArticleStartling Evidence for Noah’s FloodDec. 1, 1992, pp. 46–50
Footprints and sand ‘dunes’ in a Grand Canyon sandstone provide startling evidence for Noah’s Flood.
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Magazine ArticleGrand Canyon LegendMarch 1, 1985, pp. 11–12
The Grand Canyon originated in the following way according to the Havasupai Indians who live in its deep gorges.
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