Fossils trapped in rock challenge stone cutter’s thinking
Recently, I received the following interesting and encouraging message from K.A. in Northern Ireland: About 9 months ago, I received a phone call from a man I had visited in one of the counties here about 5 or 6 years … Continued
Can the Bible and Geology Agree? Geology intensive at Melbourne University, Australia
A friend of mine is organizing a week-long geology intensive during university vacation at the campus of the Melbourne University, Australa, in July 2013. The theme is Can the Bible and Geology Agree? He is keen to connect with students … Continued
“Ice-free Arctic” wrong conclusion based on flawed geological history
An alarming headline on Science News reads, “Ice-Free Arctic May Be in Our Future, International Researchers Say“. This report provides a classic example of how researchers’ flawed understanding of earth’s geological history leads them to to seriously wrong conclusions. Their … Continued
Castle Hill much younger than James Cook University age reported in Townsville Bulletin
The Townsville Bulletin published on 2 March 2013 an item about the age of Castle Hill, the iconic landmark that overlooks the North Queensland city. Written by journalist Daniel Bateman, the article reported ages calculated by Dr Carl Spandler from … Continued
Geology papers in latest Journal of Creation
The latest Journal of Creation has lots of excellent articles and papers on geological issues. Perspectives The meaning of porous dinosaur eggs laid on flat bedding planes, by Michael Oard Helium-3 capture in lunar regolith and the age of the … Continued
Noah’s Flood was a catastrophic global tectonic event
Jordon T seemed surprised by the ideas he encountered on this site, and emailed some questions. Most of his problems will be resolved as reads more about it. Here are his questions: ——— How would the water from the “flood” … Continued
A magmatic model for the origin of large salt formations
Stef Heerema from the Netherlands has posted a presentation on the origin of large salt deposits. In 2009, he published some of these ideas in the Journal of Creation 23(3):116–118. His research shows that the salt pillars around the world … Continued
Google Earth shows Appalachians were eroded by receding floodwaters
Further to my two recent posts these two Google-Earth images provide further evidence the Appalachians were eroded by the receding waters of Noah’s Flood. My first post presented a reinterpretation of a paper published in GSA Today (a publication of … Continued
Lead author challenges Noah’s Flood interpretation of Appalachians
Sean Gallen, lead author of the GSA Today paper about the uplift of the Appalachians, which I connected with Noah’s Flood has responded with the following comment. My response is interspersed. I am the first author on the article “Miocene … Continued
Appalachians eroded by receding waters of Noah’s Flood, new GSA paper shows
An interesting article, published in GSA Today (a publication by the Geological Society of America) in February 2013, describes features of the landscape of the Appalachian Mountains. These are a system of mountain ranges in eastern North America, extending from … Continued