Changing the way you look at the world
The Bible tells us that the whole world was covered by water at the time of Noah’s Flood. It took five months for the waters to rise and cover “all the high hills under the whole heaven” (Genesis 7:19), and … Continued
Here’s an email question I received today from GC asking for help about the geology of an area north of Sydney, Australia. I’m wondering if you know of any Christian geologists, specifically in NSW, that may be interested in helping … Continued
I’ve been working on a geological guidebook for Phillip Island, Victoria’s holiday destination just a couple of hours from Melbourne. This excursion guide describes 19 sites on Phillip Island and the nearby mainland. It explains the geological features, describes the … Continued
A friend who lives near Laidley west of Brisbane wrote asking me for information about his property. We have this ridge of sandstone cliffs down the middle of the block, just over one thousand feet above sea level. We often … Continued
The geology around Perth is quite different from the eastern states in that there is little variety in the types of rocks exposed. All the same there are some very interesting and special features to observe. Floodwaters rising The oldest … Continued
Floodwaters rise The deepest rocks in the vicinity of Phillip Island, indeed in Victoria, are related to the exposed fold belts of eastern Australia.1 These were deposited rapidly early during the global Flood (Genesis 6–8) under the ocean. There was … Continued
This year marks one hundred years since the Titanic sank, with tragic loss of life. A few years ago my wife and I visited a cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where some of those who perished were laid to rest. … Continued
Travelling back through time with Dr Richard Smith’s imaginary time machine on the ABC program Australia: The Time Traveller’s Guide, we reach the nebular hypothesis at about 7 min. This was first proposed by the French mathematician, astronomer and atheist … Continued
In my discussion of the Perth geological cross-section I concluded that the thick sedimentary deposits filling the Perth Basin likely extended across the Darling Plateau to the east. It seemed to me that these thick and extensive sediments would not … Continued
The figure here shows an interpreted geological cross-section near Perth, Western Australia. It’s taken from the 1:250,000 scale geological map SH-50-14 publised in 1978 by the Geological Survey of Western Australia. As I have mentioned before, I look at sections … Continued