Geological field excursion guide to the Illawarra Region, south of Sydney

Here is a great guide for anyone living in the Illawarra Region, just a couple of hours’ drive south of Sydney. It is a beautiful coastal area with a long history of commerce and industry with timber cutting, grazing, coal … Continued

Geological maps show geological history of the Gold Coast, Australia, and relation to Noah’s Flood

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This geological map (figure 1) of the Gold Coast area in Queensland has each geological unit marked in a different colour. The legend on the map signifies what each colour refers to, and is arranged with the youngest rocks at … Continued

Gold in Victoria, Australia, formed as Noah’s Floodwaters were rising

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In January 2014, I visited Bendigo in Victoria, one of the towns made famous when gold was discovered in 1851. During the ensuing gold rush to the region, the Australian population tripled in just ten years. The gold in the … 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

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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

Perth geological section, breakup of Gondwana, and the draining of Noah’s Flood

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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

Geological guide for Phillip Island, Australia

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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