Geology

Charles Lyell aimed to free geology from the time-frame of Genesis.

The question of Ice Ages proves more of a problem for secular scientists to answer than it does for creationists.

How can a lack of erosion undermine evolutionary ideas of long ages of earth history? Well, when geologists study the boundary between two rock layers, they sometimes conclude that there was a significant time gap between when the lower and upper rock layers were laid down. However, many boundaries don’t show any evidence of elapsed time. The Grand Canyon provides startling examples. One is where the Coconino Sandstone overlies the Hermit Shale. The surface between these rock layers is remarkably flat and smooth—a ‘flat gap’. Yet according to conventional geology, there is a 6 million year gap between these rock layers. The underlying shale is a soft rock, so it should have eroded a lot if exposed for this time. But the Hermit Shale doesn’t show this erosion. This shows that the upper sandstone was deposited on the lower shale so quickly that there was not time for erosion of the shale. Something is obviously wrong with the conventional geological timescale.

Dropstones are rocks that have been carried and dropped into finely grained sediment. For instance, icebergs can carry and drop rocks on the ocean floor, to be covered by further sedimentation. Noah’s flood was a worldwide catastrophe that deposited much of earth’s fossil-bearing rocks. However, within these rocks, we find what appear to be dropstones. This is often interpreted as evidence of previous ice ages. And since you can’t have ice ages occurring during the flood, this has prompted some to claim that dropstones disprove Noah’s flood. However, dropstones can be formed by mechanisms that don’t involve icebergs. For example, floating tree stumps can have rocks entangled within them, which are then dropped on the ocean floor. Moreover, recent research in the journal “Marine Geology” has shown that a large seaweed known as kelp has a surprising ability to carry and drop sizeable rocks. So dropstones don’t disprove Noah’s flood.

Why Mt Everest, the Grand Canyon and multiple other significant geological features mark Earth as a special planet.

‘Mud cracks’, as they are commonly called, form when muddy sediment is exposed to the air and dries out. This causes the mud to dehydrate, shrink and crack. Some Bible critics claim that mud cracks disprove the global flood, because they are supposedly found throughout the geological record, and therefore imply a series of prolonged periods of drying out, instead of one great watery cataclysm that laid down most sedimentary layers. However, this argument is far from ‘rock solid’, because true mud cracks are easy to confuse with cracks formed by other mechanisms that don’t involve a period of drying out. For instance, it is well known that structures resembling mud cracks can form underwater. Moreover, research suggests that true mud cracks could develop within hours. So flood sediments, briefly exposed with tidal movements as the waters rose, could shrink and crack very quickly. Thus cracks in mud don’t disprove the flood!

Questionable assumptions about how volcanic andesite lava is produced suggests caution before accepting uniformitarian interpretations.

Evidence for the Genesis Flood and Noah’s Ark is crucial to understanding the world’s history.

But Flood geology explains them.

Dr. Marcus Ross (Ph.D. in Geosciences and Professor of Geology) explains how the Cambrian Explosion defies evolutionary predictions.

Multiple coal beds are no surprise to creationists despite evolutionists’ objections.

Evolutionists continue to question whether a global flood could have produced all coal deposits.

How can I understand the general evolutionary explanation for the shape and structure of the volcano?

See how uniformitarian data about the geology of the United Kingdom supports the reality of the global Flood.

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The evolutionary story of how Ayres Rock/Uluru was formed does not stand up to scrutiny.