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Attempt to correlate ancient sediment core to Abraham’s journey "dead in the...
Several weeks ago, Brian Thomas of ICR offered the curious claim that a Dead Sea Sediment Core Confirms Genesis. “According to the Bible, in around 2000 B.C. what is now the Dead Sea used to be a plain...
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Squishy bodies, strange seas: the mystery of Burgess Shale-type fossilization...
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently published a landmark, yet profoundly simple, report offering direct geochemical evidence of a viable mechanism for Burgess Shale-type...
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Geology of Northwestern Russia: a brief photo tour (Part 2)
Well, I did not intend to wait two weeks to finish this story, but a trip to Moscow—among other responsibilities—delayed my getting back to the topic. I am still amazed at how quickly time moves here!...
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Set your eyes to Zion, as a million generations before you
Figure 1: View south down Zion Canyon (National Park), near the base of the Emerald Pools trail. Sandstone cliff walls are comprised primarily of the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone. The Virgin River is...
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Fragments of the Fossil Record: "Thigh Bone Disconnected from the Hip Bone…"
I still remember as though it were yesterday…Like a camp of rogue militants being tracked, the secluded site was interrupted suddenly by an unidentified chopper closing in. Everyone scrambled as the...
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Chemostratigraphy: silent objector to ‘Flood Geology’
It all began with breakfast in the park.Years ago, when I was in the middle of writing my master’s thesis, I took my then future wife on a trip to meet my family and visit the place where I grew up....
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The SPICE Event: global disruption in the Late Cambrian carbon cycle
In the last post, we explored how geologists use chemostratigraphy to correlate sedimentary layers, especially limestone, from one part of the world to another. Now, I would like to provide you with a...
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The Sediments of the Earth — are they old?
The following guest post was authored by Dr. Willy Fjeldskaar, a petroleum reservoir geologist and an adjunct professor at the University of Stavanger in Norway. He argues that even the temperature of...
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Monday Minute: 300 Million-Year-Old Fossils from the Bellies of...
For as long as I can remember, I have suffered from a weak stomach (officially, gastroparesis). It’s terribly uncomfortable and makes eating a chore, if not something to fear, because I never know when...
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Can we trace rock layers across continents only because of Noah’s Flood?
How is it that certain sedimentary rock layers can be traced for hundreds to thousands of miles across large continents, unless these land masses were once covered by a global flood? Perhaps you never...
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“Oceans of Kansas,” Unexpected Fossils, and Young Earth Creationism
The following is a guest post by J.W. Wartick, who holds a M.A. in Christian Apologetics from Biola University and blogs actively at Always Have A Reason. Besides YEC and the ‘origins debate’, his...
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Grand Canyon: Monument to an Ancient Earth
Book Review Grand Canyon: Monument to an Ancient Earth by Carol Hill, Gregg Davidson, Tim Helble, and Wayne Ranney (editors) (hardback from Amazon or direct from the publisher for under $30) Prelude to...
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