Stratigraphy (Arguments based on the earth's rock layers)

Desert Sandstones during Noah's Flood

• The Desert Problem – All it takes is one wind-deposited desert in the geologic record to disprove the young earth creationism model

• Coconino Sandstone – This rock formation in the Grand Canyon area is said to have been formed by the Flood of Noah.  Is this young earth theory correct?

• The Navajo Sandstone - Another young earth flood theory with insurmountable problems

• Transcontinental Rock Layers - YEC readers are supposed to jump to conclusions just because a rock layer is very widespread.  Unfortunately, it doesn't do anything to prove a global flood

• The Sediments of the Earth - Are They Old?  Age of Rocks

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Varves

• The Truth about Varves - YEC arguments against varves do not stand up to scrutiny

• Green River Formation and the Flood - A weak attempt to tie this varve formation to the global flood model

• Clarkia Fossil Beds Claims - YEC distortions of the evidence to support their cause

• Creationist Misuse of the Green River Formation - by Glenn Morton

• A 60,000 Year Varve Record from Japan Refutes the Young-Earth Interpretation of Earth’s History The Natural Historian

Could a Global Flood Have Produced the Rock Layers? 

• Stratigraphy - Or, can the Global Flood of Noah produce all the rock layers we see in the Grand Canyon?

• Creationist Stratigraphy – Is such a thing feasible?

• Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophe – Book Review

• Sand Transported Cross Country

• Young-Earth Creationism and the Geology of the Grand Canyon –  by Jonathan Woolf

• Carbonate Hardgrounds DIsprove the Global Flood

Coal Layers 

• The Floating Forest Theory Sinks - Young earth creation science theory about the formation of coal seams is totally inadequate

Chalk Layers 

• Chalk from Noah’s Flood? – Young earth creation science experts claim that all chalk layers were produced during the Flood.  However, can the Flood even produce chalk?

Polystrate Trees

• Polystrate Fossils - Are they proof of a young earth?

• Joggins Fossil Cliffs – Are fossil trees proof of Noah’s Flood

• Yellowstone Petrified Forests – Rebuttal of the Petrified forest theory

Geologic Processes

Catastrophism

• Catastrophism, or Uniformitarianism? - What's the difference?  Not as much as you think!

• Eroding Continents – Is it true that if the earth is old, we should have no continents due to erosion?

• Origins of a Tropical Island: Instant Paradise or a Long Chaotic Process? - The Natural Historian

• Origins of a Tropical Island II: The Long Road from Lava to Colonization - The Natural Historian

• Local Catastrophes Happen: Mega-Tsunami Moves 700-Ton Boulders Uphill - The Natural Historian

Volcanoes

• Mount Saint Helens - Does not support a young earth

• Supervolcanoes as Evidence for a Young Earth?

• Giant's Causeway - Volcanic Evidence of Noah's Flood?

• Mount Saint Helens - Another claim from another young earth ministry

• The Toba Super Eruption: The Global Catastrophe that Creationists Ignore - The Natural Historian

Structural Geology

• Thrust Faults - YEC arguments against thrust faults are faulty

• Plastic Deformation of Rocks - The science behind folded rock layers

• Is Folded Sedimentary Rock Evidence for a Young Earth? 

Rock Formation

• Ken Ham's Misconceptions about Opals - The full truth about Opals

• Bottled Lies – Can a rock-encrusted bottle prove the earth is young?

• Choking – Clogged Pipes – a new young-earth dating technique?

• The Naica Cave of Crystals is a Giant Problem for a Young Earth - The Natural Historian

Plate Tectonics

• Racing Plate Tectonics Nonsense - YEC computer modeling shows that catastrophic plate tectonics is possible...or does it?
• Triple Junctions and the Age of the Earth - Age of Rocks
• Andrew Snelling's Lost World - Age of Rocks

Erosion

• Canyon Deception – Can a modern canyon that formed in six days be correlated to the Grand Canyon?

• Missing Rivers? – Are the source rivers for Grand Canyon erosion missing?

Earth's Magnetic Field

• Earth's Magnetic Field -   Young earth argument does not prove a young earth

• Is the Earth's Magnetic Field Young? - A rebuttal by a  paleomagnetist

Caves

• Limestone Caves – Can the Limestone cave sediments be deposited during the flood, and the caves form in a short time frame?

• Sulfuric Acid Caves – Can you form limestone caves quickly with sulfuric acid?

• A Strange Testament to an Ancient Earth: Bat Breath Causes Caves to Grow Larger - The Natural Historian

The Earth Looks Young

• Grand Tetons - Are they evidence of a young earth?

• Islands – Are young volcanic islands proof that geologists are wrong about the age of the earth?

• Kettle River Gorge Nonsense - Blatant deception about geologic erosion

Geochemistry

• The Flood Geology of Oil - An analysis of the young earth explanation for oil formation

• An Analysis of John Matthews' "The Origin of Oil - A Creationist Answer" - Response to a claim in Answers Research Journal

• Can Young Earth Creationists Find Oil? 

• Oceanic Crust? Not in a Young Earth!  

• Chemostratigraphy: Silent Objector to 'Flood Geology' 

• "Best Evidences for a Young Earth": Snelling and our Salty Seas 

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