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Art Chadwick
Biology, Southwestern Adventist University
FOR: Faith and Science Conference, Glacier View Ranch, CO — August 2003
ABSTRACT
A study of global Precambrian and Phanerozoic paleocurrents reveals supracontinental patterns that differ in remarkably consistent ways through time. These patterns are consistent from continent to continent and appear to provide constraints on all models of earth history. Because there does not appear to be an explanation for these trends in the conventional geologic basinal model, they provide an ideal point of departure for developing and testing a model involving a catastrophic global flood. We have looked at the data from a variety of perspectives seeking to extract information that might be pertinent to model building and testing. Preliminary analysis reveals a general lack of consistency in the Precambrian, a global westerly flow of sediment in the Paleozoic that reverses in the Mesozoic and becomes distinctly basinal in the upper Cenozoic. In areas where microplate suturing has occurred, these trends are more difficult to discern because of the juxtaposing of disjunct histories. Paleocurrent data provide an extremely valuable tool for testing the feasibility of ideas during model building. The data also provide a wealth of information that will enhance our understanding of details of the global catastrophe of Noah.