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GENERAL ISSUES

• "The Paradigm of Naturalism, Compared with a Viable Alternative: A Scientific Philosophy for the Study of Origins" / 1996 / Leonard R. Brand / Origins 23(1):6-34 — Intervensionism is a valid approach to scientific investigation and a constructive way to relate science and faith, so that each benefits the other without inappropriate interference between them.
• "A Scientist's Perspective on Creation and the Flood" / 1995 / C. L. Webster / booklet published by Geoscience Research Institute — philosophy, origins, evolution, fossils, the flood, and time
• "Paradigm and Falsification: Tools in a Search for Truth" / 1995 / Elwood S. McCluskey / Origins 22(1):8-30 — how to best profit from Kuhn's "paradigm" principle and Popper's "falsification" principle
• "Can a Scientist Also Be a Christian?" / 1995 / B. L. Clausen / Dialogue 7(3):8-10 — science developed in a Christian culture; scientists who were/are Christians
• "Cosmology and Genesis: The Road to Harmony and the Need for Cosmological Alternatives" / 1992 / Mart de Groot / Origins 19(1):8-32 — Can the standard Big Bang model and the Genesis account be harmonized, or not?
• "Quantum Mechanics: The Strange World at Small Dimensions" / 1991 / B. L. Clausen / Origins 18(1):39-47 — an example of the cautions necessary in developing a model for extreme conditions
• "Can Science and Religion Work Together?" / 1985 / Leonard R. Brand / Origins 12(2):71-88 — Can a creationist and a flood geologist use the scientific method effectively?
• "The El Niño Event" / 1983 / Richard D. Tkachuck / Origins 10(1):41-43 — world-wide disturbances can be caused by seemingly small events
• "The Little Ice Age" / 1983 / Richard D. Tkachuck / Origins 10(2):51-65 — effects and possible causes of the cooling trend from 1450 AD to 1850 AD
• "Perceptions of the Nature of Science and Christian Strategies for a Science of Nature" / 1982 / Gary L. Schoepflin / Origins 9(1):10-27 — Selected concepts and criticisms of several philosophies of science are outlined. Strategies open to the Christian when conflict arises between science and religion are explored, but none without difficulty. An eclectic approach, which treats responsibly the insights provided by various philosophies of science, is advocated.
• "Climatic Changes and Changes in Populations" / 1982 / Richard D. Tkachuck / Origins 9(1):54-55 — rapid climatic changes in the past could speed up the rate of cultural change
• "A Review of Recent Data from the Region of the Ark-Shaped Formation in the Tendurek Mountains of Eastern Turkey" / 1981 / William H. Shea / Origins 8(2):77-92
• "Implications of Various Interpretations of the Fossil Record" / 1980 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 7(2):71-86
• "Does God Play at Dice?" / 1977 / Albert E. Smith / Origins 4(1):36-45 — How do the concepts of law and order in nature relate to the ideas of novelty and free choice? Does the will of God allow for freedom in the reality about us?
• "Can the Christian Afford Scientific Research?" / 1976 / J. Mailen Kootsey / Origins 3(2):97-100 — ideas on the appropriateness of spending some of the Christian's time and resources on scientific research
• "Some Philosophical Implications of the Theory of Evolution" / 1976 / John D. Clark / Origins 3(1):38-45 — Evolution, as a metaphysical world view, has frightening implications for reason, truth , epistemology, freedom, morality, and human dignisty.
• "Man: Creature and Explorer" / 1975 / J. Mailen Kootsey / Origins 2(1):19-31 — a discussion of brains and computers, creativity, purpose, reality, and God
• "Towards the Development of a General Theory of Creation" / 1974 / Berney R. Neufeld / Origins 1(1):6-13 — the scientific method, postulates of creation theory, and the relevance to science and the church
• "Rationalism, Empiricism and Christianism as Philosophical Systems for Arriving at Truth" / 1974 / Conrad D. Clausen / Origins 1(1):14-21
• "A Philosophic Rationale for a Creation-Flood Model" / 1974 / Leonard R. Brand / Origins 1(2):73-83 — patterns in the progress of science provide a sound basis for the need to develop new ideas

EDITORIALS

• "'Laying Down the Pen'" / 1996 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 23(2):66-67
• "Do We Need to Turn off Our Brains When We Enter a Church?" / 1996 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 23(2):63-65
• "The Disadvantage of Collective Ignorance" / 1996 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 23(1):3-5 — people must be on guard or advantage will be taken of their ignorance
• "Three Kinds of Science" / 1995 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 22(2):55-57 — a comparison of naturalistic science, creation science, and methodological science
• "'Retro-Progressing'" / 1995 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 22(1):3-7 — during the "Dark Ages" the earth was not generally believed to be flat by the Church
• "Name Dropping" / 1994 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 21(2):59-62 — Both secularists and Christians have used Charles Darwin to support their world view; neither seems well-founded. A discussion of Darwin's supposed deathbed confession is included.
• "Deus Ex Machina" / 1994 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 21(1):3-4 — design and "god of the gaps" issues
• "On Altering Past and Future" / 1993 / Katherine Ching / Origins 20(2):55-58 — history books should not be rewritten to appease a secular bias
• "Publish Anything — Or Perish" / 1993 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 20(1):3-5 — the Tasaday tribe of the Philippines: Stone Age or hoax
• "Fossils and Compassion" / 1992 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 19(2):51-52 — dealing with mistakes, such as the misidentified fossils of Johann Beringer
• "Creation Holding Its Own" / 1991 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 18(2):51-52 — 1991 Gallup Poll affirmed significant acceptance of creation
• "When Assumptions Cease to be Assumptions" / 1991 / Clyde L. Webster, Jr. / Origins 18(1):3-5 — We must be willing to search for assumptions that fit as much data as possible.
• "Flood Stories — Can They Be Ignored?" / 1990 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 17(2):51-55 — numerous flood stories in cultures other than that of the Jews
• "What is Happening to the Philosophy of Science?" / 1990 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 17(1):3-7 — various trends in the philosophy of science over the past 100 years
• "Real Life Is More Than Simple Integers!" / 1989 / Clyde L. Webster, Jr. / Origins 16(2):47-48 — In the pursuit for knowledge and truth, one should not force all answers to come from one model.
• "The Dishonor of Dueling" / 1989 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 16(1):3-7 — dealing with intellectual disagreements
• "Truth — An Endangered Species" / 1988 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 15(2):49-51 — Truth exists and is not arrived at by relativism, agnosticism, and skepticism.
• "Creationists Challenge Creationists" / 1988 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 15(1):4-5 — Some arguments within both creationism and evolutionism may not be convincing. Both have need to revise their conclusions at times.
• "Cliches" / 1987 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 14(2):45-46 — Cliches often turn out to be oversimplified conclusions that will only isolate from the unavoidable complexities of reality.
• "Science, A Good Place to Begin ..." / 1987 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 14(1):5-6 — The accomplishments of science are impressive, but a complete world view includes more than what science can explain.
• "Doublethink of SCICOM" / 1986 / Clyde L. Webster, Jr. / Origins 13(2):62-63 — Avoid the use of doublethink and discover that set of inviolate assumptions which will lead to ultimate truth.
• "Historical Science" / 1986 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 13(1):5-6 — The difference in the degree of scientific validation between immediate and historical science should be recognized.
• "The Disregard for Discards" / 1985 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 12(1):5-6 — Creationism should be one of a number of scientific ideas rejected for erroneous reasons, then later reconsidered.
• "Is Creation Scientific?" / 1984 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 11(2):64-65 — It depends on varied definitions of science and misses the point. The real question is whether evolution or creation is true.
• "It Appears That..." / 1984 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 11(1):5-7 — The apparent cyclic pattern of U.S. presidents dying in office and the supposed discovery of N-rays suggest a need for being more thorough before drawing conclusions.
• "Where Has the Science Gone?" / 1983 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 10(2):48-49 — Attitudes of both creationists and evolutionists must be improved, and efforts devoted to name-calling should be redirected towards good scholarship.
• "The Problem of Morals" / 1983 / Richard D. Tkachuck / Origins 10(1):4 — The contrast between relativistic morals and divinely given morals is the basis for conflict between evolution and creation.
• "Puzzles" / 1982 / Richard D. Tkachuck / Origins 9(2):61-62 — Creation and evolution worldviews compared to two different pictures formed from the same set of jigsaw puzzle pieces.
• "Axioms" / 1982 / Richard D. Tkachuck / Origins 9(1):5-6 — The broader the data base from which axioms are taken, the firmer the foundation.
• "Scientific Creationism?" / 1981 / R. H. Brown / Origins 8(2):57-58 — Neither the forcing of data to support a religious viewpoint on the one hand, nor the identification of creationism as a purely religious concept on the other, should obscure a sound approach to scientific creationism.
• "But Is It As Much Fun?" / 1981 / Richard D. Tkachuck / Origins 8(1):5-6 — The presumption that the presence of God in a scientific discipline somehow makes science unpredictable, unusable and not even much fun is a recurring and very troubling theme.
• "Supernatural Problems" / 1980 / Richard D. Tkachuck / Origins 7(2):48-49 — The creation scientist uses the data from experimentation, but also includes supernatural events as part of a larger data base.
• "Beyond Design" / 1980 / Richard D. Tkachuck / Origins 7(1):4-5 — Until a creation/flood theory results in better predictions and experimental design than evolution theory, it is not better science.
• "Beyond Science" / 1979 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 6(2):57-58 — There need be no conflict between excellence and morality or between intellectual integrity and concern for our fellow man.
• "Is Truth Dead?" / 1979 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 6(1):5-6 — We must improve in the matter of intellectual integrity if we want efficiency in arriving at truth.
• "Closed Minds and Academic Freedom" / 1978 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 5(2):61-62 — The person who feels that his conclusions are unrevisable denies academic freedom and will not be as useful in arriving at truth as someone with a more open mind.
• "The Ignorance of Isolation" / 1978 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 5(1):5 — a broad view of reality is needed
• "Implications of the Spread of Darwinism" / 1977 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 4(2):61-63 — The triumph of Darwinism seems to indicate that the intellectual matrix  of the times may dictate opinions more than objective knowledge does.
• "Zeal and Hoaxes" / 1976 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 3(2):63-64 — Examples of undermining truth by using carelessly obtained data, or even accurate data selected to present only one side of a question.
• "The Pervasiveness of the Paradigm" / 1975 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 2(2):55-57 — We should not be unduly influenced by prevailing paradigms; history suggests they will change.
• "A Matter of Fairness" / 1975 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 2(1):3-4 — academic freedom dictates the teaching of both creation and evolution in the public schools
• "Science Against God?" / 1974 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 1(2):52-55 — arriving at truth through science in combination with a rational God is most reasonable
• "Why a Publication on Origins?" / 1974 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 1(1):4-5 — introduction to and purpose for the new journal on origins

THEOLOGY

• "Progressive Creation and Biblical Revelation: Some Theological Implications" / 1991 / John T. Baldwin / Origins 18(2):53-65  — After examining some biblical statements about death and eight theological implications of death before sin, this paper concludes that progressive creation does not satisfactorily remove the tension between the Bible and science.
• "The Cruelty of Nature" / 1975 / Gerald Wheeler / Origins 2(1):32-41 — on the relation between suffering in nature and an intelligent designer

    Genesis 1-11 Exegesis

• "Biblical Evidence for the Universality of the Genesis Flood" / 1995 / Richard M. Davidson / Origins 22(2):58-73 — 22 lines of biblical evidence which support the universality of the Genesis flood
• "The 'Days' of Creation in Genesis 1" / 1994 / G. F. Hasel / Origins 21(1):5-38 — evidence that the days of creation were actual 24-hour periods of time
• "The Antediluvians" / 1991 / William H. Shea / Origins 18(1):10-26 — Genesis 3-6 and early Mesopotamian texts apparently knew of similar names, places, and events
• "Literary Structural Parallels Between Genesis 1 and 2" / 1989 / William H. Shea / Origins 16(2):49-68 — Literary techniques employed in both Genesis 1 and 2 point toward the same author for both narratives.
• "An Evaluation of the Numerical Variants of the Chronogenealogies of Genesis 5 and 11" / 1985 / Paul J. Ray, Jr. / Origins 12(1):26-37 — the reliability of the Septuagint chronology in Genesis 5 and 11 is discussed in light of its numerical variants
• "A Comparison of Narrative Elements in Ancient Mesopotamian Creation-Flood Stories with Genesis 1-9" / 1984 / William H. Shea / Origins 11(1):9-29 — the contributions of the Sumerian Eridu Genesis and the Babylonian Atra-hasis Epic to the literary critical problem of Genesis 1-9
• "The Word 'Earth' in Genesis 1:1" / 1981 / Niels-Erik Andreasen / Origins 8(1):13-19 — Does the earth described in Genesis 1:1 refer to inorganic matter as well as all life, or only to the latter?
• "The Meaning of the Chronogenealogies of Genesis 5 and 11" / 1980 / G. F. Hasel / Origins 7(2):53-70 — arguments for a literal interpretation of the Genesis genealogies
• "Genesis 5 and 11: Chronogenealogies in the Biblical History of Beginnings" / 1980 / G. F. Hasel / Origins 7(1):23-37 — Genesis genealogies in several manuscripts: Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Josephus, and Book of Jubilees
• "The Structure of the Genesis Flood Narrative and Its Implications" / 1979 / William H. Shea / Origins 6(1):8-29 — The overall literary structure of the Genesis 6-9 flood account does not seem best explained by a complicated pattern of small, discrete units from two sources.
• "The Unity of the Creation Account" / 1978 / William H. Shea / Origins 5(1):9-38 — a comparison of the literary structure and content of Genesis 1 and 2, and a discussion of whether they are two antithetical creation accounts or complementary parts of a unified record
• "Some Issues Regarding the Nature and Universality of the Genesis Flood Narrative" / 1978 / G. F. Hasel / Origins 5(2):83-98 — a study of the expressions "all flesh", mabbû (flood), and "receding"
• "The Biblical View of the Extent of the Flood" / 1975 / Gerhard F. Hasel / Origins 2(2):77-95 — evidence that the Scriptural description of the Genesis flood was intended to be universal
• "The Fountains of the Great Deep" / 1974 / Gerhard F. Hasel / Origins 1(2):67-72 — insights into the original meaning of "fountains of the great deep" as used in the Genesis flood account

BIOLOGY

• "Polyphyly and the Cambrian Explosion" / 2001 / L. James Gibson / Origins 52:3-6 — discussion of the sudden appearance of a wide diversity of fossils at and near the base of the Phanerozoic sediments
• "A Baraminological Analysis of Subtribe Flaveriinae (Asteraceae: Helenieae) and the Origin of Biological Complexity" / 2001 / Todd Charles Wood and David P. Cavanaugh / Origins 52:7-27 — latent genetic information may have been present in the ancestor of certain plant species and been activated during post-Flood diversification
• "Life: An Evidence for Creation" / 1998 / George T. Javor / Origins 25(1):2-48 — four arguments that life has been designed
• "Genesis and Genomics" / 1997 / L. James Gibson / Origins 24(2):47-49 — using comparative genomics for identifying independent lineages
• "Pseudogenes and Origins" / 1994 / L. J. Gibson / from Origins 21(2):91-108 — genes that seem to have no purpose and are similar in humans and chimps
• "An Interventionist Theory of Natural Selection" / 1993 / L. R. Brand and L. J. Gibson / from Origins 20(2):60-82 — mutation and natural selection can produce biological change within limits
• "Did Life Begin in an 'RNA World'?" / 1993 / L. J. Gibson / Origins 20(1):45-52 — difficulties with having life originate from RNA
• "Life in the Deep Rocks and the Deep Fossil Record" / 1992 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 19(2):93-104 — Microorganisms can exist in rocks several kilometers below the Earth's surface. This suggests the possibility that Precambrian fossils represent life that existed since a recent creation.
• "The Search for an Evolutionary Mechanism" / 1992 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 19(1):3-5 — six evolutionary mechanisms that have been proposed and their current status
• "A New Attempt to Understand the Origin of Life: The Theory of Surface-Metabolism" / 1989 / G. T. Javor / Origins 16(1):40-44 — "surface metabolism" has been proposed as an alternative to a "chemical broth" for the origin of life, but it too has problems
• "Origin of Life: A Look at Late 20th-Century Thinking" / 1987 / George T. Javor / Origins 14(1):7-20 — review and evaluation of some arguments regarding the spontaneous origin of life
• "Do DNA Distances Reveal Avian Phylogeny?" / 1987 / L. J. Gibson / Origins 14(2):47-76 — independent evolutionary classification methods may give conflicting results as to how closely related various species are
• "A Creationist View of Chromosome Banding and Evolution" / 1986 / L. James Gibson / Origins 13(1):9-35 — Do the similarities and differences between chromosomes of various mammals suggest a common designer or a common ancestor?
• "Probability and Its Application to the Origin of Life" / 1986 / David G. Kissinger / Origins 13(2):98-104 — The appearance of life through the sole action of random events is so close to being impossible that other explanations must be sought.
• "Which Vertebrates Make Vitamin C?" / 1985 / Elwood S. McCluskey / Origins 12(2):96-100 — original design plus degenerative loss might explain some present-day diversity
• "Chromosomal Changes in Mammalian Speciation: A Literature Review" / 1984 / L. J. Gibson / Origins 11(2):67-89 — How significant are chromosomal changes in mammalian speciation? Is speciation the cause or the result of chromosomal changes?
• "Life, an Evidence for Creation" / 1984 / G. T. Javor / Origins 11(2):105-108 — the complexity of life suggests the need for an intelligent designer
• "Temperature Regulation in Tetrapod Vertebrates: Ectotherms vs. Endotherms" / 1982 / Elwood S. McCluskey / Origins 9(2):98-100 — a considerable level of design even appears in what are often considered more primitive animals
• "Introns: New Complexity in the Synthesis of Higher Organism RNA" / 1978 / Berney Neufeld / Origins 5(1):54-56
• "Do Rabbits Chew the Cud?" / 1977 / Leonard R. Brand / Origins 4(2):102-104 — It would be difficult to interpret as an error the statement in Leviticus 11:6 that hares chew the cud.
• "Does Evolution Quality as a Scientific Principle?" / 1977 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 4(1):4-10 — The literature of both science and the philosophy of science reveals significant doubt that evolution is a principle of science.
• "The Potency of Prevailing Concepts" / 1976 / R. H. Brown / Origins 3(1):3-5 — The accumulation of scientific evidence has been increasingly unfavorable to mechanistic evolutionary concepts of origin.
• "Organization and the Origin of Life" / 1977 / John C. Walton / Origins 4(1):16-35 — application of the laws of physics and chemistry to the origin of life issue evaluated
• "The Chemical Composition of the Earth's Original Atmosphere" / 1976 / John C. Walton / Origins 3(2):66-84 — cosmological, geological and biological evidence that the early atmosphere was oxidizing
• "Homologies" / 1976 / Leonard R. Brand / Origins 3(2):109-111 — Similarities between organisms could be the result of their having a common ancestor, but can also be interpreted in terms of having a common Designer.
• "Chemical Evolution" / 1976 / Rene Evard and David Schrodetzki / Origins 3(1):9-37 — evidence for and problems with prebiotic evolution:  amino acid synthesis, stereochemistry, polymerization, and nucleic acid synthesis
• "Oxygen and Evolution" / 1975 / G. E. Snow and G. T. Javor / Origins 2(2):59-63 — According to evolutionary theory, a chemically reducing atmosphere was necessary during the early development of compounds leading to life on earth, but recent data calls into question the plausibility of such an atmosphere.

PALEONTOLOGY

• "Solnhofen Limestone: Home of Archaeopteryx" / Winter 2000 / Elaine Kennedy / Geoscience Reports 30:1-4
• "The Yellowstone Petrified 'Forests'" / 1997 / Harold G. Coffin / Origins 24(1):2-44 — a transport model involving the flotation of trees and organic debris seems to fit the data better than in situ growth for the layers of petrified trees in Yellowstone
• "Fossil Patterns: A Classification and Evaluation" / 1996 / Jim Gibson / Origins 23(2):68-99 — identification and analysis of 25 trends in the fossil record, arranged in 4 categories: diversity, morphological, ecological, and depositional
• "The Search for Adam's Ancestors" / 1996 / M. E. Kennedy / from Dialogue 8(1):12-15,34 — paleoanthropology and the ape-human fossil sequence
• "False Fossils" / 1996 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 23(2):110-124 — pisolites, stromatolites, pseudofossils, life on Mars
• "The Intrigue of the Questions about the Bridgewater "Fossil Forest," Victoria, Australia" / 1996 / Clyde L. Webster, Jr. / Origins 23(1):50-60 — Have these "fossil forests" been transported, or are they in growth position?
• "Incomplete Ecosystems" / 1994 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 21(1):51-56 — incomplete assemblages in the fossil record: insufficient plants to support the animals represented as fossils
• "The Intriguing Dinosaur" / 1993 / M. E. Kennedy / from Dialogue 5(2):9-11,34 — dinosaur paleontology and Scripture
• "Punc Eq Creation Style" / 1989 / Kurt Wise / Origins 16(1):11-24 — Punctuated Equilibrium: what it is and is not, and a proposed mechanism consistent with a young-earth creation model
• "Foraminifers in the Fossil Record: Implications for an Ecological Zonation Model" / 1988 / Tammy Tosk / Origins 15(1):8-18 — Can the sequence and diversity of foraminifers in the fossil record be explained in a catastrophic model as well as by evolutionary development?
• "Of Dinosaurs and Men" / 1987 / Arthur V. Chadwick / Origins 14(1):33-40 — history of the supposed dinosaur/human tracks in the Paluxy River, Glen Rose, Texas
• "Recent Debate Over Archaeopteryx" / 1986 / Venus E. Clausen / Origins 13(1):48-55
• "Are Millions of Years Required to Produce Biogenic Sediments in the Deep Ocean?" / 1985 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 12(1):48-56
• "Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake" / 1983 / Harold G. Coffin / Origins 10(1):9-17 — some trees uprooted by the blast of Mt. St. Helens were found floating vertically in Spirit Lake
• "Stratigraphic Distribution of Vertebrate Fossil Footprints Compared with Body Fossils" / 1982 / Leonard Brand and James Florence / Origins 9(2):67-74 — body fossils are often found higher in the geologic column than fossil footprints for amphibians and reptiles, but not for mammals and birds
• "Precambrian Pollen in the Grand Canyon — A Reexamination" / 1981 / Arthur V. Chadwick / Origins 8(1):7-12 — creationist claims of Precambrian pollen in the Grand Canyon do not appear to stand up under investigation
• "Beetles Indicate a Faunal Change in the Arctic During Cenozoic Time" / 1980 / David G. Kissinger / Origins 7(2):92-96
• "The Organic Levels of the Yellowstone Petrified Forests" / 1979 / Harold G. Coffin / Origins 6(2):71-82 — Interpretations given to the organic levels of the Yellowstone petrified forests have significant bearing on whether the trees of these forests were transported or grew in their present location.
• "How Rapidly Can Wood Petrify?" / 1978 / R. H. Brown / Origins 5(2):113-115 — under certain specialized conditions wood could become petrified within a few years
• "Neopilina: A Living Fossil" / 1976 / Conrad D. Clausen / Origins 3(1):56-59 — After the discovery of Neopilina in 1952, it was thought to be a missing link and to support the ancient-life hypothesis for the deep-sea, but now both seem unlikely.
• "Dinosaur Tracks and Giant Men" / 1975 / Berney Neufeld / Origins 2(2):64-76 — analysis of some supposed dinosaur/human tracks
• "The Spirorbis Problem" / 1975 / Harold G. Coffin / Origins 2(1):51-52 — The Spirorbis tubeworm is found only in salt water today. Its fossils are often found associated with coal, suggesting that the coal was deposited in a salt water environment
• "The Ginkgo Petrified Forest" / 1974 / Harold G. Coffin / Origins 1(2):101-103 — A great variety of trees and plants are petrified in a Washington State Park.
• "Famous Fossils From a Mountaintop" / 1974 / Harold G. Coffin / Origins 1(1):45-47 — Cambrian fossil of the Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

GEOLOGY

• "Local Catastrophes, or a Worldwide Deluge?" / 2001 / L. James Gibson / Origins 52:53-56 — an analysis of local flood theories, including one by Ryan and Pitman
• "Fossil Reefs and Time" / 1995 / A. A. Roth / Origins 22(2):86-104 — evidence against in situ fossil reefs
• "Catastrophes and Earth History" / Winter 1994 / L. Brand / Geoscience Reports, No.17, p.1-4 — evidences of catastrophic activity in the geologic record
• "Clastic Pipes and Dikes in Kodachrome Basin" / 1992 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 19(1):44-48 — sediment intrusions that suggest a short time between depositional layers
• "A Post-Flood Ice-Age Model Can Account for Quaternary Features" / 1990 / Michael J. Oard / Origins 17(1):8-26 — a model of an ice age caused by the Genesis flood is summarized
• "A Catastrophe with an Impact" / 1990 / L. J. Gibson / Origins 17(1):38-47 — the meteor impact hypothesis and mass extinctions
• "Those Gaps in the Sedimentary Layers" / 1988 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 15(2):75-92 — millions of years missing in the geologic record
• "Fossil Binding in Modern and Ancient Reefs" / 1987 / Lance T. Hodges / Origins 14(2):84-91 — time for fossil reefs to develop in the geologic record
• "Rapid Erosion at Mount St. Helens" / 1984 / Steven A. Austin / Origins 11(2):90-98 — Processes which conventional theory suggest take thousands of years may, instead, be accomplished within a few years.
• "The Tunguska Explosion of 1908" / 1982 / Mark W. Brazo and Steven A. Austin / Origins 9(2):82-93 — a description of the Tunguska catastrophe and several explanations that have been suggested
• "Historical Development of the Current Understanding of the Geologic Column: Part II" / 1982 / Richard Ritland / Origins 9(1):28-50 — review of the format and history of the development of the geologic column: the later years
• "Historical Development of the Current Understanding of the Geologic Column: Part I" / 1981 / Richard Ritland / Origins 8(2):59-76 — review of the format and history of the development of the geologic column: the early years
• "Coral Reef Growth" / 1979 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 6(2):88-95 — growth rates of coral reefs
• "Precambrian and Paleozoic Glaciation?" / 1979 / W. W. Hughes / Origins 6(1):49-51 — geologic features which resemble those associated with modern glaciers may be formed by mechanisms other than ice
• "Megabreccias: Evidence for Catastrophism" / 1978 / Arthur V. Chadwick / Origins 5(1):39-46 — Megabreccias give evidence of transported rock masses whose size challenges our imagination.
• "Footprints in the Grand Canyon" / 1978 / Leonard R. Brand / Origins 5(2):64-82 — The Coconino Sandstone which is well-exposed in the Grand Canyon has traditionally been interpreted as a wind-deposited sediment. However, trackways in this formation suggest under-water depostion.
• "Clastic Dikes" / 1977 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 4(1):53-55 — intruded and intruding sediments for a clastic dike formed at approximately the same time, not with a long time span between
• "Turbidites" / 1975 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 2(2):106-107 — Some events in the past history of the earth may have proceeded much more rapidly than was previously believed.
• "Fossil Tree Orientation in the Chinle Formation" / 1974 / Arthur V. Chadwick and Leonard R. Brand / Origins 1(1):22-28 — Orientation of fossil trees and other fossils can provide information on the direction of flow of water during deposition.

GEOPHYSICS

• "An Alternative Explanation of Oceanic Magnetic Anomaly Patterns" / 1993 / Norm Smith and Jane Smith / Origins 20(1):6-21 — some characteristics of the anomaly patterns could be due to the measurement process itself
• "Reversal of Earth's Magnetic Field" / 1989 / R. H. Brown / Origins 16(2):81-84 — rapid change in paleomagnetic field for a basalt flow at Steens Mountain, Oregon
• "Expanding Earth?" / 1988 / Bill Mundy / Origins 15(2):53-69 — problems and benefits of the plate-tectonic and expanding-earth models
• "The Mexico Earthquake — Some Afterthoughts" / 1985 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 12(2):61-63 — The "normal" biases our thinking. We tend to forget the unusual.
• "Paleomagnetism I" / 1983 / Ivan E. Rouse / Origins 10(1):18-36 — the basics of magnetism, the magnetic field of the earth, and how the rocks can record the ancient magnetic field of the earth
• "Paleomagnetism II" / 1983 / Ivan E. Rouse / Origins 10(2):66-89 — models for the source of the earth's magnetic field, paleomagnetic sample collection and analysis, reversals of the earth's magnetic field and plate tectonics

TIME (see also opinions below)

• "Carbon-14 Content of Fossil Carbon" / 2001 / Paul Giem / Origins 51:6-30 —  measurable carbon-14 in material that should be "dead" suggests an age of less than 100,000 years for life on Earth
• "Unique Enigmatic Helium" / 1998 / R. H. Brown / Origins 25(2):55-73 —  He-3 concentrations suggest that conventional geologic age assignments are inflated
• "Carbon-14 Dating Models and Experimental Implications" / 1997 / Paul Giem / Origins 24(2):50-64 — three suggested tests of creationist models for carbon-14 dating
• "The Nature of Evidence for the Activity of Supernatural Intelligence, as Illustrated by Polonium Radiohalos" / 1997 / R. H. Brown / Origins 24(2):65-80 — radiohalos explained by the diffusion of a radioactive solution through crystal lattice planes
• "Time in Science and the Bible" / Spring 1997 / B. L. Clausen / Geoscience Reports,  No.22, p.1-5 — time conflicts and resolutions in science and Scripture
• "What Happens When Rocks Melt?" / Spring 1997 / M. E. Kennedy / from Geoscience Reports,  No.22, p.8 — fractionation of the magma chamber and radiometric dating
• "Radioisotope Age" / Spring 1996 / R. H. Brown / modified from Geoscience Reports, No.20, p.1-3 — the age sequence of potassium/argon dates and some discrepancies
• "Genesis and Time: What Radiometric Dating Tells Us" / Fall 1996 / C. L. Webster / modified from Geoscience Reports, No.21, p.1-6 — options for interpreting radiometric dates
• "Our Solar System" / Fall 1996 / C. L. Webster / from Geoscience Reports,  No.21, p.8 — radiometric dating and the solar system
• "Can Tree Rings Be Used to Calibrate Radiocarbon Dates?" / 1995 / R. H. Brown / Origins 22(1):47-52 — the accuracy of using tree rings to calibrate radiocarbon dates
• "Compatibility of Biblical Chronology with C-14 Age" / 1994 / R. H. Brown / Origins 21(2):66-79 — the author updates his previous treatments of the topic
• "Interpretation of Radiocarbon and Amino Acid Age Data" / 1991 / Robert H. Brown and Clyde L. Webster / Origins 18(2):66-78 — land snail shell age data converted to real time using a Flood model
• "Fresh Bread; Old Fossils" / 1991 / R. H. Brown / Origins 18(2):89-92 — organic molecules expected to degrade rapidly dated in the millions of years
• "The Implications of the Oklo Phenomenon on the Constancy of Radiometric Decay Rates" / 1990 / C. L. Webster / Origins 17(2):86-92
• "Correlation of C-14 Age with the Biblical Scale" / 1990 / Robert H. Brown / Origins 17(2):56-65 — a mathematical relationship for conversion between C-14 age and real time
• "Implications of C-14 Age vs Depth Profile Characteristics" / 1988 / R. H. Brown / Origins 15(1):19-29 — Radiocarbon age of organic material in sediments is nonlinear with depth of the sediments, suggesting that the C-14/C-12 ratio was less in the past than present.
• "The Upper Limit of C-14 Age?" / 1988 / R. H. Brown / Origins 15(1):39-43 — Some radiocarbon dates derived from sources assumed to be geologically very old give dates in the 40,000-year range.
• "Examining Radiohalos" / 1988 / R. H. Brown, H. G. Coffin, L. J. Gibson, A. A. Roth, and C. L. Webster / Origins 15(1):32-38 — book review of Robert Gentry's book, Creation's Tiny Mystery
• "Some Questions about Geochronology" / 1986 / Ariel A. Roth / Origins 13(2):64-85 — time-dependent factors which, according to their present rates of change, are in disagreement with the standard geochronology of thousands of millions of years for the earth
• "Amino Acid Dating" / 1985 / R. H. Brown / Origins 12(1):8-25 — Can reliable age determinations be based on fossil amino acid data?
• "How Solid is a Radioisotope Age of a Rock?" / 1983 / R. H. Brown / Origins 10(2):93-95 — The real time interpretation of a radioisotope age for a rock is no more solid than the theoretical perspective of the interpreter.
• "Geo and Cosmic Chronology" / 1981 / R. H. Brown / Origins 8(1):20-45 — bibliographic information providing evidences for the age of the matter of the universe
• "The Age Dating of Biological Materials — Some Interesting Problems" / 1981 / Richard D. Tkachuck / Origins 8(1):51-52 — amino acid racemization rates may be much greater for wet than from dry materials
• "The Interpretation of C-14 Dates" / 1979 / R. H. Brown / Origins 6(1):30-44 — effects on C-14 dates of cosmic ray intensity, geomagnetic field strength, water vapor concentration, and dilution by biosphere carbon
• "Radiometric Age and the Traditional Hebrew-Christian View of Time" / 1977 / R. H. Brown / Origins 4(2):68-75 — some assumptions made in radiometric dating; some possible reasons for the sequential order of dates often obtained
• "The Impact of Tektites upon an Estimated 700,000 Year History of Deep-Sea Deposits" / 1977 / Warren H. Johns / Origins 4(2):76-92 — radiocarbon dates of 5000-6000 years B.P. for tektites and microtektites challenge other dating methods based on fission tracks, K-Ar, uranium disequilibrium, amino acid racemization, obsidian hydration, and paleomagnetism
• "Anomalous Ages for Meteorite Impacts and Tektites" / 1976 / Warren H. Johns / Origins 3(2):85-96 — an evaluation of impact craters in the fossil record and the dating associated with them
• "C-14 Age Profiles for Ancient Sediments and Peat Bogs" / 1975 / R. H. Brown / Origins 2(1):6-18 — in the majority of cases, a linear relationship does not exist between C-14 concentration and depth of peat bogs or sediments
• "An Evaluation of the Use of Growth Lines in Geochronometry, Geophysics, and Paleoecology" / 1974 / Conrad D. Clausen / Origins 1(2):58-66

OPINION (unpublished)

• Biblical Testimony Regarding the Age of the Universe / May 2004 / R. H. Brown
• Too Much Creation? / R. H. Brown — arguments for old inorganic matter
• The Biblical Perspective on the Age of the World / R. H. Brown — biblical chronology and what "In the beginning" might refer to

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