In Germany, the Wutach Gorge is called the "Grand Canyon of the Black Forest." Conventional geological models assume that the Wutach Gorge formed at the end of the Ice Age over a period of thousands of years. However, it is possible that the landscape-altering process of carving this large gorge could have been caused by catastrophic events, rather than occurring gradually.
How are beaches originated? How long do they take to form?
The Pisco Formation’s rapid, large-scale deposition, with well-preserved marine fossils, contrasts with the slow, localized processes of the standard long-age geological model. Evidence like meter-scale deposits and flat paraconformities, lacking expected erosion, challenges millions-year timelines. High erosion rates and vast ancient deposits suggest catastrophic events, aligning with a biblical Flood model, while assuming consistent natural laws.
The geologic timescale assumes slow sedimentary layer formation over millions of years, contrasting with the biblical account of a rapid, year-long global Flood. Paraconformities—flat gaps in layers, like those in the Grand Canyon thought to represent 6, 14, and 100 million years—show minimal erosion despite expected erosion rates of 60 m per million years. This lack of erosion suggests rapid deposition, supporting the Genesis Flood over long geologic ages.
The geological record’s widespread sedimentary units, like the Permian-Triassic red beds spanning multiple continents, show uniform characteristics suggesting a global-scale process. These deposits, along with Cambrian quartzites and Carboniferous limestones, are evidence of a complex catastrophe described in Genesis, supporting a creationist perspective of Earth history.
Widespread sedimentary rock layers, like the Triassic “Germanic” Trias, Chinle Formation, and Cretaceous limestones, span continents with similar lithology and fossils, suggesting rapid, large-scale deposition. Unlike modern localized sedimentation, these layers show minimal erosion, flat contacts, and well-preserved fossils, indicating rapid burial. This challenges slow, uniformitarian models and supports catastrophic deposition, consistent with a biblical global Flood.
Volcanic evidence in the geologic column, from lava flows to intrusive bodies, is tied to plate tectonics and mantle anomalies. Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs), like the Deccan and Siberian Traps, feature massive “flood basalt” flows, far exceeding modern eruptions in scale, with vast sheet flows indicating high effusion rates. Found from Precambrian to Cenozoic, LIPs link to mass extinctions and continental breakups, challenging uniformitarian models and supporting catastrophic paradigms, consistent with a biblical view of a dynamic Earth history.
Megabreccias, sedimentary deposits with large angular rock fragments (over 1 meter), are formed by submarine mass-wasting processes like slides, transporting massive clasts long distances. Examples include kilometer-scale blocks in Peru, Iran, Italy, and Arabia. Non-catastrophic tectonic explanations fail, and the immense energy required suggests catastrophic events, consistent with a biblical global Flood, not current uniformitarian processes.
Sedimentary rocks, formed from eroded particles, are explained by two geological views: gradual deposition versus rapid, catastrophic events. The catastrophist model, fitting a biblical worldview of a recent creation and global Flood, is supported by turbidity currents—gravity-driven flows that transport sediment to deep seas, forming graded turbidite beds. Recognized in the 1950s, these currents explain massive submarine fans and are key in hydrocarbon exploration. Despite some unexplained deposits, their prevalence supports rapid deposition, aligning with a short timescale and the biblical Flood, suggesting a designed, catastrophe-shaped Earth.
Climatic effects of the impact and volcanism scenarios for the extinction of dinosaurs are investigated in a modelling paper.
New observational data on the phenomenon of rapid bedrock erosion became recently available after the well documented events that affected the Oroville Dam in February 2017.
ARTICLE. In Utah and northern Arizona is a unique geological landscape feature, called the Grand Staircase. Imagine a staircase with each step a thousand feet or more high, and many miles wide. We will discuss hypotheses in regard to how this feature was formed. Published in Origins, n. 65.
The hypothesis of a large meteorite impacting the surface of the Earth at the end of the Cretaceous was introduced almost four decades ago. In the ensuing years, the geologic community gathered a large body of data in support of this hypothesis, elevating it to the status of a universally accepted fact of Earth history. However, competing models and lively discussions are still unfolding over the dynamics and environmental consequences of this large impact.
Is Genesis History? asks a question that many Christians struggle with. Is the first book of the Bible comprised of pious myths? Is it an allegory designed to teach important lessons about God, but not actually a record of the history of life on Earth? Or is it a reliable record of events that actually occurred in the past? In other words, is Genesis the oldest book of history available today, one…
Iceland is a volcanic island in the North Atlantic Ocean, slightly below the Arctic Circle. The island is situated on a mid-ocean ridge at the boundary between the North American plate and the Eurasian plate. In Iceland, we find evidence of horizontal movements, in which two plates spread apart as the crust dilates with intrusion of new magma. Iceland, however, is also associated with a mantle plume (a narrow stem of upwelling of magma from deep in the mantle) that has maintained volcanism high and vigorous.
The rocks of the Earth are like pages of a history book containing information about the past. Geologists who enjoy reading this “book” have found that it consists of two “volumes:” the first, named Precambrian, is mostly devoid of macroscopic fossils. The second, named Phanerozoic, contains layers and sediments providing a rich archive of past forms of animal and vegetal life. The Phanerozoic “volume”…
This third part of a series on the Precambrian provides two perspectives suggested by creationists on how to interpret this portion of the rock record.
The degree of importance of catastrophes for the geologic history of the earth has been the basis of a long scientific controversy that involves deep time questions.
The first book of the Bible states that following a recent creation by God, there was an astonishing worldwide Flood. In that context, the Flood would have been responsible for most of the great fossil bearing layers of the earth. However, current scientific interpretations propose that these layers slowly accumulated over billions of years thus allocating more time for the slow gradual evolution of…
Glaciations are defined as periods of temperature reduction in the Earth's climate which result in the onset or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Does the geologic record preserve evidence for the occurrence and extent of former ice ages? What kind of information is used to make these inferences? The answer to these questions has the potential for influencing our models…
