Zircon

See also

Radiometric dating

Resources

Claim CD015: Zircons retain too much helium for an old earth

Brief response in the Index to Creationist Claims in the TalkOrigins Archive.

Dr. Humphreys’ Young-Earth Helium Diffusion “Dates” from Zircons: After More than 15 Years, Still a Failure and Unable to Compete with Dr. Loechelt’s Uniformitarian Model: A 2020-2021 Update

Long, in-depth article by geochemist Kevin R. Henke on his Responding to Creationism website.

Helium Diffusion in Zircon: Flaws in a Young-Earth Argument, Part 1 (of 2)

Helium Diffusion in Zircon: Evidence Supports an Old Earth, Part 2 (of 2)

Two-part article by Gary H. Loechelt on the Reasons to Believe website.

Accelerated Nuclear Decay in the Light of New Experimental Data

Article by Gary H. Loechelt in the journal Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith.

Helium Diffusion as a Creationist Clock

Article by Michael Ward, written under the supervision of Prof. Timothy H. Heaton and hosted by University of South Dakota.