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See also
See also
'Kinds'. including hyperevolution within 'kinds'
About this page
About this page
This topic overlaps with many others:
For information about index fossils, relative dating of strata, and related claims of circular reasoning, see the geologic column page.
For resources dealing generally with problems of the claim of a catastrophic global Flood, see below.
For information about the patterns of fossil distribution throughout and within the strata, and also geographically, along with the implications for evolution or the biblical Flood, see the sorting/distribution of fossils page.
For information about the succession of changes through the strata and what they tell us about evolution, as well as resources dealing with claims about gaps in the fossil record, see the fossil record page.
Resources dealing with a particular formation in relation to the Flood can be found on separate pages, for example Grand Canyon.
Brief notes
Brief notes
There are many problems for a global flood, including:
There being too many fossils for it to be a snapshot of the world at one time.
It does not explain the order of fossils or identifiable ecosystems found in the rocks.
It does not explain features such as trace fossils (trackways, raindrop impressions, etc.), different strata that must have formed in different depositional environments (including desert) and formations such as caves later filled in by subsequent strata that cannot have solidified, been dissolved from the rock, and the filled in all within a single flood.
There are trees and clonal organisms that are older than 4,000 years.
Resources
Resources
Claim CH570: High mountains were raised during the Flood
Claim CH550: The geologic column was deposited by the Flood
Claim CH580: The Flood shaped the earth's surface in other ways
Brief response in the Index to Creationist Claims in the TalkOrigins Archive.
Article by Phil Senter in Reports of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE).
The Fatal Flaws of Flood Geology
Article by Christopher Gregory Weber for the journal Creation/Evolution on the website of the National Center for Science Education. The bibliography is missing from this version but is available in the PDF format of the issue in which this article appears.
Six "Flood" Arguments Creationists Can't Answer
Article by Robert J. Schadewald in the journal Creation/Evolution on the website of the National Center for Science Education. The bibliography is missing from this version but is available in the PDF format of the issue in which this article appears.
Yes, Noah's Flood May Have Happened, But Not Over the Whole Earth
Article by Lorence G Collins for the National Center for Science Education.
Post by Jonathan Baker on his Age of Rocks blog, looking not only at evidence of an old Earth but also looks at claims of Flood geology. Reblogged by Paul Braterman on his Primate's Progress blog.
Problems With "Flood" Geology: A detailed compilation by Wilfred Elders
Wilfred Elders is emeritus professor of geology, University of California.
John Ray on Flood Geology in 1695: Words that Still Apply Today
Brief post by Joel Duff on his Naturalis Historia blog.
Geological Formations/Genesis Flood
Article by Frank Steiger.
Article by Mark Isaak in the TalkOrigins Archive.
Video in the How Creationism Taught Me Real Science series.
Video in the How Creationism Taught Me Real Science series.
Noah’s Flood - debunked (Part 1)
potholer54 takes a look at what is claimed to be evidence of the Flood. Uses humour.
How Dendrochronology disproves Noah's Flood
Video by AronRa.
Advice from Luther Sunderland to his Fellow Creationists
Very brief article in the journal Creation/Evolution on the website of the National Center for Science Education. The full issue in which this article appears is available in PDF format.
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