Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Japanese tsunami and ICR's 'faulty' understanding of tectonics and uniformitarianism

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The calamitous aftermath of the recent earthquake in Japan has, understandably, contributed to countless conversations concerning the proper...
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Ken Ham and the Homeschoolers: the moral of the story is?

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Relevant to all, as I see it. Recently, Answers in Genesis president Ken Ham was barred from speaking at all upcoming homeschool conventi...
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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Cross bedding in beach sediments—then and now

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I am always fascinated by pictures of the past that are engraved in rocks. Whether it is an ancient inscription, a fossil, or even a tombs...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Idle times?

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I thought it worth mentioning that midterm exams/projects, as well as a four-day field trip, tend to reduce my proficiency here. But on the...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Inventing the isochron: Steve Austin, Andrew Snelling, and the Cardenas Basalts of the Grand Canyon

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At the beginning of the year, I reviewed an article that cited anomalously old radiometric dates for historical lava flows to argue against...
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Review of Chapter 6 – The Geologic Column, from 'Evolution Exposed: Earth Science'

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Since I have already commented at length on the nature of the geologic column—how it was constructed, correlated, and dated—I will try not ...
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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Direct radiometric dating of dinosaur bones using the U-Pb method, and ICR's attempt to avoid the issue

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Well, they've finally done it. In a Geology article published last month, Fassett et al. (2011) described their application of the Ura...
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