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The Geologic Column
Circular Reasoning in Geology
How old is this fossil?

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Q: How old is this fossil?
A: This fossil is 450,000,000 years old.
Q: How do you know it is that old?
A: It is in a rock layer that is 450,000,000 years old
Q: How do you know that the rock layer is that old?
A: Well, it contains a 450,000,000 year old fossil!

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Geologic column was originally developed by creationists beginning in the 17th century
The long time periods were not added until later (1800s) and were based on the assumption of evolution
The Order of the Geologic Column
Note: Dates change on a regular basis…

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ERA
PERIOD
BEGINNING TIME
(years ago)
CENOZOIC
Quaternary
2,000,000
Tertiary
65,000,000
MESOZOIC
Cretaceous
144,000,000
Jurassic
208,000,000
Triassic
250,000,000
PALEOZOIC
Permian
286,000,000
Pennsylvanian
320,000,000
Mississippian
360,000,000
Devonian
408,000,000
Silurian
438,000,000
Ordovician
505,000,000
Cambrian
600,000,000
Precambrian
4,700,000,000

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The Evolutionary Interpretation
Geologic column formed over a long time period by processes still operating today (uniformitarianism)
It shows the evolutionary history of life through fossils
Fossils are generally preserved at the locations in which they lived and died

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The Creationist Interpretation
Geologic column mostly formed over a “short” time period by an event involving a large amount of water (catastrophism)
Fossils are arranged based on the following general principles
Ecological zonation
Hydraulic sorting
Physical mobility
Fossils are often preserved at different locations than that in which they lived

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The Fossil Evidence
The existence of fossils

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Fossil Graveyards

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Green River Formation, WY (Eocene)

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Cumberland Bone Cave, MD (Pleistocene)

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Polystrate Fossils
Fossilized tree trunks
Fossilized fish

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“Living” Fossils
Neopilina

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Coelacanth

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Tuatara

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Metasequoia Tree

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The Formation of Coal

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The Absence of Transitional Forms

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The Rocks Cry Out
Rock layers out of sequence
The Lewis Overthrust & the Alps

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Mt. St. Helens

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Rocks folded while “soft”

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Conclusion
The Geologic Column: “Large” amount of water in a “small” amount of time
Not only does the Great Flood “rock”,
it fossilizes also!

25. Genesis 7 – 9: The Results of the Great Flood