Flood geology was revived in the 20th century by George McCready Price, a Seventh-day Adventist and amateur geologist who wrote The New Geology in 1923 to provide an explicitly Christian fundamentalist perspective on geology. His work was adapted and updated by Henry M. Morris and John C. Whitcomb, Jr. in their book The Genesis Flood in 1961. Morris and Whitcomb argued that the Earth was geologically recent, that the Fall of Man had triggered the second law of thermodynamics, and that the Great Flood had laid down most of the g ...

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Flood geology, Flood geology - Flood geology versus mainstream science, Flood geology - Origins of flood geology, Flood geology - The revival of flood geology, Flood geology - Processes, Flood geology - Liquefaction, Flood geology - Submarine canyon formation, Flood geology - Fossilization, Flood geology - Fossil fuels, Flood geology - Fossil layering, Flood geology - Frozen mammoths, Flood geology - Proposed mechanisms of the flood, Flood geology - Reliability of Genesis, Flood geology - Comparison with mainstream geology, Flood geology - Age of the Earth, Flood geology - Counterpoints, Flood geology - Water source, Flood geology - Geological evidence, Flood geology - Archaeological evidence, Flood geology - Paleontological evidence, Flood geology - Grass evidence, Flood geology - Philosophical objections

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Flood geology, Flood geology - Flood geology versus mainstream science, Flood geology - Origins of flood geology, Flood geology - The revival of flood geology, Flood geology - Processes, Flood geology - Liquefaction, Flood geology - Submarine canyon formation, Flood geology - Fossilization, Flood geology - Fossil fuels, Flood geology - Fossil layering, Flood geology - Frozen mammoths, Flood geology - Proposed mechanisms of the flood, Flood geology - Reliability of Genesis, Flood geology - Comparison with mainstream geology, Flood geology - Age of the Earth, Flood geology - Counterpoints, Flood geology - Water source, Flood geology - Geological evidence, Flood geology - Archaeological evidence, Flood geology - Paleontological evidence, Flood geology - Grass evidence, Flood geology - Philosophical objections

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Flood geology - Water source. If the flood were a global flood, a source of water would need to be found which could provide such a deluge. Flood geology supporters have proposed several sources at different times: (1) a vapor canopy in the upper atmosphere; (2) a comet strike; (3) the Earth's crust was much flatter, allowing less water to cover the face of the planet; an ...

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Flood geology, Flood geology - Flood geology versus mainstream science, Flood geology - Origins of flood geology, Flood geology - The revival of flood geology, Flood geology - Processes, Flood geology - Liquefaction, Flood geology - Submarine canyon formation, Flood geology - Fossilization, Flood geology - Fossil fuels, Flood geology - Fossil layering, Flood geology - Frozen mammoths, Flood geology - Proposed mechanisms of the flood, Flood geology - Reliability of Genesis, Flood geology - Comparison with mainstream geology, Flood geology - Age of the Earth, Flood geology - Counterpoints, Flood geology - Water source, Flood geology - Geological evidence, Flood geology - Archaeological evidence, Flood geology - Paleontological evidence, Flood geology - Grass evidence, Flood geology - Philosophical objections

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In 1818 Buckland was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. That year he persuaded the Prince Regent to endow an additional Readership, this time in Geology, and he became the first holder of the new appointment, delivering his inaugural address on 15 May 1819. This was published in 1820 as Vindiciae Geologiae; or the Connexion of Geology with Religion explained, both justifying the new science of geology and reconciling geological evidence with the biblical accounts of Creation and Noah's Flood. At a time when others were coming unde ...

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William Buckland, William Buckland - Early life and university, William Buckland - Flood geology, William Buckland - Megalosaurus and marriage, William Buckland - Bridgewater Treatise, William Buckland - Glaciation theory, William Buckland - External link

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If the global flood actually occurred, then it would have had a radical effect on geology, and evidence of that flood would be observable today, making the idea falsifiable. Mainstream scientists hold that the evidence available is sufficient to conclusively falsify the notion of a recent global flood. Eighty percent of the Earth's crust is covered by sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rocks are formed as particles of sediment settle out of air, ice, or water flows carrying the particles in suspension. As sediment deposition builds up, ove ...

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Flood geology, Flood geology - Flood geology versus mainstream science, Flood geology - Origins of flood geology, Flood geology - The revival of flood geology, Flood geology - Processes, Flood geology - Liquefaction, Flood geology - Submarine canyon formation, Flood geology - Fossilization, Flood geology - Fossil fuels, Flood geology - Fossil layering, Flood geology - Frozen mammoths, Flood geology - Proposed mechanisms of the flood, Flood geology - Reliability of Genesis, Flood geology - Comparison with mainstream geology, Flood geology - Age of the Earth, Flood geology - Counterpoints, Flood geology - Water source, Flood geology - Geological evidence, Flood geology - Archaeological evidence, Flood geology - Paleontological evidence, Flood geology - Grass evidence, Flood geology - Philosophical objections

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A New Theory of the Earth was a book written by William Whiston, in which he presented a description of the divine creation of the Earth and a posited global flood. It was published in 1696 and was well-received by Isaac Newton and John Locke. The book is organized as follows: Introduction, discussing the text of Creation according to Genesis Book I: Lematta, discussing the premises and assumptions on which his argument is based; Book II: Hypotheses, discussing his model for t ...

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• A New Theory of the Earth - Introduction
• A New Theory of the Earth - Book 1: Lemmata
• A New Theory of the Earth - Book 23 and 4: Phenomena

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William Buckland (12 March 1784 - 24 August 1856) was a prominent English geologist and palaeontologist who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, a proponent of Old Earth creationism and Flood geology who later became convinced by the glaciation theory of Louis Agassiz. William Buckland - Early life and university. Buckland was born at Axminster in Devon, and as a child would accompany his father, the Rector of Templeton and Trusham, on his walks where interest in road improvements led to colle ...

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• William Buckland - Early life and university
• William Buckland - Flood geology
• William Buckland - Megalosaurus and marriage
• William Buckland - Bridgewater Treatise
• William Buckland - Glaciation theory
• William Buckland - External link

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History of creationism Creation in Genesis Types of creationism: Young Earth creationism - Creation science Old Earth creationism Omphalos creationism Theistic evolution Neo-Creationism Islamic creationism Intelligent design - Intelligent design movement Modern geocentrism Controversy: Creation vs. evolution ... in public education As ...

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• Created kind - Definitions
• Created kind - Kinds in the Tree of Life
• Created kind - Boundaries between kinds
• Created kind - Hypothesized kinds

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On 30 January 1607 (New style) the Bristol Channel floods resulted in the drowning of an estimated 2,000 or more people, with houses and villages swept away, farmland inundated and livestock destroyed, wrecking the local economy along the coasts of the Bristol Channel. The devastation was particularly bad on the Welsh side from Laugharne in Carmarthenshire to above Chepstow on the English border. Cardiff was the most badly affected town. The coasts of Devon and the Somerset Levels as far inla ...

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• Bristol Channel floods 1607 - Possible causes
• Bristol Channel floods 1607 - Evidence

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History of creationism Creation in Genesis Types of creationism: Young Earth creationism - Creation science Old Earth creationism Omphalos creationism Theistic evolution Neo-Creationism Islamic creationism Intelligent design - Intelligent design movement Modern geocentrism Controversy: Creation vs. evolution ... in public education
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• Creation science - History and organization
• Creation science - Issues in creation science
• Creation science - Religious criticisms of creation science
• Creation science - Scientific criticisms of creation science
• Creation science - Subjects within creation science
• Creation science - Creation biology
• Creation science - Flood geology
• Creation science - Creationist cosmologies

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Catastrophism is the theory that Earth has been affected by sudden, short-lived, violent events that were sometimes worldwide in scope. The dominant paradigm of geology has been gradualism, but a more inclusive and integrated view of geologic events has developed. Before gradualism, the dominant belief in many cultures of the creation and development of the world was essentially catastrophism. The biblical story of the Great Flood is a prime example of these beliefs. Earth's history was viewed as the result of an accumulation o ...

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• Catastrophism - Reference

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Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is a national monument and national preserve located in the Snake River Plain in central Idaho near Arco, Idaho. The features in this protected area are volcanic and represent one of the best preserved flood basalt areas in the continental United States. The Monument was established on May 2, 1924. In November 2000, a Presidential proclamation greatly expanded the Monument area. The National Park Service portions of the expanded Monument were designated as a national preserve in August 2002. The area is ma ...

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• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve - Geography and geologic setting
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve - History
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve - Pre to early history
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve - Goodale's Cutoff
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve - Exploration and early study
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve - Limbert's expedition
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve - Protection and later history
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve - Geology
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve - Biology
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve - Conditions
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve - Plants
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve - Mule Deer
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve - Recreational Activities
• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve - Nearby protected areas

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Mineral Composition Known or probable occurrence Halite NaCl Principal constituent of chloride zone and of salt-impregnated sulfate and carbonate deposits. Sylvite KCl With halite. Nahcolite NaHCO3 Not yet identified; might be found in wintertime as efflorescence or trona or thermonatrite in carbonate zone in Cottonball Basin. Trona Na3H(CO3)22H ...

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Geology of the Death Valley area, Geology of the Death Valley area - Early sedimentation, Geology of the Death Valley area - Proterozoic complex, Geology of the Death Valley area - Pahrump Group, Geology of the Death Valley area - Crustal thinning and rifting, Geology of the Death Valley area - Passive margin formed, Geology of the Death Valley area - A Carbonate shelf forms, Geology of the Death Valley area - Change to active margin and uplift, Geology of the Death Valley area - Development of a flood plain, Geology of the Death Valley area - Extension creates the Basin and Range, Geology of the Death Valley area - Volcanism and valley-fill sedimentation, Geology of the Death Valley area - Table of formations, Geology of the Death Valley area - Table of salts[30], Geology of the Death Valley area - Notes

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In the introduction, Whiston discusses the Mosaic account of creation. He argues for a literal interpretation of Genesis, writing: "We must never forsake the plain, obvious, easy and natural sense, unless where the nature of the thing itself, parallel places, or evident reason, afford a solid and sufficient reason for so doing." In so doing, he challenges allegorical and mythological interpretations of Genesis, concluding that: "The Mosaic Creation is not a nice and philosophical account of the ...

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A New Theory of the Earth, A New Theory of the Earth - Introduction, A New Theory of the Earth - Book 1: Lemmata, A New Theory of the Earth - Book 23 and 4: Phenomena

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At the same time the Earth was apparently in a severe glaciation (see above), a rift started to open and a sea flooded the subsiding region. The rifting zone was part of a system of zones responsible for breaking apart the supercontinent Rodinia and creating the Pacific Ocean. One of the three arms of the local rifting zone, the Amargosa Rift, failed to split the continent.[6] A shoreline similar to the present Atlantic Ocean margin of the United States (w ...

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Geology of the Death Valley area, Geology of the Death Valley area - Early sedimentation, Geology of the Death Valley area - Proterozoic complex, Geology of the Death Valley area - Pahrump Group, Geology of the Death Valley area - Crustal thinning and rifting, Geology of the Death Valley area - Passive margin formed, Geology of the Death Valley area - A Carbonate shelf forms, Geology of the Death Valley area - Change to active margin and uplift, Geology of the Death Valley area - Development of a flood plain, Geology of the Death Valley area - Extension creates the Basin and Range, Geology of the Death Valley area - Volcanism and valley-fill sedimentation, Geology of the Death Valley area - Table of formations, Geology of the Death Valley area - Table of salts[30], Geology of the Death Valley area - Notes

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Liberal Biblical scholarship concludes that the Biblical account was based upon Mesopotamian models. A majority of Christian fundamentalists believe that the prevalence of the story points to its origin in an actual, historical event. They argue that the high level of detail given in Genesis makes it an inherently reliable account, and that the other stories are accounts of the same historical event which were distorted into mythology over time. They claim that the Epic of Gilgamesh is merely a corrupted retelling of Genesis (though Genesis is beli ...

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Noah's Ark, Noah's Ark - The ark, Noah's Ark - The flood, Noah's Ark - After the flood, Noah's Ark - Theology, Noah's Ark - Other flood accounts, Noah's Ark - The flood as purported history, Noah's Ark - Geology, Noah's Ark - Depth of the floodwaters, Noah's Ark - Ancient Chinese characters, Noah's Ark - Modern searches, Noah's Ark - Modern allusions

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Marsh first trained as a nurse at Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital. Later, whilst teaching at a Adventist school (Hinsdale Academy) in the Chicago area Marsh studied advanced biology at the University of Chicago and in 1935 obtained an M.S. in zoology from Northwestern University. In 1940 he completed a PhD in botany at the University of Nebraska, becoming the first Advenist to earn a doctoral degree in biology. In his book Fundamental Biology (self-published, 1941) Marsh described himself as a "fundamentalist scientst". He arg ...

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Frank Lewis Marsh, Frank Lewis Marsh - Biography

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Geology of the Death Valley area - Proterozoic complex. Little is known about the history of the oldest exposed rocks in the area due to extensive metamorphosis (the rock has been pressure-cooked). This somber, gray, almost featureless crystalline complex is composed of originally sedimentary and igneous rocks with large quantities of quartz and feldspar mixed in.[1] The original rocks were transformed to contorted schist and g ...

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Geology of the Death Valley area, Geology of the Death Valley area - Early sedimentation, Geology of the Death Valley area - Proterozoic complex, Geology of the Death Valley area - Pahrump Group, Geology of the Death Valley area - Crustal thinning and rifting, Geology of the Death Valley area - Passive margin formed, Geology of the Death Valley area - A Carbonate shelf forms, Geology of the Death Valley area - Change to active margin and uplift, Geology of the Death Valley area - Development of a flood plain, Geology of the Death Valley area - Extension creates the Basin and Range, Geology of the Death Valley area - Volcanism and valley-fill sedimentation, Geology of the Death Valley area - Table of formations, Geology of the Death Valley area - Table of salts[30], Geology of the Death Valley area - Notes

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The dam was located in the Teton Canyon approximately 44 miles (71 km) northeast of the city of Idaho Falls. It was a 305 foot (93 m) high earthfill dam intended for irrigation, electricity, flood prevention, and recreation. The dam was built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, which later received most of the blame for the collapse. The site of the dam is accessible to the public. The dam site is located in the eastern Snake River Plain, which is a broad tectonic depression on top of rhyolitic ash-flow tuff, which i ...

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Teton Dam, Teton Dam - Description and geology, Teton Dam - The collapse and aftermath

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As the incipient Pacific widened in the Late Proterozoic and Early Paleozoic, it broke the continental crust in two and a true ocean basin developed to the west. All the earlier formations were thus dissected along a steep front on the two halves of the previous continent. A wedge of clastic sediment then started to accumulate at the base of the two underwater precipices, starting the formation of opposing continental shelfs. Three formations developed from sediment that accumulated on the wedge. They are, from oldest to youngest: ...

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Geology of the Death Valley area, Geology of the Death Valley area - Early sedimentation, Geology of the Death Valley area - Proterozoic complex, Geology of the Death Valley area - Pahrump Group, Geology of the Death Valley area - Crustal thinning and rifting, Geology of the Death Valley area - Passive margin formed, Geology of the Death Valley area - A Carbonate shelf forms, Geology of the Death Valley area - Change to active margin and uplift, Geology of the Death Valley area - Development of a flood plain, Geology of the Death Valley area - Extension creates the Basin and Range, Geology of the Death Valley area - Volcanism and valley-fill sedimentation, Geology of the Death Valley area - Table of formations, Geology of the Death Valley area - Table of salts[30], Geology of the Death Valley area - Notes

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