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The Jurassic Coast: Evidence for the Flood

Oard, Michael J. and Matthews, John D. and Sibley, Andrew (2014) The Jurassic Coast: Evidence for the Flood. Creation Research Society Quarterly, 51 (2): 4.

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Abstract

A portion of the Dorset and Devon coastline, considered a 185-millionyear "walk through time," has been declared the UK’s first geological world heritage site. But there are numerous contradictions to its deep time, evolutionary, and uniformitarian interpretations. One of the most obvious is the lack of erosion within and between geological layers—a feature common in practically all sedimentary rocks. Surficial Jurassic Coastal erosion rates, similar to the rest of England, suggests that the entire island would be eroded to sea level in only a few millions years, contradicting the elongated timescale. Evolutionary dating, based on the fossils, especially the classical ammonite series, shows several problems. Other strange features of the Jurassic Coast challenge its uniformitarian explanation, such as the absence of a significant change at the supposed Paleozoic/Mesozoic boundary, when 90% of species supposedly went extinct. We examined Lulworth Cove, an iconic area for the Jurassic Coast that includes so-called stromatolites, a "fossil forest," and "dirt beds." Dinosaur tracks also were found, as well as catastrophically deposited shell layers in the Purbeck Limestone. These, and many other features, suggest better interpretations are provided by the Genesis Flood. One in particular is the erosion of the sedimentary sequence, which created a unique gravel-capped planation surface, which was subsequently dissected, creating local water gaps perpendicular to ridges. This corresponds to the recessive stage of the Flood, with its two phases of sheet and channelized erosion. The Jurassic Coast makes a better "icon" for biblical history than for deep time and evolution.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science (General) > QE Geology > QE101 Flood Geology. Catastrophism
G Geography and Anthropology > GB Physical Geography > GB400 Geomorphology
Depositing User: Admin
Date Deposited: 18 Mar 2025 21:45
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2025 21:45
URI: https://crsq.creationresearch.org/id/eprint/1164

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