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The Heart Mountain Conundrum—Part II: A Scientific Critique of Six Unanswered Uniformitarian Questions

Matthews, John D. (2021) The Heart Mountain Conundrum—Part II: A Scientific Critique of Six Unanswered Uniformitarian Questions. Creation Research Society Quarterly, 58 (1): 1.

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Abstract

Heart Mountain, Wyoming, USA, is a geological puzzle. "Paleozoic" carbonates overlie "much younger Mesozoic and Cenozoic" rock. The implication is that several mountain sized blocks broke from a detachment fault and slid up to 45 km.—Part I of this series critiqued recent models that propose low-friction cushions to move the Heart Mountain blocks. This paper compliments that study by examining how the proposed movement started and was sustained over uneven terrain via seven questions raised by uniformitarian researchers. Current models, uniformitarian and creationist, cannot explain the location of Heart Mountain as a detachment and slide. Unless fresh ideas are forthcoming, the implication that these "Paleozoic" rocks of Heart Mountain are younger, not older, than the underlying "Mesozoic" rocks needs exploring

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science (General) > QE Geology > QE101 Flood Geology. Catastrophism
Depositing User: Admin
Date Deposited: 18 Mar 2025 21:46
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2025 21:46
URI: https://crsq.creationresearch.org/id/eprint/1273

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