The fossil series is discussed and an attempt is made to explain the distribution of index fossils in various strata. Factors such as proximity to early bodies of water, preflood population size, and morphology are used to predict the relative fossil production potential of various living forms. Predictions based on these factors show a good fit with the observed order of fossils in the geologic column. This provides a non-evolutionary framework for geology. Absence of larger or more "complex" types from deeper fossil strata is attributed to unavailability of rocks rather than expanded evolutionary development. Inaccessibility and metamorphosis make deeper strata unavailable and account for the general absence of fossils from such complex creatures as mammals. The available fossil record considered together with the available rock record explains the geologic "column" without recourse to evolutionary speculation or expanded uniformitarian time scales. This model is based upon the concept of creation and the Noachian deluge.