Evidence of a Flood
In this gallery, we see evidence for flood deposition and rapid erosion in the geological topography. There are erosional features that can only have been produced by rapid water erosion. There are deposition features which show that the sediments were all water-borne. The nature of the depositions, their grading, and the unconformities therein are consistent with flood deposition but not with standard geological paradigms.
A "water whirl." Water sucked out this unique feature while this rock was still pliable. This could not have happened if the rock was hard or over millions of years. Moreover, the rocks cannot be millions of years old for these features would have been eradicated long ago. Taken at Augrabies Falls, South Africa.
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A "water whirl." Another example of water suction of soft pliable material. This was found at Augrabies Falls in South Africa. Some people say a stone swirling around in a depression will also create the same feature. This is however not possible since the features do not show any signs of abrasion by stone.
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The Grand Canyon. Here we see massive amounts of land and rock have been removed. Did the little Colorado River really carve out this canyon over millions of years, or is there a more sensible explanation? The Grand Canyon runs through an uplifted area which could not have been washed out by the river incrementally because rivers do not run over uplifted areas (ie. uphill), so this was a fast uplift with flood waters rushing through a crack which appeared in the uplift washing out the entire canyon rapidly.
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The Grand Canyon. Each layer supposedly represents a time when that layer was the surface of the earth. However, there is no evidence of erosion between layers as can be seen by flat contact of layers. Between some layers unconformities exist, meaning some layers are missing, meaning that there is time missing, according to standard geological interpretation. Geologists claim that the layers were eroded away before new layers were deposited, yet there is no evidence of this erosion because the contacts are still absolutely flat.
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The Fish River in Namibia shows evidence of rapid washout as the Goosenecks but on a totally different continent which shows that the conditions were universal.
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These incredibly flat contacts are all in areas of unconformities (assume layers missing) leaving no evidence of having been eliminated by erosion. Obviously they never existed.
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This sign at the Grand Canyon shows an unconformity, where an entire layer of rock has been completely eroded between two other layers. Since these missing layers occur in other regions in the US and are associated with time, these layers are assumed to have been present here, but since you cannot eradicate time, you have to eradicate the layer by erosion and that without a trace. A better solution to the problem is that the deposits which occur elsewhere indicate that the material which comprises the missing layers was less than in other areas and when deposited just did not reach as far as the Grand Canyon thus leaving a gap.
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The Goosenecks in the Colorado River show evidence of rapid washout in view of the V-shape even around bends where under standard deposition you would have undercut on one side and deposition on the other, so this can only be rapid washout.
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Science teaches that each sedimentary layer on the earth was once the surface of the earth. Therefore, each layer represents an era of time, making it seem that the earth is very old.
However, we see that the current surface of the earth is jagged and bumpy because of erosion. How is it possible, then that each layer below the surface is perfectly flat? Did erosion not happen in the past?
Could it be that these perfectly flat layers were formed quickly—layer upon layer of mud flow?
However, we see that the current surface of the earth is jagged and bumpy because of erosion. How is it possible, then that each layer below the surface is perfectly flat? Did erosion not happen in the past?
Could it be that these perfectly flat layers were formed quickly—layer upon layer of mud flow?
This is Beartooth Bute which sites elevated on top of a mountain ridge in Wyoming, above its associated layers. How was it raised up to this height according to standard geological thinking? It must have been thrusted, moved uphill over eons of time without leaving a trace of any such movement. The surrounding layers were apparently weathered away over time, leaving Beartooth Butte as a lone formation. But another explanation is more plausible as shown in the next diagram.
Beartooth Butte matches the same layers located much lower down in Bighorn Basin. How could the solid rock above the Precambrian rock warp upward during the upthrust if in fact it was solid—taking millions of years to form? A more logical explanation seems to be that the layers were not solid and in fact were recently and rapidly formed just before a very rapid upthrust of the Precambrian under the Beartooth Butte location. The water, which laid down these sedimentary layers, rapidly rushed off of the upthrusted area. This rapid runoff of water quickly eroded the area leaving only Beartooth Butte standing to dry as the water receded. Read the whole article by Sean Pitman, MD.
A flame between two layers of strata in the Grand Canyon. Here, material from the bottom layer is whipped into the top layer. This could only be possible if both layers were soft at the time of formation. This is strong evidence of catastrophic deposition.
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A load cast between two layers of strata in the Grand Canyon. Here, material from the upper layer is pushed into the underlying layer. This could only have been possible if the material was soft.
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A visual representation of how basic erosion works. Typical features of erosion showing channeling but no flat surface. This is what the contacts between the layers should look like if the standard paradigm were correct.
The top layer is subject to erosion and shows it - being very uneven and worn. The layers underneath have flat surface contacts and were therefore not subject to erosion. These are turbidites rapidly deposited on top of one another.
In the picture on the right, we see evidence of massive water erosion but before the deposit could be washed away, the water subsided - typical of a flood deposit. Copyright Walter Veith and Amazing Discoveries
In the picture on the right, we see evidence of massive water erosion but before the deposit could be washed away, the water subsided - typical of a flood deposit. Copyright Walter Veith and Amazing Discoveries
This rock formation again shows that the top layer exposed to erosions does not look like the middle or lower layers which have flat contacts and were therefore never exposed to erosion, or else they would look like the top layer. The idea that the flat contact layers within formations were ever once the surface of the earth for millions of years is completely absurd.
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A rock formation from the Cedarberg mountain range in South Africa. Again we see erosional features on the top layer but only flat contact layers showing that there was no erosion on the lower layers, disputing the theory that those layers were once the surface of the earth.
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Here again rapid erosion must have removed all the material surrounding these features in Bryce Canyon. If these were subject to millions of years of erosion, then why were these so stubborn as to refuse to move?
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Erosional features in South Africa similar to those found in the USA again showing that the conditions leading to the rapid erosion were universal.
Why should this one clump of balanced layered rocks have survived for millions of years while all around it has been eroded away? However, if erosion was rapid, and washed away the soft sedimentary material before it had solidified to rock, and the relics subsequently hardened to form these fascinating rock features with slow erosion sculpting their present form, their presence would make perfect sense.
Ayer’s Rock in Australia can be ascribed to flood relics rather
than relics caused by millions of years of erosion.
Erosion is a fairly rapid process which even at its slowest rate would eradicate the earth's features in thousands let alone millions of years. The fact that there is still a topography is evidence that the earth is young. The above picture shows coastal erosional features in Australia which shows how rapidly coastlines even change by erosion. The fact that the continents still show a reasonable fit is evidence for young continents as can be seen in the next picture.
Raised turbidites found in Texas, USA.These turbidites were obviously deposited horizontally but have subsequently been uplifted to the vertical position.
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A turbidite in New Zealand. Notice the coarse to fine deposition. The heavier larger material at the base and the finer material on the top. This again is only possible in a rapid water deposition and does not allow for considerable time periods. It is also consistent with the universal flood.
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If layers of strata were deposited rapidly, then this would suggest that they were still soft when uplifted
to form continents. During continent and mountain up-
lift, these layers would fold because they had not yet
turned to rock. This folding can be seen here, in the Alps.
If layers of strata were deposited rapidly, then this would suggest that these features were still soft when uplifted to form continents. During continent and mountain up-lift, these layers would fold because they had not yet turned to rock. This folding can be seen here, in the Swartberg range in South Africa.
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A stalagmite that formed when water rich in calcium carbonate was pumped into a city.This took only months to form yet scientists claim that stalagmites take millions of years to form.
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Stalactites in a cave in USA.
Stalactites and stalagmites are presumed to have formed over long periods of time based upon current growth rates. However, if conditions were different in the past, such as flood conditions, and high water seepage, then their growth rate would be very rapid, as seen in some current formations. There is no reason to assume that these are very old because they currently grow slowly.
The Orange River Canyon. Notice the distinct v-shape. V-shapes are indicative of rapid washout particularly if the V-shape is maintained even around corners because slow erosion would deposit material to one side and undercut on the other side, not allowing for a V-shape.
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A desert dune in USA. Scientists claimed it had always been desert, but after a long period of analysis, they determined that it was formed underwater. The angle of deposition and the grain size proves that these deposits are also underwater deposits and not desert dune systems as previously assumed. In order to have a normal topography, scientists have to assume arid eras in the geological column but modern science belies these theories.
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Another unconformity between a shale and a sandstone with no evidence whatsoever of any layer in between. Therefore, the time in question does not exist.
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These pillar-like structures (clastic intrusions), penetrate through more than one layer. This can only have happened when the sediments were soft. If these rocks had formed over millions of years, they would have been hardened and the intrusions would not have been able to penetrate through all these layers. Moreover, the layers must all have been there at the same time to explain these features. Therefore catastrophism, rapid deposition by a flood is the only plausible explanation. (Kodachrome Basin - From Origins 19:44-48 1992)
A clastic intrusion from the Kodachrome basin, USA. These pillars of stone were thrust up through the underlying strata and are evidence that all the layers must have been soft mud of liquid consistency as would be expected in flood deposits.
A clastic intrusion from the Kodachrome basin, USA. Mingling of layers can be seen which is further confirmation of soft layers.
Erosion relics in the USA indicate rapid erosion of the strata between them. These 2 pillar-like structures survived the erosion of all the strata in between? Impossible. Only a rapid washout can leave such relics as can be found in modern catastrophic flood washouts. The water is gone before all the material is removed.
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The Three Sisters in Karoo, South Africa. The fact that features such as these are on every single continent shows that there was a universal flood. If erosion is constantly happening, these features should also have eroded.
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A turbidite flame in a petrified forest showing that these forests were deposited as water depositions. They are therefore washed in.
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The 'Town Hall Formation', Cederberg in South Africa. The most likely explanation is that rapidly flowing water undercut the massive deposits, as the were uplifted after the flood. The strata must have been soft and the water must have drained into the newly forming basin before the entire structure collapsed, leaving it standing on pillars. The tunnel formation also shows the direction of stream flow.
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In the center of this picture is an arch. Features like this can best be explained by catastrophic formation, subsequent hardening, and removal of debris by water since natural erosional features would not work from the bottom up but from the top down.
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Sheets of volcanic material in Washington State, USA.
Evidence for volcanism in the form of lava is largely a surface phenomenon which shows that it is a relatively young occurrence. Yet volcanism should have theoretically been a part of the earth's formative cycle since its inception. Volcanism in lower geological strata is in the form of 'brecsia' which means that it is water deposition again consistent with the universal flood.
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This Arizona meteor crater is the only proven evidence of meteoric impacts in the geological column. Some say the Iridium layer is from asteroid impact, but the Iridium could also be from volcanoes. Astronomers believe that meteors are being swept out of space by the gravitational forces of stars and planets, and there should have been more meteors in the past than now. However, we have not seen evidence of this in mining operations.
The large surface impact craters, such as the Arizona Crater and craters in Namibia and Siberia, are recent, and could have provided the means of breaking up the continent, with massive outpouring of volcanic material and drift of the continent resulting from these impacts.
The separation of continents could not have been as long ago as science postulates, since current rates of continent erosion indicate that the continents should have eroded away several times over (if standard geochronology is applied) since the continental drift started.
The large surface impact craters, such as the Arizona Crater and craters in Namibia and Siberia, are recent, and could have provided the means of breaking up the continent, with massive outpouring of volcanic material and drift of the continent resulting from these impacts.
The separation of continents could not have been as long ago as science postulates, since current rates of continent erosion indicate that the continents should have eroded away several times over (if standard geochronology is applied) since the continental drift started.
Markers of glacial recession show that it is much more rapid than originally thought and the time required for an Ice Age may be centuries away rather than thousands of years. The time for glacial recession is much shorter than originally postulated.
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All glaciers in the world are receding rapidly. In fact, so rapidly that they contradict the standard models of long ice ages which are based on linear regression rather than exponential regression. This glacier is the largest glacier in Europe situated in Iceland.
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This beach formation took only 8 months to form, which is forcing geologists to rewrite their books. This is the island of Surtsy which formed in 1963-1967 and only a few years later, the laval formation was already ground to beach sand consistency. Such features would normally have been attributed to millions of years of geological process.
Read more here: http://creation.com/surtsey-the-young-island-that-looks-old
Rapid canyon formations have been witnessed in recent times, such as the canyon resulting from the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in the USA. When volcanic debris fell into the lakes, it caused tsunamis which washed out this canyon in seconds. Note the layering which took place also during the eruption. This type of strata would be interpreted as having been over millions of years when in fact it happened catastrophically. The Grand Canyon deposits must have formed under similar conditions. They are just larger because the flood was greater.
A petrified log, uprooted by the Mt. St. Helens eruption. Its roots are ripped off and the branches and bark are stripped in the rolling and bashing caused during the flood. A typical example of how the petrified trees were transported by floods.
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Petrified logs from the Mt. St. Helens eruptions float upright, providing a model for the deposition of the petrified forests of the world. If a further turbidite (underwater mud flow) were to cover these trees, they would be buried in the upright position as are the petrified forest trees in Yellowstone National Park. They would also be orientated in the direction of stream flow because tree trunks are not perfectly round.
An upright petrified tree. Note that there are no roots or branches, and it stretches through various levels of strata.
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Petrified upright tree in Yellowstone Park, USA. These trees have long been used as an example of stable periods of growth, since they appear to be in a position of growth. However, they are now known to have been washed into position by flooding since they are orientated in the direction of stream flow. Also they have no intact roots and the larger ones have no branches even when deeply buried showing that they were catastrophically transported from elsewhere and buried upright.
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This tree was transported in the subsequent Mount St. Helen's floods many kilometres from its source showing that trees don't necessarily need to have grown where one finds them.
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Forest orientation images.
These diagrams show that in normal forests, trees fall down in every direction. They are thus totally unlike the petrified forests where the trees are always orientated in one direction. Therefore, the orientation of petrified forests must have another causal effect. The fact that they are always stream orientated tells us that they were deposited by flood waters. Moreover the fact that they were petrified shows water logging and ionic exchange which also requires flood deposition.
Deposition after the Mt. St. Helen's eruption shows a layered formation which standard geology would attribute to millions of years of deposition, however it happened in the one eruptive cycle.
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Flooding on the south side of the mountain before the explosive eruption. The flooding occurred because the hot ash melted the glacier. Note the tree stumps floating stripped of their bark and branches.
An excavated petrified tree stump. Notice there are no roots. It cannot possibly have been buried in position of growth. It was washed in.
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A petrified log in Namibia. Note that the bark is stripped and the roots are ripped off. Moreover these logs lie orientated in direction of stream flow. This is a feature common to petrified forests all over the world showing that the flood conditions were universal.
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A piece of wood in Slovenia. Notice that half of it has turned to coal, while the other half is still wooden. These deposits are tertiary deposits and standard geological paradigms would place them anywhere up to 40 million years old, yet this kind of coalification is even found in fence posts showing that it doesn't take millions of years to achieve this kind of coalification.
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A petrified tree in the Petrified Forest in Namibia. The trees are stream orientated, supporting the catastrophic flood model. Similarly to other areas, the trees are stripped of their bark even when deeply buried and have no branches. Evolution explains these petrified trees as representing forest situations, but the orientation that they are water/stream depositions. This is only consistent with a universal flood.
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Each layer represents a volcanic event deposited underwater and successively burying floating log debris. The process is not dependent on time but on the number of volcanic eruptions underwater, so all these features could have developed in a short space of time.
Malachite crystals which were formed rapidly. These authentic semi-precious stones were bought from
dealers in the Congo who obviously found a way of growing them rapidly in the malachite mines by allowing the seepage to crystallize on copper wires. Note the copper wires in the broken fingers of the crystals. Formations of crystals, stone or fossils can thus be very rapid and does not require millions of years. Reports of fossilization and rapid rock formation are well known, with fossil hats having formed in mines and ships bells and bottles being encased in solid rock.
This segment, written by C.R. Twidale in the American Journal of Science, states that there are serious problems with scientific theories of erosion and landscape development.
Here we see coal seams embedded in the rock formations. Notice how they are perfectly flat, which does not conform to scientific thinking. Forests grow uphill and downhill, not absolutely flat. So these cannot be produced by forest situations but by washed in debris.
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Chalk deposits (radiolaria) in brown coal mines in Slovenia. These brown coal deposits were supposedly formed in normal forest situations, however these white chalk deposits in the same layers belie that assumption. They must have formed underwater because radiolarians are marine organisms and don't belong in forests.
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White Cliffs of Dover
These deposits are marine deposits and they are right on the top of this landscape, so this entire continent must have been underwater very recently for these to have formed.
The White Cliffs of Dover consist of the carboniferous skeletons of marine organisms and show that this region was underwater. Chalk strata identical to these can be found all over the world. Moreover, the deposits are of the same age and are all situated on top of the same glauconitic sandstone. Surely this must indicate that all the continents were submerged at the same time, which is exactly what the Bible says. These chalk deposits are thick in some places and thin in others, indicating that all areas were not submerged for the same length of time. Upon the raising of the continents, the waters drained off and recycled much of the sediment, burying plant and animal remains. Since mammals and birds float in water due to bloating, one would expect fossil remains of these creatures in the top Cenozoic layers, which in fact there are.
Source: John Walker on Flickr.
Source: John Walker on Flickr.
Fossil ammonites buried in a mass grave. Only catastrophoc burial can account for such a large-scale burial.
A chunk of Cenozoic rock - many layers, including the Cenozoic layer, are packed with bone chips and fossil graveyards. These huge deposits can only be explained by catastrophism, such as you would expect in a universal flood. They are totally incompatible with uniformitarian geological principles.
Shells and fossils from the cretaceous period. Thus chalk deposits consist of marine organisms. The fact that the cretaceous is a universal layer shows that the whole world was under water.
Foraminifera fossils. These unicellular organisms have shells rich in calcium carbonate and also contribute to the chalk layers.
This school of fish is on display in the British Museum of Natural History, where the explanation is given that they were trapped in a lake and dried out. However, no modern counterpart exists since the fish would decay or be eaten by scavengers. It is more likely that they were buried alive by mudflows during the flood.
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Fossil sea urchins, starfish and sea lilies in a mass grave (British National Museum of Natural History.) The description given to this display states that these creatures were "buried very rapidly retaining their spines." This is consistent with the universal flood model.
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A fossil displayed in the British Museum of Natural History. The description reads: Mammal graveyard; the fossilized remains of an antelope, gazelle, horse and carnivore are preserved in this slab. The fossils are surrounded by flood-plain deposits, suggesting that the animals were swept together by torrential floods. There is no weathering and little damage to the fossils, so they must have been buried quickly.
If even the British Museum to this caption, why is it that they ignore the possibility of a universal flood?
The Geological Column with fossil assemblage.
The fossil sequence is standardly explained as evolution in time, but all the creatures are fully formed, highly complex creatures and in terms of their life processes, have all the complexity of any creature living today. The assemblage and order can other explanations such as ecological zonation, flotation, etc.
When rocks in layers are dated to the Cambrian period and fossils of certain creatures are found in them, many assume that those creatures existed in that specific period and that they were primitive. However, they are largely marine sessile which means that they are at the bottom of ecological zonation, and one would expect them to be buried in the lowest layers as they are.
The same principles apply in all layers.
If there were a pond in the back garden with snails, bottom dwellers, burrowing worms at the bottom, fish swimming in the middle, and ducks on top, and then a large mudflow buried them instantly, they would be buried in that sequence. There would be no reason to assume that the worms at the bottom were the oldest and gave rise to the snails which gave rise to the fish when in turn evolved into ducks, but this is exactly what the evolutionary theory supposes based on a sequence in a fossil record which is not even connected except by the mindset of the scientist investigating it.
Rocks in layers dated to this period have shown fossils of certain creatures, leading one to believe that those creatures existed in that specific period.
Rocks in layers dated to this period have shown fossils of certain creatures, leading one to believe that those creatures existed in that specific period.
Paleocurrents show that the directional flow of water was continent wide. This is inconsistent with any current topography where the flow of water is determined by basins and mountains and ravines, etc. Only catastrophic continent-wide water flow could such occurrences.
Continent-wide west to east waterflow in the Paleozoic era in South America. How can water flow in 2 time zones be directly the opposite? Did the continents have no mountains, ravines, basins or anything to prevent continent-wide directional water flow? Highly improbable. Yet this is what you would expect if there was a universal water catastrophe and this is indeed what you find in the various layers.
Mid Atlantic Ridge, showing evidence for continental drift.
Since land animals are distributed on all continents, then these animals must have been able to cross land bridges after the flood. The continents show almost perfect fit, particularly if the puzzle uses the continental shelf rather than the areas of the continents, which are above
water. The question is not whether drift took place, but how and when. The Mid Atlantic Ridge shows huge
volcanoes as are also present around the Pacific Rim. A possible explanation is that huge meteors struck the earth post flood and ripped the newly established continents apart causing massive volcanic action.