Category: Radioisotope Dating Project
Posted on January 30, 2015
Underground Rocks
I tightened my grip on the raft as a sudden splash of icy brown water made me shiver in spite of the Arizona afternoon sunshine. The light gleamed off the shiny black rock columns towering up the deep… Read More
Posted on December 3, 2014
Creation Clues for Kids, Vol. 2 No. 4
The Grand Canyon Have you ever been to the Grand Canyon before? Well, the Grand Canyon is one of the greatest natural wonders of the world. Most people visit the rim, that is, the top edge of the… Read More
Posted on November 12, 2014
Creation Clues For Kids, Vol. 2 No.1
Radioisotope Dating Have you ever heard someone at a museum or on TV say something like this “ . . . this T-rex lived 65 million years ago . . .” and wonder how they come up with… Read More
Posted on October 13, 2013
Grand Canyon: Granite Rocks
As a geology student I love to look at, touch, and think about rocks. However, I am afraid that I do not love all kinds of rocks equally. My least favorite rocks are the ones that look like… Read More
Posted on October 6, 2013
Grand Canyon: Rock Dating
The Grand Canyon is both a geologist’s dream and a geologist’s nightmare. It’s a geologist’s dream because it’s not just a bunch of sediment rock layers (like sandstone and limestone), but it also has hardened lava flows and… Read More
Posted on January 12, 2013
The Rocks Cry Out
Dinosaur bones and coal still containing radiocarbon; Radical two-ring radiohalos; Traces of C-14 in diamonds; Helium held captive by granite; problems in the underlying logic behind radioisotope dating; These hidden wonders of science truly display the glory of… Read More
Posted on January 5, 2013
Granite’s Captive
A thin metal tower holds a drilling rig as it is guided down to a depth of down to 2.6 miles bellow the surface at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. At this depth, the temperature reaches 595 degrees (F), and… Read More
Posted on December 15, 2012
Radical Radiohalos
The depth and beauty of the granite countertop of the ice cream shop intrigued me as I slowly enjoyed my cone. There were grey, white, clear, and light pink specks, which I knew to be quartz, peachy colored… Read More
Posted on December 7, 2012
Carbon-14 Cries Creation & Catastrophe
Radiocarbon dating is one of my all-time favorite geology subjects, so it is with mixed feelings that I write this final Clue about it for this series. But, I have so much more information that I believe you,… Read More
Posted on November 17, 2012
Unthinkable Radiocarbon Dates
The team of five men paddled furiously along in the wind-tossed icy waters of the Colville River in Alaska. They had been slowly making their way through the Alaskan wilderness for almost a week, in spite of the… Read More