The Geologic Column

Ah, another opportunity to push one of my favorite introductions to the geologic thought process:Radiometric Dating and the Geological Time Scale
Circular Reasoning or Reliable Tools?
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/dating.htmlIt serves up a fine indroduction, leading up to radiometric dating considerations.Moose

Changing views of the history of the Earth
http://www.tiac.net/users/cri/geohist.htmlThis is a page, of which the link was given in the page I linked to in message 4. It better answers the question of message 1 of this string.MooseAdded by edit, for whatever it's worth (from the Geology Glossary of this site:Geologic column: A diagram representing divisions of geologic time and the rock units formed during each major period.Geologic time scale: The time scale determined by the geologic column and by radiometric dating of rocks.------------------
BS degree, geology, '83
Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Old Earth evolution - Yes
Godly creation - Maybe

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[This message has been edited by minnemooseus, 02-14-2002]

Note that most of the references at the bottom of redstang281's list (which was from http://www.icr.org/pubs/imp/imp-307.htm ), are from respected scientific journals. These are published papers that are obviously exploring situations where there are problems with radiometric dating methods. Blatantly NOT efforts at a cover up.I quote from the end of the paper I cited back in message 4 ( http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/dating.html ):

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For potential critics: Refuting the conventional geological time scale is not an exercise in collecting examples of the worst samples possible. A critique of conventional geologic time scale should address the best and most consistent data available, and explain it with an alternative interpretation, because that is the data that actually matters to the current understanding of geologic time.

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Moose------------------
BS degree, geology, '83
Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Old Earth evolution - Yes
Godly creation - Maybe