Earth History Research and News

Following on the success of its RATE (Radioisotopes and the Age of The Earth) research, the Institute for Creation Research has announced its intention to undertake similar initiatives in other fields:

Vardiman L, ‘What comes after RATE?’, Institute for Creation Research Impact Article #387, September 2005.
http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=2468

One of the proposed initiatives is FAST (Flood Activated Sedimentation and Tectonics), a grouping of several geological subprojects in which Dr Steve Austin and others will be investigating catastrophic processes in Earth history that could seriously challenge conventional geological interpretations. Furthermore, RATE II will continue research on selected subprojects from RATE which need additional documentation. For example, RATE studied only terrestrial rocks, but RATE II will include meteorite data. Also, there is a need to expand the data set collected by RATE on helium diffusion, isochron discordance, carbon-14 in diamonds, radiohalos, fission tracks and potassium-40 in fossil insects.

The accompanying photograph shows one of billions of nautiloids within the Whitmore Wash Member of the Redwall Limestone of Grand Canyon. This extensive mass-kill horizon was discovered by Dr Austin and investigation of the dynamics of the burial process may be one of the new FAST research projects.