| − | A paraconformity (sometimes called a unconformity) is <ref>http://www.grisda.org/georpts/36.pdf</ref> Young earth creationists see paraconformities as a serious challenge to the old earth [[uniformitarian]] [[geology]] [[paradigm]]. <ref>http://www.grisda.org/georpts/36.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.grisda.org/2003-FSC-open/Roth-RecentCreation.htm</ref><ref>http://www.seeking-god.co.uk/id188.htm</ref>
| + | According to [[Ariel R. Roth]], former director of the Geoscience Institute, a paraconformity (sometimes called a unconformity) occurs "when two different parallel layers from different parts of the [[geological column]] is missing in the layers." <ref>http://www.grisda.org/georpts/36.pdf</ref> Young earth creationists see paraconformities as a serious challenge to the old earth [[uniformitarian]] [[geology]] [[paradigm]]. <ref>http://www.grisda.org/georpts/36.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.grisda.org/2003-FSC-open/Roth-RecentCreation.htm</ref><ref>http://www.seeking-god.co.uk/id188.htm</ref> |