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[[Image:Coal_contact_line.jpg|thumb|coal sitting on clay, with no evidence of soil]]
[[Image:Coal_contact_line.jpg|thumb|coal sitting on clay, with no evidence of soil]]
[[Young earth creationists]] believe that most coal was formed during the [[Great Flood]] <ref>Jackson, 2006</ref>.
[[Young earth creationists]] believe that most coal was formed during the [[Great Flood]] <ref>Jackson, 2006</ref>.
In support of this, they point out:<ref>Walker, 2001</ref>
* The time required to turn plant material into coal is small enough that the biblical timescale is quite sufficient. The vast amounts of time suggested by uniformitarian geologists is not actually required.
* The time required to turn plant material into coal is small enough that the biblical timescale is quite sufficient. The vast amounts of time suggested by uniformitarian geologists is not actually required.
* [[Polystrate fossils]] indicate that successive layers have formed quickly.
* [[Polystrate fossils]] indicate that successive layers have formed quickly.