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== Origins ==

== Origins ==

[[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, which was not required for the growth of coal swamps]]

[[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>

In support of this, they point out:<ref>Walker, 2001</ref>

Secular scientists propose that coal formation took long periods of time, with the most recently-formed coal being formed a million years ago.<ref name="ACF">[http://www.ket.org/Trips/Coal/AGSMM/agsmmhow.html How Coal Is Formed] American Coal foundation.</ref>

Secular scientists propose that coal formation took long periods of time, with the most recently-formed coal being formed a million years ago.<ref name="ACF">[http://www.ket.org/Trips/Coal/AGSMM/agsmmhow.html How Coal Is Formed] American Coal foundation.</ref>

They generally propose that the plant material accumulated in swamps<ref name="ACF" />

They generally propose that the plant material accumulated in swamps with the greatest amount of coal deposition taking place in the Carboniferous (Mississippian and Pennsylvania) around 340 Million years ago <ref name="ACF" />

==see also==

==see also==