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Flood geologists also propose that the flood waters swept together and buried large mats of vegetation ripped from the surface of the Earth, forming the coal beds that are mined today.
Flood geologists also propose that the flood waters swept together and buried large mats of vegetation ripped from the surface of the Earth, forming the coal beds that are mined today.
They point to observations made in [[Spirit Lake]] following the eruption of [[Mount St. Helens]] in 1980 in support of this process.
They point to observations made in [[Spirit Lake]] following the eruption of [[Mount St. Helens]] in 1980 in support of this process.
== Dating ==
Flood geologists date the flood to around 2350 B.C., based on [[biblical chronology]].
They argue that uniformitarian dating methods are unreliable, in part because such methods presume that there was no Flood, and that the Flood would invalidate some of the presumptions behind uniformitarian dating methods.
On this basis, archaeological dates which purport to show civilisations and artifacts being older than the Flood cannot be used to invalidate the date of the flood because they are based on the presumption that there was no Flood.<ref>For example, Carbon Dating is calibrated according to known background levels of C14 in the atmosphere, but this calibration does not account for likely altered levels due to extensive volcanism during the Flood. See [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/5026/ Carbon dating into the future] (Creation Ministries International).</ref>
Concluding that there was no Flood on the basis of dating methods that presume that there was no Flood is circular reasoning.
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== Common Criticisms ==
== Common Criticisms ==