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The Cretaceous was named from the [[Latin]] word for ''chalky'', and was first used in 1832.<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cretaceous Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref><ref>[http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/Outreach/TimeScale/jurassic.html Jurassic Period] (Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara).</ref> | The Cretaceous was named from the [[Latin]] word for ''chalky'', and was first used in 1832.<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cretaceous Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref><ref>[http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/Outreach/TimeScale/jurassic.html Jurassic Period] (Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara).</ref> | ||
| − | Under the uniformitarian dates assigned by secular geologists, it represents approximately the period of Earth's history from 145 million years ago to 65 million years ago.<ref>Gradstein, F.M., and Ogg, J.G.,[http://www.stratigraphy.org/scale04.pdf Geologic Time Scale 2004 – Why, How, and Where Next!]</ref> [[Flood Geology|Flood geologists]] use a geological system that more heavily relies on [[catastrophism]] and reject the [[Uniformitarianism|uniformitarian]] assumptions behind the dates derived by secular geologists, and thus reject these dates (see [[geologic system]]). Instead, most would consider most if not all Cretaceous strata to be laid during [[Great Flood|Noah's Flood]].<ref>Snelling, Andrew | + | Under the uniformitarian dates assigned by secular geologists, it represents approximately the period of Earth's history from 145 million years ago to 65 million years ago.<ref>Gradstein, F.M., and Ogg, J.G.,[http://www.stratigraphy.org/scale04.pdf Geologic Time Scale 2004 – Why, How, and Where Next!]</ref> [[Flood Geology|Flood geologists]] use a geological system that more heavily relies on [[catastrophism]] and reject the [[Uniformitarianism|uniformitarian]] assumptions behind the dates derived by secular geologists, and thus reject these dates (see [[geologic system]]). Instead, most would consider most if not all Cretaceous strata to be laid during [[Great Flood|Noah's Flood]].<ref>Snelling, Andrew, Where should we place the Flood/post-Flood Boundary in the Geological Record?, ''Journal of Creation'' 10(1) 29-31, April 1996.</ref> |
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The Cretaceous period is part of the geologic system of classifying geologic formations.
The Cretaceous period is part of the Mesozoic era, and is divided into Early and Late epochs. The Cretaceous is preceded by Jurassic era and followed by the Paleogene era.
The Cretaceous was named from the Latin word for chalky, and was first used in 1832.[1][2]
Under the uniformitarian dates assigned by secular geologists, it represents approximately the period of Earth's history from 145 million years ago to 65 million years ago.[3] Flood geologists use a geological system that more heavily relies on catastrophism and reject the uniformitarian assumptions behind the dates derived by secular geologists, and thus reject these dates (see geologic system). Instead, most would consider most if not all Cretaceous strata to be laid during Noah's Flood.[4]
References
- ↑ Online Etymology Dictionary
- ↑ Jurassic Period (Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara).
- ↑ Gradstein, F.M., and Ogg, J.G.,Geologic Time Scale 2004 – Why, How, and Where Next!
- ↑ Snelling, Andrew, Where should we place the Flood/post-Flood Boundary in the Geological Record?, Journal of Creation 10(1) 29-31, April 1996.