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Under the dates assigned by [[uniformitarian]] 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>   
 
Under the dates assigned by [[uniformitarian]] 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>   
  
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== Young earth creationist view ==
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[[Young Earth Creationist]] scientists believe that the [[Theory of evolution|evolutionary]] [[Geology|geological]] timescale is in error. <ref>http://www.trueorigin.org/geocolumn.asp</ref><ref>http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=54</ref><ref>http://www.allaboutcreation.org/geologic-time-scale.htm</ref>  These scientists believe that the Earth is only around 6000 years old and have multiple lines of evidence from the field of geology showing that the earth is young. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/geology.asp</ref><ref>http://www.creationism.org/topbar/geology.htm</ref><ref>http://www.grisda.org/georpts/gr11.htm</ref><ref>http://www.nwcreation.net/geologylinks.html</ref><ref>http://globalflood.org/</ref>  Also, young Earth creationists assert that there is an abundance of scientific arguments in addition to geology showing the Earth and universe are both approximately 6,000 years in age<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/young.asp</ref><ref name="AIG-astronomy">http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/astronomy.asp</ref><ref>http://www.icr.org/article/1842/</ref> and a number of arguments against an extremely old age for the Earth and the universe.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/dating.asp</ref><ref name="AIG-astronomy"/><ref>http://www.apologeticspress.org/modules.php?name=Read&cat=1&itemid=22</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2002/0809_cdk_davies.asp</ref> [[Flood Geology|Flood geologists]] also point out that [[catastrophism]] is increasingly being accepted in the field of geology. <ref>http://www.grisda.org/origins/12061.htm</ref>
 
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<ref>http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=print&ID=84</ref>  In addition, creationists also assert that old earth uniformitarian geology has numerous [[Anomaly|anomalies]].  For example, creationists cite the work of [[William R. Corliss]] who catalogued numerous anomalies in the old earth uniformatarian geology [[paradigm]]. <ref>http://www.science-frontiers.com/sourcebk.htm</ref><ref>http://www.apologeticspress.net/articles/184</ref> Corliss wrote regarding [[Paraconformity|paraconformities]] the following:
 
  
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[[Young earth creationist]] scientists believe that the [[Theory of evolution|evolutionary]] [[Geology|geological]] timescale is errant, has scores of [[anomaly|anomalies]], and that there are numerous lines of evidence pointing to a young earth (for details please see: [[Geologic system]] and [[Young Earth Creationism]]).
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"Potentially more important to geological thinking are those [[unconformity|unconformities]] that signal large chunks of geological history are missing, even though the strata on either side of the unconformity are perfectly parallel and show no evidence of erosion. Did millions of years fly by with no discernible effect? A possible though controversial inference is that our geological clocks and stratigraphic concepts need working on." William R. Corliss, Unknown Earth (Glen Arm, Maryland: The Sourcebook Project, 1980), p. 219. <ref>http://www.cs.unc.edu/~plaisted/ce/flood.html</ref>
 
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The secular science journal [[New Scientist]] wrote regarding Corliss's work the following: "All I can say to Corliss is carry on cataloging." <ref>http://www.science-frontiers.com/sourcebk.htm</ref> Young earth creationist scientists assert that paraconformaties pose a serious challenge to the old earth uniformitarian geology paradigm. <ref>http://www.grisda.org/georpts/36.pdf</ref><ref>
 
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http://www.grisda.org/2003-FSC-open/Roth-RecentCreation.htm</ref><ref>http://www.seeking-god.co.uk/id188.htm</ref>
 
  
 
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The Cretaceous period is part of the geologic system of classifying geologic formations. It is part of the Mesozoic era, and is divided into Early and Late epochs. The Cretaceous is preceded by Jurassic period and followed by the Paleogene period of the Cenozoic era.

The Cretaceous was named from the Latin word for chalky, and was first used in 1832.[1][2]

Under the dates assigned by uniformitarian geologists, it represents approximately the period of Earth's history from 145 million years ago to 65 million years ago.[3]

Young earth creation scientists view

Young earth creationist scientists believe that the evolutionary geological timescale is errant, has scores of anomalies, and that there are numerous lines of evidence pointing to a young earth (for details please see: Geologic system and Young Earth Creationism).

References

  1. ↑ Online Etymology Dictionary
  2. ↑ Jurassic Period (Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara).
  3. ↑ Gradstein, F.M., and Ogg, J.G.,Geologic Time Scale 2004 – Why, How, and Where Next!
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