Foreword | Wayne Ranney | 8 |
Part 1 – Two Views
Chapter 1 | Introduction | The Authors | 15 |
Chapter 2 | What Is Flood Geology? | Stephen Moshier and Carol Hill | 21 |
Chapter 3 | Time Frame of Flood Geology | Tim Helble and Carol Hill | 31 |
Chapter 4 | Time Frame of Modern Geology | Carol Hill and Stephen Moshier | 41 |
Part 2 – How Geology Works
Sedimentary Rocks
Chapter 5 | Sedimentary Rock Types and How They Form | Stephen Moshier, Tim Helble, and Carol Hill | 55 |
Chapter 6 | Sedimentary Structures: Clues from the Scene of the Crime | Carol Hill and Stephen Moshier | 67 |
Chapter 7 | Using the Present to Understand the Past | Stephen Moshier and Gregg Davidson | 73 |
Time
Chapter 8 | Solving Puzzles: Relative Dating and the Geologic Column | Stephen Moshier and Gregg Davidson | 81 |
Chapter 9 | So Just How Old Is That Rock? | Roger Wiens | 89 |
Chapter 10 | Missing Time: Gaps in the Rock Record | Stephen Moshier and Carol Hill | 99 |
Tectonics & Structure
Chapter 11 | Plate Tectonics: Our Restless Earth | Bryan Tapp and Ken Wolgemuth | 109 |
Chapter 12 | Broken and Bent Rock: Fractures, Faults, and Folds | Bryan Tapp and Ken Wolgemuth | 117 |
Part 3 – Fossils: What Story Do They Tell?
Chapter 13 | Fossils of the Grand Canyon and Grand Staircase | Ralph Stearley | 131 |
Chapter 14 | Tiny Plants – Big Impact: Pollen, Spores, and Plant Fossils | Joel Duff | 145 |
Chapter 15 | Trace Fossils: Footprints and Imprints of Past Life | David Elliott | 153 |
Part 4 – Carving of the Canyon
Chapter 16 | Carving of the Grand Canyon: A Lot of Time and a Little Water, a Lot of Water and a Little Time (or Something Else?) | Tim Helble and Carol Hill | 163 |
Chapter 17 | How Old Is the Grand Canyon? | Gregg Davidson, Carol Hill, and Wayne Ranney | 173 |
Chapter 18 | Life in the Canyon: Packrats, Pollen, and Giant Sloths | Joel Duff | 179 |
Part 5 – A Verdict on Flood Geology
Chapter 19 | River to Rim: Putting All the Pieces Together | Gregg Davidson and Wayne Ranney | 187 |
Chapter 20 | Science vs. Flood Geology: Not Just a Difference in Worldview | The Authors | 207 |
References | 210 |
Specific claims made by Young Earth advocates and by conventional geologists, referred to in the text, are documented by page number in the reference section.
Index | 225 |
Biographies | 232 |
Photos and backgrounds of the editors, authors, and layout artists
Panoramic photos from Navajo Point / East Kaibab Monocline and Geologic Time Scale | 236–240 |