From Natural Resources Canada: Geological map of the Arctic. As I've said before, a good geologic map is a work of art. According to the US Geological Survey, up to 25% of Earth's remaining oil and gas reserves could be in the Arctic region. Grace and Peace
Category: Geology
Death before the fall — an old-Earth Biblical perspective
The topic of death before Adam's fall into sin is a common area of debate between Christians who accept an old Earth and those who insist that the Bible requires a young Earth. Old-Earth creationists (whether or not they are theistic evolutionists) have to accept animal death before the fall. After all, the fossil record …
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Aluminum and the 100-year old oceans
I've spent more time commenting on other people's blogs this week than working on my own. I wrote some rather lengthy comments, so I'm going to post them here with some editing. I've recently come across several young-Earth creationist recommendations for the book Old Earth Creationism on Trial by Tim Chaffey and and Jason Lisle. …
Resolving the tension
A week or two there was a post on InternetMonk.com asking for comments from Christian scientists and science-educated Christians about how they had resolved the tension between science and faith. Here's my comment from that post, with a little editing: I am “The GeoChristian” that someone else referred to earlier. I have an M.S. and …
AAPG Convention — Short resume
Here's my short resume that I'll have posted on the AAPG Career Center bulletin board, with pull-off tabs at the bottom with my name, email, and cell phone number. I have a more detailed resume, of course, for those who are interested. Kevin Nelstead Education: M.S. in Geology, Washington State University Coursework included Sedimentary Petrology, …
AAPG Convention
I'll be at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists national convention Saturday through Wednesday here in Denver, and might not do much blogging. I've got a full-day short course on Saturday (Applied Geology and Geochemistry of Gas Shales) and will be attending the technical program and visiting the exhibitors' booths Monday through Wednesday. It should …
Geoscience employment
From Yahoo Hotjobs: The Hottest $40-an-Hour Careers Geoscientist Too grounded for the arts? Geoscientists are some of the earthiest people around, and they work in one of the many fields about to take off, thanks to stimulus moneys coming down the pike. From searching for natural resources to cleaning up environmental disasters, geoscientists make going …
A field trip I wish I had been on
From the Billings Gazette: Geologists witness Y'stone explosion Yellowstone National Park geologist Hank Heasler was lecturing a group of colleagues in Biscuit Basin on the rarity of hydrothermal explosions last week when Boom! A hot pool behind him exploded, spewing mud, rocks and hot water 50 feet in the air. Geologists know of only a …
Aral Sea — environmental disaster
This is all that is left of what was the Earth's fourth largest lake only 50 years ago. From NASA's Earth Observatory: Dust Over the Aral Sea. In the 1960s, the Soviet Union started diverting most of the water from the rivers that fed the Aral Sea to irrigation, primarily for cotton. This led to …
Lake Eyre, Australia
I love this picture, as only a geologist who loves streams and sediments could. From NASA's Earth Observatory site: Rare Refill of Lake Eyre, Australia's Simpson Desert. From the EO description: Waves in central Australia’s Simpson Desert usually come in the form of sand dunes. In these images, they ripple in long vertical lines across …
Conversations in progress
I've had a number of good comments in the past month on the following posts. Feel free to join in. Dr. Dino still in prison -- I consider the teachings of Kent Hovind ("Dr. Dino") to be anti-apologetics that has no place in our churches and Christian schools. Not everyone agrees. Augustine and Darwin -- …
Six bad arguments from Answers in Genesis (Part 3)
This is part three of a six-part series examining supposed evidences for a global flood that have recently appeared on the Answers in Genesis web site. The people at AiG are my brothers and sisters in Christ, and I share their love for the Lord Jesus Christ, their respect for the Bible as the Word …
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Lake Powell images, 1999 to 2009
NASA's Earth Observatory has a series of images from 1999 to 2009 showing fluctuating water levels in Lake Powell in southeastern Utah. Lake Powell is formed by Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona. Earth Observatory has a "play" link to watch the images in played in order. From the description at …
Concentric circles emanating from glowing red dot
Earthquake and tsunami news from the Onion News Network: HT: Geographic travels with Catholicgauze Grace and Peace
Six bad arguments from Answers in Genesis (Part 2)
This is part two of a six-part series examining supposed evidences for a global flood that have recently appeared on the Answers in Genesis web site. The people at AiG are my brothers and sisters in Christ, and I share their love for the Lord Jesus Christ, their respect for the Bible as the Word …
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Marcus Ross review of The Bible, Rocks and Time
Christianity Today has a review The Bible, Rocks and Time, the recent book written by Christian geologists Davis Young and Ralph Stearley. I've written about this excellent book here and here. The review is by young-Earth creationist Marcus Ross, who earned his PhD in geology from the University of Rhode Island a few years ago, …
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Job search
I'm still looking for a job as a geologist or GIS professional, and just updated my Ten Reasons Why You Should Hire Me post. When I picked up one of my daughters from school a few weeks ago, she asked, "Dad, did you find a job today?" I replied, "I've found lots of jobs; they …
NASA Earth Observatory turns 10 — vote for your favorites — final day of voting
Monday, April 27th is the last day to vote for your favorite image from NASA's Earth Observatory. Grace and Peace
Six bad arguments from Answers in Genesis (Part 1)
This is part one of a six-part series examining supposed evidences for a global flood that have recently appeared on the Answers in Genesis web site. Part one -- This article. Part two examines the YEC argument that sedimentary rocks that contain dense accumulations of fossils can best be described by the action of Noah's Flood. Part …
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Sand dunes on Mars
From today's Astronomy Picture of the Day: Flowing Barchan Sand Dunes on Mars This view includes crescent-shaped barchans as well as lonitudinal dunes. The prevailing wind is from the right to the left. Grace and Peace
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