Modern Dating
Methods
By Paul
Nethercott
April
2014
Introduction
How
reliable is radiometric dating? We are repeatedly told that it proves the Earth
to be billions of years old. If radiometric dating is reliable than it should
not contradict the evolutionary model. According to the Big Bang theory the age
of the Universe is 10 to 15 billion years.1 Standard evolutionist
publications give the age of
the universe as 13.75 Billion years. 2, 3
Standard
evolutionist geology views the Earth as being 4.5 billion years old. Here are
some quotes from popular text: “The age
of the Earth is 4.54
± 0.05 billion years.”
4 “The
Solar System, formed between 4.53 and 4.58 billion years ago.” 1 “The age of 4.54 billion years
found for the Solar System and Earth.” 1 “A
valid age for the Earth of 4.55 billion years.” 5, 6
Evolutionists
give the age of the galaxy as “11 to 13 billion years for the age of the Milky
Way Galaxy.” 1,
7 Let us remember this as we look at the following dating
as given in secular science journals.
Post-Collisional
Transition from Subduction
These rocks from
south western Spain and Morocco were dated in 2003 by scientist from the
Institute for Geosciences, University Of Kiel, Germany using the 40Ar/39Ar-age
dating. 8 According to the article The true age of the rock formation
is between 0.65 million years and 8 million years old: “Two groups of magmatic
rocks can be distinguished: (1) an Upper Miocene to Lower Pliocene (8.2–4.8 Ma),
Si–K-rich group including high-K (calc-alkaline) and shoshonitic series rocks;
(2) an Upper Miocene to Pleistocene (6.3–0.65 Ma).” 9 The article
contains tables 10 with Uranium/Thorium/Lead ratios that have no
dates beside them. If we put the tables into Microsoft Excel and use the
computer program Isoplot 11 we can calculate dates from the undated
isotopic ratios. There is a 48,068 million year range between the youngest and
oldest dates.
Table
1 |
207Pb/206Pb |
208Pb/232Th |
206Pb238U |
Average |
4,951 |
13,783 |
3,440 |
Maximum |
4,986 |
48,962 |
7,519 |
Minimum |
4,837 |
2,028 |
894 |
Nazca Ridge and
Easter Seamount Chain
These rocks from
Easter Island sea floor were dated in 2011 by scientist from the University Of
Hawaii using the 40Ar/39Ar-age dating. 12 According to the article
the true age of the rock formation is between 1 million years and 33 million
years old. 13 The article contains a table 14 with
Uranium/Thorium/Lead ratios that have no dates beside them. If we put the tables
into Microsoft Excel and use the computer program Isoplot, we can calculate
dates from the undated isotopic ratios. There is a 22,684 million year range
between the youngest and oldest dates.
Table
2 |
207Pb/206Pb |
208Pb/232Th |
206Pb/238U |
Average |
4,919 |
8,325 |
3,694 |
Maximum |
4,971 |
23,850 |
9,645 |
Minimum |
4,881 |
4,129 |
1,166 |
South African
Off-Craton Mantle
These rocks from
South Africa were dated in 2009 by scientist from the Arizona State University
using the Rhenium/Osmium age dating. 15 According to the article the
true age of the rock formation is between 600 million years and 2,600 million
years old. “Rhenium depletion model ages (TRD) determined from 58 Osmium isotope
compositions of peridotites span a range from 2.6 to 0.6 Ga, with an average of
1.67 Ga.” 15 The article contains a table 16 with
calculated dates beside them. Out of the 144 dates there is a 121.35 billion
year range between the youngest [-76 billion years] and oldest [45 billion
years] dates. The oldest sample is thirty billion years older than the Big Bang
explosion.
Largest |
Largest |
Smallest |
Smallest |
(Ga) |
(Ga) |
(Ga) |
(Ga) |
|
|
|
|
45.05 |
6.98 |
-0.14 |
-6.1 |
34.97 |
6.71 |
-1.54 |
-10.7 |
27.29 |
6.59 |
-1.62 |
-13.38 |
10.39 |
5.6 |
-4.44 |
-14.57 |
10.21 |
5.55 |
-4.48 |
-33.78 |
8.31 |
5.39 |
-5.91 |
-76.3 |
Os And Re
Distribution In The Active Mound
These
rocks from Mid-Atlantic
Ridge were dated in 1998 by
scientist from Texas AM University
using
the Rhenium/Osmium age dating. 17 The article contains a table
18 that has Osmium 187/186 ratios that have
no dates beside them.
If we put the tables into Microsoft Excel and use the formula below used
in standard geology text books 19-21 we can calculate dates from the
undated isotopic ratios.
(1)
In the above
formula, t = billions of years. The same date can be calculated from the Osmium
187/188 ratios. If we use another formula 22 we can convert the
Osmium 187/188 ratio to the Osmium 187/186 ratio.
(2)
(3)
(4)
Table
4 |
Million
Years |
Average |
-123,544 |
Maximum |
-13,394 |
Minimum |
-154,625 |
The Osmium
ratios yield impossible future ages. How can the rocks that formed in the past
have formed 154 billion years in the future?
Osmium-Isotope
Geochemistry Of Site 959
These
rocks from South Africa were dated in 1998 by scientist from the Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts
using
the Rhenium/Osmium age dating. 23 According to the article the true
age of the rock formation is between 66 million years and 2 million years old.
“These samples vary in age from late Neogene to Late Cretaceous.” 23
The article contains a table 24 with Osmium 187/186 ratios that have
no dates beside them. Out of
the 19 dates there is a 246 billion year range between the youngest and oldest
dates.
Table
5 |
Million
Years |
Average |
-153,703 |
Maximum |
-72,290 |
Minimum |
-318,311 |
The Seve Nappe
Complex of Jamtland
These
rocks from Sweden were dated in 2002 by scientist from
Queens College, New York
using
the Rhenium/Osmium and Neodymium/Samarium age dating. 25 According to
the article the true age of the rock formation is 450 million years old:
“Mineral
isochrons from three pyroxenite layers define overlapping ages of 452.1 and 448
Ma and 451 Ma.” 25
The article contains a table 26 with Osmium 187/186 ratios
that have no dates beside
them. Out of the forty dates there is a 41.71 billion year range between the
youngest and oldest dates. Of the forty dates, twenty eight [70%] are over 5
billion years old. Fifteen [37.5%] are over 10 billion years
old.
Table
6 |
Million
Years |
%
Discordance |
Difference |
Average |
-10,204 |
2,381 |
10,715 |
Maximum |
1,205 |
9,201 |
41,406 |
Minimum |
-40,956 |
170 |
767 |
The same table
has calculated Rhenium/Osmium
dates beside the undated ratios. Out of the 79 dates there is a 92
billion year range between the youngest and oldest dates. Of the 79 dates, twenty eight [70%]
are over 5 billion years old. Fifteen [37.5%] are over 10 billion years old. Out
of the 79 dates twenty [25%] are over 5 billion years old. Nine [11%] are over
11 billion years old. Forty nine [62%] are impossible future or negative ages.
The oldest sample is twenty billion years older than the Big Bang
explosion.
Table
7 |
Ga |
Average |
-4.25 |
Maximum |
34 |
Minimum |
-58 |
The Kaalvallei
Kimberlite, South Africa
These
rocks from South
Africa were dated in 2004 by scientist from
University Of Toronto,
Canada
using
the Rubidium/Strontium and Neodymium/Samarium age dating. 27
According to the article the true age of the rock formation is between 990 to
1580 million years old: “All
indicate Proterozoic diamond formation ages ranging from 990 to 1580 Ma, and it
is, therefore, not unreasonable to assume that the Kaalvallei Group I eclogite
xenoliths are also at least Proterozoic in age.”
28 The article contains a table 28 with
Neodymium/Samarium dates beside them. There is a 5.4 billion
year range between the youngest and oldest dates.
Minimum
Age |
Maximum
Age |
Age
Difference |
Million
Years |
Million
Years |
Million
Years |
-5 |
_ |
|
-697 |
1304 |
2,001 |
-2,771 |
1572 |
4,343 |
-3,817 |
1148 |
4,965 |
-3,896 |
1304 |
5,200 |
-4,198 |
1199 |
5,397 |
Genesis of
Continental Intraplate Basalts
These
rocks from western
Victoria were dated in 2000 by
scientist from Monash University, Melbourne using the Lead/Lead, Rhenium/Osmium
and Neodymium/Samarium age dating. 29 According to the article the
true age of the rock formation is between 750 and 1,000 million years old:
“The best fit AFC model for the group two ol-tholeiites is for
assimilation with 1,000 Ma low 187Re/188Os.” 30 The basalt veneer is a 10
metre deep layer. “Contamination of the Newer Volocanics Province Plains series
magmas by Proterozoic crustal [>750 Ma] is considered to be more likely.”
30 The article contains a table 31
with Osmium 187/188 and Lead
207/206 ratios that
have no dates beside them. Out
of the dates we calculated from these ratios there is a 57.45 billion year range
between the youngest and oldest dates.
Pb
207/206 |
187Os/188Os |
Age |
Age |
Age |
Age |
%
Difference |
Difference |
4,979 |
-1,900 |
262 |
6,878 |
4,985 |
-1,484 |
336 |
6,469 |
4,986 |
-20,890 |
419 |
25,875 |
4,981 |
-23,099 |
464 |
28,081 |
4,984 |
-52,445 |
1,052 |
57,429 |
4,974 |
-39,136 |
787 |
44,109 |
4,975 |
-19,630 |
395 |
24,605 |
4,986 |
-9,132 |
183 |
14,118 |
5,007 |
-12,919 |
258 |
17,926 |
Xenoliths from
the Colorado Plateau
These
rocks from North
eastern Arizona (Four corners: Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico),
were
dated in 2004 by scientist from Okayama
University, Japan using
the Uranium/Lead, Rubidium/Strontium and Neodymium/Samarium age dating.
32 The formation is supposed to have formed in the Cretaceous period:
“The Late Cretaceous and Tertiary records of arc magmatism
in the south western USA constrain the slab geometry and its evolution,
suggesting that the migration of arc magmatism was probably caused by
progressive flattening of a subducting slab.” 33 The true age of the rock formation
is supposed to be between 30 and 80 million years old: “Usui et al. (2003) used ion microprobe techniques to
determine the U–Pb ages of zircons from the Colorado Plateau eclogite xenoliths,
which yielded concordant ages from 81 to 33 Ma.” 34 “The mineral isochron ages for
zoisite-eclogite xenoliths are 39 Ma for the 147Sm/144Nd–143Nd/144Nd isochron
diagram, and 33-20Ma for the 238U/206Pb–207Pb/206Pb isochron diagram.” 35
The article contains a table 36 with
Uranium/Thorium/Lead
ratios that have
no dates beside them. Out of
the dates we calculated from these ratios there is a 39.9 billion year range
between the youngest [653 million years] and oldest [40,568 million years]
dates.
Table
10 |
Average |
Maximum |
Minimum |
207Pb/206Pb |
4,938 |
4,963 |
4,881 |
206Pb/238U |
3,548 |
5,716 |
653 |
207Pb/235U |
4,303 |
5,169 |
2,560 |
208Pb/232Th |
10,765 |
18,206 |
1,806 |
Table
11 |
Average |
Maximum |
Minimum |
207Pb/206Pb |
4,956 |
4,961 |
4,949 |
206Pb/238U |
6,799 |
10,481 |
1,894 |
207Pb/235U |
5,303 |
6,231 |
3,732 |
208Pb/232Th |
15,131 |
40,568 |
1,704 |
Table
12 |
Average |
Maximum |
Minimum |
207Pb/206Pb |
4,961 |
4,965 |
4,958 |
206Pb/238U |
8,861 |
10,383 |
6,938 |
207Pb/235U |
5,893 |
6,218 |
5,476 |
208Pb/232Th |
14,675 |
16,757 |
11,144 |
Indosinian
Granitoids
These
rocks from The Bikou block,
located along the north western margin of the Yangtze plate, were dated in 2006 by scientist from
the China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China using the Uranium/Lead,
Rubidium/Strontium and Neodymium/Samarium age dating. The true age of the rock
formation is supposed to be 200 to 800 million years old: “U-Pb zircon SHRIMP dating for the volcanic rocks yielded
ages ranging from 840 to 776 Ma, representing formation time of the Bikou Group
volcanic rocks.” 38
“The magma crystallization age of the Yangba pluton was reported to be
215.4±8.3 Ma (U-Pb zircon)” 39
The article contains
a table 40 with Uranium/Thorium/Lead
ratios that have
no dates beside them. Out of
the dates we calculated from these ratios there is a 26.8 billion year range
between the youngest [5,005 million years] and oldest [31,891 million years]
dates.
Table
13 |
207Pb/206Pb |
206Pb/238U |
208Pb/232Th |
Average |
5,017 |
11,096 |
21,167 |
Maximum |
5,028 |
13,173 |
31,891 |
Minimum |
5,005 |
7,695 |
12,943 |
The Stonyford
Volcanic Complex
These
rocks from The
San Andreas fault (San Francisco; Sacramento Valley) were
dated in 2004 by scientist from the Utah
State University 41 using the Uranium/Lead,
Rubidium/Strontium and Neodymium/Samarium age dating. The true age of the rock
formation is supposed to be 160 million years old: “Jurassic age volcanic rocks of the Stonyford volcanic
complex (SFVC) comprise three distinct petrological groups.” 42 “40Ar–39Ar dates on volcanic glass from the hyaloclastite
breccias range from 163 to 164 Ma.” 43 “Quartz diorite melange blocks that structurally underlie
the SFVC yield U–Pb zircon concordia intercept ages of 163 Ma and 164
Ma.” 43
The article
contains a table 44 with Lead
207/206 ratios that have
no dates beside them. Out of
the fourteen dates we calculated from these ratios there is an agreement that
the true age of the rock formation is not 160 million years but actually 5
billion years old!
Table
14 |
207Pb/206Pb |
Average |
4,952 |
Maximum |
5,012 |
Minimum |
4,831 |
Cenozoic
Volcanism in Tibet
These
rocks from Tibet
were
dated in 2002 by scientist from the University Of
Arizona using the
Uranium/Lead, Rubidium/Strontium and Neodymium/Samarium age dating. The rocks
were also dated by two other methods (K/Ar or 40Ar/39Ar). 45 The true age of the rock formation
is supposed to be 10 to 60 million years old. “Chemical data are presented
for newly discovered Cenozoic volcanic rocks in the western Qiangtang and
central Lhasa terranes of Tibet. Alkali basalts of 65-45Ma occur in the western
Qiangtang terrane.” 46
“In contrast, younger volcanic rocks in the western Qiangtang
terrane (30 Ma) and the central Lhasa terrane (23, 13 and 8 Ma) are potassic to
ultrapotassic and interpreted to have been derived from an enriched mantle
source.” 46
The article
contains a table 47 40Ar/39Ar ratios that have fifty four
dates beside them.
The article contains
another table 48 that has thirty three Lead 207/206
ratios and fifteen
Rubidium/Strontium ratios that have no dates beside them. Out of the forty eight
dates we calculated from these ratios there is an agreement that the true age of
the rock formation is not 60 million years but actually 5 billion years old!
Whichever date you choose as the true one is just a random guess.
Table
15 |
207Pb/206Pb |
Ar/Ar |
87Rb/86Sr |
Average |
4,980 |
2.74 |
25 |
Maximum |
5,014 |
33.50 |
43 |
Minimum |
4,968 |
0.28 |
13 |
U-Th-Pb Analysis
Of Baddeleyites
These
Martian meteorites
were
dated in 2011 by scientist from the University Of
Arizona using the Lead/Lead,
Rubidium/Strontium and Neodymium/Samarium age dating. 49 The true age
of the rock formation is supposed to be between 150 and 4,005 million years old.
“Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd ages of basaltic shergottites consistently yield young
ages (150-450 Ma). Other shergottite sub-groups also yield young ages. In
contrast to these results, Pb-Pb isochron analyses yields ages on order of 4.05
Ga.” 49
Such a wide age
range is meaningless! The article contains a table 49
that has nine Uranium/Lead ratios from two different meteorites
that have no dates beside
them. Out of the nine dates we calculated from these ratios there is a total
disagreement with the so called ‘true age.’ Whichever date you choose for each
meteorite as the true one is just a random guess.
Meteorite
|
206Pb/207Pb |
207Pb/235U |
206Pb/238U |
Model
Age |
Error |
NWA
2986 |
4,149 |
2,304 |
810 |
502 |
3,647 |
NWA
2986 |
4,155 |
3,251 |
1,994 |
1236 |
2,919 |
NWA
2986 |
5,199 |
3,644 |
1,501 |
931 |
4,268 |
NWA
2986 |
2,460 |
1,170 |
602 |
373 |
2,087 |
NWA
2986 |
4,022 |
1,368 |
302 |
187 |
3,835 |
RBT
04262 |
2,639 |
436 |
139 |
100 |
2,539 |
RBT
04262 |
3,956 |
1,485 |
365 |
263 |
3,693 |
RBT
04262 |
4,540 |
2,448 |
731 |
526 |
4,014 |
RBT
04262 |
4,108 |
1,700 |
429 |
309 |
3,799 |
Rb-Sr and Pb-Pb
Geochronology
These
rock samples
from the alpine towns of
Verbania and Locarno on the Swiss/Italian border were dated in 2007 by scientist from
the University Of Milan in Italy using the Uranium/Lead,
Rubidium/Strontium age dating. 50 The true age of the rock formation
is supposed to between 300 and 405 million years old. “Rb-Sr whole-rock
(WR) isochron (466±5 Ma) and Pb-Pb single zircon evaporation ages (458±6 Ma and
463±4 Ma) on meta-granites date the emplacement of the older intrusive series,
whereas Rb-Sr muscovite ages (311-325 Ma) approach the Carboniferous
metamorphism (331-340 Ma). Rb-Sr WR isochrons (277±8 Ma) and biotite ages
(276-281 Ma) on granitic plutons date the emplacement of the younger intrusive
series.” 50
The article
contains a table 51 that has sixty five Lead 207/206 ratios
that have no dates beside
them. Out of the sixty five dates we calculated from these ratios there is a
total disagreement with the so called ‘true age.’ Whichever date you choose for
each sample as the true one is just a random guess.
Table
17 |
207Pb/206Pb |
Average |
4,992 |
Maximum |
5,237 |
Minimum |
4,924 |
U–Th–Pb Isotope
Data
These
rock samples
from the Marble Bar area
of the Pilbara Craton (Western Australia) were dated in 2011 by scientist from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison using the Uranium/Lead age dating.
52 The true age of the rock formation is supposed to be 3,400 million
years old. “The first core of the Archean Biosphere Drilling Project
(ABDP-1) documented hematite as alteration products in 3.4 Ga basalts from the
Marble Bar area of the Pilbara Craton, NW Australia.” 53 “The best-fitting
isochrons for the basalts from Marble Bar at 3.4 Ga, which is the approximate
formation age of these basalts. Secondary Pb growth curves were made using the
Pb isotope composition of the primary Pb growth curve at 3.4 Ga as the starting
point.” 54
The article
contains a table 55 that has thirteen Uranium/Thorium/Lead
ratios that have no dates beside them. Out of the thirteen
dates we calculated from these ratios there is a total disagreement with the so
called ‘true age.’ There is a 95 billion year difference between the youngest
and oldest dates. Whichever date you choose for the true one is just a random
guess.
Table
18 |
206Pb/238U |
207Pb/235U |
207Pb/206Pb |
208Pb/232Th |
Average |
15,192 |
7,319 |
5,325 |
56,976 |
Maximum |
31,005 |
10,054 |
5,403 |
100,601 |
Minimum |
7,138 |
5,795 |
5,222 |
24,980 |
GSA Data
Repository
These
rock samples
from the Guyot Province
and the Walvis Bay Ridge, Namibia were dated in 2013 by scientist from
the Geological Society of America using the Uranium/Thorium/Lead age dating.
56 The true age of the rock formation is supposed to be
100 million years old.
“The samples display an age range of ~100 Ma and are thus difficult to
compare at a common age without making additional assumptions, such as
parent/daughter ratios of the source.” 57 The article contains a table 58
that has different isotopic ratios that have no dates beside them. Out of the one hundred
and twelve dates we calculated from these ratios there is a total disagreement
with the so called ‘true age.’ The sixty four Uranium/Lead dates totally
contradict the forty eight Rb/Sr, Nd/Sm dates. Whichever date you choose for
each sample as the true one is just a random guess.
Table
19 |
Average |
Maximum |
Minimum |
207Pb/206Pb |
4,996 |
5,015 |
4,981 |
207Pb/235U |
4,760 |
5,033 |
4,599 |
208Pb/232Th |
7,484 |
8,770 |
7,097 |
206Pb/238U |
4,243 |
4,929 |
3,711 |
Table
20 |
Average |
Maximum |
Minimum |
207Pb/206Pb |
5,019 |
5,044 |
5,008 |
207Pb/235U |
5,167 |
5,493 |
4,948 |
208Pb/232Th |
8,727 |
9,496 |
7,516 |
206Pb/238U |
5,514 |
6,675 |
4,782 |
Table
21 |
Average |
Maximum |
Minimum |
207Pb/206Pb |
5,012 |
5,022 |
5,005 |
207Pb/235U |
4,726 |
5,038 |
4,340 |
208Pb/232Th |
7,571 |
8,821 |
6,211 |
206Pb/238U |
4,115 |
5,049 |
3,015 |
Table
22 |
Average |
Maximum |
Minimum |
207Pb/206Pb |
5,018 |
5,029 |
5,006 |
207Pb/235U |
4,765 |
4,869 |
4,662 |
208Pb/232Th |
10,476 |
10,553 |
10,400 |
206Pb/238U |
4,179 |
4,503 |
3,854 |
Table
23 |
87Rb/86Sr |
147Sm/144Nd |
176Lu/177Hf |
Average |
49 |
49 |
52 |
Maximum |
70 |
70 |
65 |
Minimum |
30 |
30 |
31 |
Lead in Galena
from Ore Deposits
These
rock samples
from the Khanka Massif
range (north of Vladivostok)
were dated in 2002 by
scientist from the Russian
Academy of Sciences in Irkutsk using the Lead 207/206 age dating. 59 The true
age of the rock formation is supposed to be 100 to 245 million years old. “Lead from
galena of the Taukha terrane has a wide range of model ages (245–109 Ma). The
range of 109–141 Ma corresponds to the Early Cretaceous accretion of the Taukha
terrane, whereas the range of 157−245 Ma corresponds to the formation of the
Early Triassic–Late Jurassic oceanic fragment.” 60 The article contains a table 61
that has Lead 207/206 ratios that have no
dates beside them. Out of the
forty three dates we calculated from these ratios there is a total disagreement
with the so called ‘true age.’ Whichever date you choose for each sample as the
true one is just a random guess.
Table
24 |
207Pb/206Pb |
Model
Age |
Average |
5,009 |
156 |
Maximum |
5,063 |
736 |
Minimum |
5,000 |
66 |
The Caribbean
Large Igneous Province
These
rock samples
from the southern
Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast were dated in 1998 by scientist from
the University of California using the Lead/Lead,
Rubidium/Strontium and Neodymium/Samarium age dating. 62 The true age
of the rock formation is supposed to be 80 million years old. “The
uniqueness of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province (CLIP, 92-74 Ma) with respect
to other Cretaceous oceanic plateaus is its extensive sub-aerial exposures.”
63 “Nanno fossils and 40Ar/39Ar
ages suggest that the main pulse of volcanism forming the CLIP occurred
primarily between 92 and 88 Ma but continued to V74 Ma.” 64 The article contains a table 65
that has 147Sm/144Nd and 206Pb/207Pb ratios that have no dates beside them. Out of the thirty
three dates we calculated from these ratios there is a total disagreement with
the so called ‘true age.’ Whichever date you choose for each sample as the true
one is just a random guess.
Table
25 |
147Sm/144Nd |
206Pb/207Pb |
Average |
84 |
4,940 |
Maximum |
91 |
4,973 |
Minimum |
60 |
4,895 |
Nd–Hf–Sr–Pb
isotopes
These
rock samples
from the Krishna
River, east of Hyderabad were
dated in 2006 by scientist from the University of
Rochester, New York using the
Neodymium,
Strontium, Lead and Hafnium age
dating methods. 66 The true age of the rock formation is supposed to
be 1,224 million years old. “The
probable sources of some of the famous Indian diamonds are the 1.2 Ga old
Krishna lamproites of Southern India, a rare Proterozoic occurrence of
lamproites.” 67
“The initial isotopic ratios of these elements are calculated based
on the ∼1,224 Ma Rb–Sr
age of emplacement for these lamproites.” 68 The article contains a table 69
that has Rubidium/Strontium
and Uranium/Lead
ratios that have
no dates beside them. Out of
the twenty dates we calculated from these ratios there is a total disagreement
between the U/Pb with the so called ‘true age.’ Whichever date you choose for
each sample as the true one is just a random guess.
Table
26 |
207Pb/206Pb |
208Pb/232Th |
206Pb/238U |
87Rb/86Sr |
Average |
4,953 |
9,685 |
6,472 |
1,221 |
Maximum |
5,162 |
23,132 |
14,131 |
1,232 |
Minimum |
4,408 |
4,854 |
3,443 |
1,207 |
Isotopic and
Trace Element Geochemistry
These
rock samples
from the Bangladesh
border North east India (West Bengal, north of Kolkata) were dated in 2013 by scientist from
the University of Rochester, New York using the Neodymium,
Strontium, Lead age
dating methods. 70 The true age of the rock formation is supposed to
be 115 million years old. “40Ar/39Ar data in basalts from these drillings suggest ages
of 117 Ma. More recent 40Ar/39Ar results from the Rajmahal hills and the Sylhet
basalts are consistent with an 118 Ma age.” 71 “This complex gives a Pb–Pb age of 134 ± 20 Ma and a more
precise U–Pb perovskite age of 115 ± 5.1 Ma” 72 The article contains a table 73
that has four hundred and fifty seven ratios that have no
dates beside them. Out of the
457 dates we calculated from these ratios there is a total disagreement with the
so called ‘true age.’ Whichever date you choose for each rock as the true one is
just a random guess.
Table
27 |
Average |
Maximum |
Minimum |
147Sm/144Nd |
106 |
117 |
99 |
87Rb/86Sr |
112 |
117 |
102 |
207Pb/206Pb |
5,041 |
5,055 |
5,009 |
206Pb/238U |
9,888 |
10,609 |
8,839 |
207Pb/235U |
6,161 |
6,358 |
6,058 |
208Pb/232Th |
15,680 |
20,320 |
14,313 |
Table
28 |
Average |
Maximum |
Minimum |
147Sm/144Nd |
107 |
113 |
102 |
87Rb/86Sr |
112 |
121 |
94 |
207Pb/206Pb |
5,045 |
5,075 |
5,014 |
206Pb/238U |
9,543 |
13,048 |
6,315 |
207Pb/235U |
6,075 |
6,757 |
5,347 |
208Pb/232Th |
18,054 |
28,756 |
11,610 |
Table
29 |
Average |
Maximum |
Minimum |
147Sm/144Nd |
108 |
119 |
92 |
87Rb/86Sr |
108 |
119 |
70 |
207Pb/206Pb |
5,039 |
5,053 |
5,017 |
206Pb/238U |
10,844 |
17,441 |
6,877 |
207Pb/235U |
6,343 |
7,468 |
5,495 |
208Pb/232Th |
12,287 |
17,286 |
9,074 |
Table
30 |
Average |
Maximum |
Minimum |
147Sm/144Nd |
103 |
119 |
97 |
87Rb/86Sr |
113 |
141 |
70 |
207Pb/206Pb |
4,917 |
5,059 |
4,717 |
206Pb/238U |
5,634 |
20,655 |
733 |
207Pb/235U |
4,655 |
7,467 |
2,568 |
208Pb/232Th |
7,077 |
21,557 |
318 |
Table
31 |
Average |
Maximum |
Minimum |
147Sm/144Nd |
107 |
119 |
97 |
87Rb/86Sr |
115 |
141 |
106 |
207Pb/206Pb |
4,952 |
5,060 |
4,912 |
206Pb/238U |
7,600 |
19,375 |
1,996 |
207Pb/235U |
5,376 |
7,470 |
3,777 |
208Pb/232Th |
12,139 |
21,752 |
1,908 |
Table
32 |
Average |
Maximum |
Minimum |
147Sm/144Nd |
172 |
901 |
82 |
87Rb/86Sr |
111 |
141 |
70 |
207Pb/206Pb |
4,894 |
5,007 |
4,253 |
206Pb/238U |
12,184 |
31,823 |
266 |
207Pb/235U |
5,592 |
7,476 |
1,390 |
208Pb/232Th |
18,102 |
61,342 |
261 |
Geochemistry of
Hornblende Gabbros
These
rock samples
from Sonidzuoqi
(Inner Mongolia, North China) were dated in 2008 by scientist from
the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing using the Potassium/Argon and
Uranium/Lead age dating.
74 The true age of the rock formation is supposed to be 500
million years old.
“Limited hornblende K–Ar and SHRIMP U–Pb zircon ages document the Late
Silurian to Early Devonian gabbroic emplacement.” 74 “The Siluro-Devonian
hornblende gabbros, together with a pre-490 Ma ophiolitic melange of MORB-OIB
affinity, 483–471 Ma arc intrusions, 498–461 Ma
trondhjemite-tonalite-granodiorite plutons, and 427–423 Ma calc-alkaline
granites from the same area.” 74 The article contains a table 75
that has twenty eight ratios that have no dates beside them. Out of the twenty
eight dates we calculated from these ratios there is a total disagreement with
the so called ‘true age.’ Whichever date you choose for each meteorite as the
true one is just a random guess.
Table
33 |
207Pb/206Pb |
206Pb/238U |
207Pb/235U |
208Pb/232Th |
Average |
5,011 |
6,612 |
5,422 |
22,967 |
Maximum |
5,014 |
7,297 |
5,648 |
24,397 |
Minimum |
5,007 |
5,922 |
5,237 |
20,621 |
Conclusion
Evolutionists
Schmitz and Bowring claim that Uranium/Lead dating is 99% accurate. 76 Looking
at some of the dating it is obvious that precision is much lacking. The Bible
believer who accepts the creation account literally has no problem with such
unreliable dating methods. Much of the data used in this dating method is
selectively taken to suit and ignores data to the
contrary.
Yuri Amelin
states in the journal Elements that radiometric dating is extremely accurate:
“However, four 238U/235U-corrected CAI dates reported recently (Amelin et al.
2010; Connelly et al. 2012) show excellent agreement, with a total range for the
ages of only 0.2 million years – from 4567.18 ± 0.50 Ma to 4567.38 ± 0.31 Ma.”
77-79 To come within 0.2
million years out of 4,567.18 million years means an accuracy of 99.99562%.
Looking at some of the dating it is obvious that precision is much lacking. The
Bible believer who accepts the creation account literally has no problem with
such unreliable dating methods. Much of the data in radiometric dating is
selectively taken to suit and ignores data to the
contrary.
Prominent evolutionist Brent Dalrymple states: “Several events in the
formation of the Solar System can be dated with considerable precision.” 80
Looking at some of the dating it is obvious that precision is much
lacking. He then goes on: “Biblical chronologies are historically important, but
their credibility began to erode in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when
it became apparent to some that it would be more profitable to seek a realistic
age for the Earth through observation of nature than through a literal
interpretation of parables.” 81 The Bible believer who accepts the
creation account literally has no problem with such unreliable dating methods.
Much of the data in Dalrymple’s book is selectively taken to suit and ignores
data to the contrary.
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