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The mythology of modern dating methods
1999, Institute for Creation Research
in English
0932766579 9780932766571
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Table of Contents
Forward
Page v
Introduction
Page vii
1.
Rebuttal to Critics' Misrepresentations of my Previous Work
Page 1
2.
Overview of this New Book
Page 5
3.
Bogus Arguments for the Overall Validity of Isotopic Dating Methods
Page 7
A.
Geologic Implications of Dating Results
Page 7
B.
On "Conspiracies" and Data Manipulation
Page 13
C.
"Stratigraphic Trends" in Isotopic Dates
Page 18
D.
"Dating Consensus" on Earth's 4.5 Ga Age
Page 24
4.
"Malfunctioning Watches:" False Claims about the Rarity of Discrepant Dates
Page 27
A.
Assessing the Frequency of Dates not Accepted as the Age of the Rock
Page 27
B.
"Rigorous Testing" of Geochronometric Systems: Past and Present
Page 33
5.
"Reliability Criteria:" Are Isotopic Systems Truly Self-Checking?
Page 37
A.
"Self-Checking:" Proved or Assumed?
Page 37
B.
Credible/Non-Credible Dates: A Real or Contrived Dichotomy?
Page 42
C.
Arguments Based on Consistency and Concordance of Dating Results
Page 49
D.
"Mutually Corroborated" Biostratigraphic, Magnetostratigraphic, and Geochronometric Systems
Page 54
E.
Do High "Closure Temperatures" Accredit Prolonged Closed Systems?
Page 57
6.
Isochron Methods (Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, Lu-Hf, Re-Os, Pb-Pb, and Some K-Ar)
Page 61
A.
Analytic Data and the Collinearity of Points on Isochron Plots
Page 61
B.
The "Inherent Geologic Reliability" of Isochron Dates
Page 65
C.
"Distinctions" Between "True" and Non-Chronometric Isochrons
Page 70
7.
The 40Ar/39AR Method and its Imagined Diagnostic Properties
Page 73
8.
Single-Grain U-Pb Dating of Zircons
Page 81
9.
How Often do Dating Methods Agree by Chance? An Exploratory Study
Page 87
10.
Future Research
Page 93
11.
Conclusion
Page 95
References
Page 97
Study Questions
Page 109
Index
Page 113
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-112) and index.
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