10-Year-Old Rock Dated at 2 Million Years?!

In 1980, Mount St. Helens (in Washington State, USA) erupted, blasting the top and side off the mountain.

Then, as volcanoes do, it began to rebuild. In 1992, samples of new volcanic rock—KNOWN to be only about 10 years old—were dated using standard radiometric dating techniques.

The results were eye-opening.

Radiometric dating is not all it’s cracked up to be! In fact, it’s fair to ask: “Can radiometric dates be trusted at all?”

Join geologist Dr Tas Walker for a discussion of the Mount St. Helens eruption and its aftermath, the fundamental flaws in radiometric dating methods, and the relevance of the age of the earth to people’s view of the world.

✍️ Links and Show Notes

• Learning the lessons of Mount St Helens


• The lava dome at Mount St Helens debunks dating methods


• Countering the critics: Radio-dating in Rubble


• More questions on the dating of Mount St Helens lava dome


• Excess argon within mineral concentrates from…


• More and more wrong dates: Radio-dating in Rubble


• A helpful explanation of how dating methods are…

📚 Helpful Resources

• Mount St. Helens: Modern Day Evidence for the World Wide Flood


• Footprints in the Ash: The Explosive Story of Mount St. Helens


• Biblical Geology 101


• Geology by the Book: A Deluge of Evidence

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