Lake Overflow Hypothesis

So you now know how sedimentary rocks are formed and how the Colorado River majorly eroded all the rock creating canyons. But here comes the million dollar question: where did all the rocks come from? The answer to that question is The Continental Drift. The Earth's continents are not fixed in place, but rather float on a sea of molten rock, meaning that they move around quite a bit. Over 250 million years, that “quite a bit” can turn into land masses moving thousands of miles. Moreover, the Earth is made up of 20 Tectonic plates. Seven of these plates are very large and consist of entire continents or sea floors. The plate that the Grand Canyon is located on is called “The North American Plate”. At one time, this plate was considerably further south and consequently had a very different climate than

Evidence in the Mosaic Canyon; however, do suggest that the area was covered by a warm

It divides the flow of water between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean. So the Colorado River results from the divide that forces the snow of the Colorado Rockies to flow towards the Pacific Ocean. This geographical journey then continues into the boundary of Utah where it heads towards Arizona. This is where this water created, by way of pushing, biting, and carving its way into the Earth for millions of years, the massive canyon called the Grand Canyon. After this natural wonder, the river flows into the boundary of Nevada, then makes it journey into California. The end of the river passes through Baja California before making its finale of fluid flow in Sonora Mexico.

(1995-2013) Finally, many evolutionists use the Grand Canyon as proof for millions of years, but evidence shows it actually formed from the overspill from two post-Flood lakes. (Creation Today, n.d.) Obviously, all of this evidence creates major problems for evolution, but is fully explained by Noah’s Flood.

Beside these arguments, there is also a more quantitative side to the debate. The ecological detriments of the Glen Canyon Dam have been well-documented. Extensive changes were brought about in the Colorado River ecosystem by the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam. Most of these alterations negatively affected the functioning of the system and the native aquatic species of the river. The reduced supply and transport of

of Lake Mead. The graph calculates when the reservoirs level increases and when there is a drought. The reservoir was formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in

But Bretz presented evidence that there was at least one exception to this rule-namely the geologic formations of the Columbia River Basin and the Channeled Scablands. He proposed that a glacier caused an ice dam that blocked the Clark Fork River, creating Glacial Lake Missoula. He thought that the ice dam would

The volume of the rock displaced by the Burlingame Canyon is nearly five million cubic feet, but the Grand Canyon is roughly 448 trillion cubic feet or 89,702,431 times the volume of the Burlingame Canyon. If the Grand Canyon eroded at the same rate as the Burlingame Canyon, it would still take 1.5 million years to form. In other words, just because a tiny canyon can be created in six days does not mean that it can happen the same way for the large scale of the Grand

My hike was carried out in the form of a mountain bike ride with our school’s racing team. It took place northeast of the Utah State Capitol Building along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. This path, however, begins near the University of Utah and ends just shy of the Idaho border. As the name suggests, this footpath was created by Lake Bonneville, a saltwater lake that was at it’s peak 8,500 years ago. The massive lake was nearly completely drained by an enormous natural dam buckling under the immense pressure, causing an enormous flood(O’Connor, 2011). Today, all that remains is the Great Salt Lake. A water mass that is now almost 12 times smaller that Lake Bonneville. The lake has many tributaries flowing into it, resulting in a small incline of salt as time passes. Brine shrimp are barely able to process the high levels of salt in the water making

“The Grand Canyon is carven deep by the master hand; it is the gulf of silence, widened in the desert; it is all time inscribing the naked rock; it is the book of earth.” (Donald Culross Peattie).This quote by Donald Peattie sums up many Americans’ feelings toward the beauty of Arizona which is home to one of the natural wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon. The 1,450 mile-long, life-giving Colorado River runs through the Grand Canyon, and it supplies water to much of Arizona and its neighboring states. Tragically, this wonder could be destroyed by the lasting drought that is occurring which means residents and visitors would not experience much of Arizona’s allure. Perhaps even more frightening, if the drought continues for another decade,

The final piece of evidence for a worldwide flood is the Grand Canyon. An article describing the Grand Canyon states, “The general scientific consensus, updated at a 2010 conference, holds that the Colorado River carved the Grand Canyon beginning 5 million to 6 million years ago.” (Zimmermann, 2013) However, it is obvious that the Colorado river could not have carved the Grand Canyon. It is much too small to carve such an enormous monument, and it shows a surprising lack of erosion for being millions of years old. (The Grand Canyon, n.d.) One problem with evolutionists’ theory is the numerous side canyons formed just as deep with no visible water source. (Brown, 1995-2013) Also, why are there no other Grand Canyons around the world that were created with larger and more powerful rivers? (Brown, 1995-2013) A massive amount of around eight hundred cubic miles of sediments were excavated from the Grand Canyon, yet the Colorado River’s delta, the section at the mouth of the river where sediments eroded by the river are deposited, contains less than one percent of this material. (Brown, 1995-2013) So where did it all go? A worldwide flood is the most plausible explanation. As the crust buckled and shifted, the water from the flood drained off of high levels into the ocean basins and any low places. (Brown, 1995-2013) The Colorado Plateau was lifted around six thousand two hundred feet, carrying two large post-Flood lakes with it, the Grand Lake and Hopi Lake. (Brown,

In addition, per my knowledge none of the western US geologists have documented passive margin deposits as young as of upper Paleozoic age or younger. Therefore, Hildebrand (2009, 2013) hypothesis faces deficiency to explain the thrusting of Roberts Mountain and the emplacement of the Proterozoic rocks over the rocks of Lower Paleozoic age.

In The Great Thirst, Norris Hundley offers a comprehensive view of the aboriginal waterscape and how early Native Americans managed the water resources available to them prior to contact with Europeans. He describes a California with abundant water, though not necessarily through rainfall. Depending on the location in California, water can be found in rainfall, runoff from snow melt, and from underground aquifers. At the time of first European contact with the area, these aquifers resulted in underground springs and even fountains coming to the surface of the earth. He discusses rivers, lakes, and marshlands that were year-round, but whose size fluctuated according to the seasons. Furthermore, he discusses how water resources could vary greatly in the area. For example, Hundley discusses both El Nino and La Nina and how they result in fluctuations in precipitation. However, more importantly, Hundley discusses longer periods of drought, which seem to operate independently of the El Nino/ La Nina cycle, and can cause significant shortages in water availability. He discusses the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers and the roles that they play in the waterscape of the area, as well as the numerous underground water rivers that play pivotal roles as well. Finally, Hundley discusses how the source of the water, the Pacific Ocean, creates the precipitation that falls over the California area, resulting

The Crow Creek site is a multi-occupied Initial Coalescent variant site along the Crow and Wolf creeks of the Missouri River within the southcentral portion of modern day South Dakota. This site is considered to be a massive in size, approximately eighteen acres. Laid out in a triangle, the site is bordered by the Wolf Creek with a steep terrace drop off to the west; Crow Creek with a narrow and steep terrace to the flood plain. Connecting these sides, the northeastern portion of the site sees a 1500-foot-long bastioned fortification ditch. The Crow Creek phase predates the Wolf Creek Phase and dates to 1050 A.D., while the Wolf Creek Phase appears to begin in 1325 A.D. The 1978 research focused upon the

The Grand Canyon has plenty of volcanic rocks near the bottom and the top. ICR, Institute for Creative Research, has been involved in a project for years to date these volcanic rocks. this study has come a long way to show that many of the Grand Canyon strata could have formed rapidly, and that the erosion of the Canyon by the Colorado River has not been going on for millions of years.