What is the geologic column?
1 Answer
The geologic column is a graphic representation of the layers of rock that make up the earth's crust.
Explanation:
By compiling data from local areas, scientists have constructed a composite picture of the earth. Using a bit of circular reasoning, the geologic column is used as support for biologic evolution, which is then sometimes used to confirm the order of the layers in the geologic column.
While the geologic column consists of ten basic layers, all ten layers are found in very few places, making up less than 1% of the earth's surface. The geologic column assumes the three principles of Stratiography. Two of these have been proved wrong and one has never been tested.
However with geological periods and epochs extending for hundreds of millions of years the column clearly contradicts the biblical time scale. Thus for many people, the geological column is an obstacle to their accepting a recent creation and a world wide Flood as recorded in the Scriptures.
