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RATE
Radioisotopes and the Age of
the Earth
Contents
- Overview
- The Primary RATE Researchers
- RATE Research Goals
- Current RATE Projects
- Interesting Results
- Other Opinions
- Review of RATE video
| See reviews of the RATE Project Videos Radioisotopes & the Age of the Earth and Rock of Ages or Rock of Creation? |
How Old is the Earth? |
Overview
The RATE project began as a cooperative venture between the Institute for Creation Research, the Creation Research Society, and Answers in Genesis.
The Primary RATE Researchers
- Larry Vardiman, Ph.D.
- Eugene Chaffin, Ph.D.
- Donald DeYoung, Ph.D.
- D. Russell Humphreys, Ph.D.
- John R. Baumgardner, Ph.D.
- Andrew A. Snelling, Ph.D.
- Steven A. Austin, Ph.D.
RATE Research Goals
- Test the assumptions of radioisotope dating.
- Developing alternate models for interpreting radioisotope dating.
- Write technical reports.
Current RATE Projects
- Theoretical models of accelerated alpha & beta decay.
- Search for dating concordance & discordance.
- Search for decay traces of short-half-life isotopes in rocks.
- Measurement of helium diffusion in minerals.
- Measurement of helium and argon content of minerals.
- Measure carbon-14 in coals.
Interesting Results
- Very high abundances of radioisotope decay products occur in some minerals.
- Different dating methods often give discordant dates for the same rock or mineral.
- Radiogenic gases (argon and helium) occur in higher quantities in minerals than conventional dating methods assume.
- Helium diffuses rapidly from minerals.
- Halos of short half-life elements occur in many common rocks.
- Paper on RATE
- A Young-Earth Creationist Research Initiative
- Video Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth
- RATE group reveals exciting breakthroughs!
- RATE research reveals remarkable results—a fatal blow to billions of years
- More Faulty Creation Science from The Institute for Creation Research
- Rats in RATE's "Research"
