What Do Floating Log Mats Have to Do with Noah's Flood? - Dr. Steve Austin

When Mount St. Helens erupted, millions of trees were knocked into Spirit Lake to create a floating log mat, which in turn produced a thick layer of peat and the appearance of a stratified forest. Here, we catch up with geologist Steve Austin, who explains what happened here during and after the eruption and how it relates to Noah's Flood.
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Dr. Austin is a field research geologist who has done research on six of the seven continents of the world. His research has taken him by helicopter into the crater on Mount St. Helens, by bush plane onto glaciers in Alaska, by raft through the Grand Canyon, on horseback into the high Sierra, by elevator into the world’s deepest coal mines, by SCUBA onto the Great Barrier Reef, by rail into Korean backcountry, by foot onto barren plateaus of southern Argentina, and by four-wheel drive into remote desert areas of Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Dr. Austin received his PhD from Pennsylvania State University in sedimentary geology.
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[@GraceEngineering]

I have a friend in Colorado who owns an iron ore mine. It goes more than a mile down in. He has observed full trees buried down in the rock. The trees are not degraded but preserved in full.

[@mdd1963]

certainly lends support to at the very least once of the ice damns up north busting sending a few billion tons of water 1 mile deep or so your way....

[@jamesc7526]

I grew up in the prairies of Canada. In school they taught us that millions of years ago the prairies used to be inland seas. I always wondered how they became inland seas in the first place. I always wondered about the Biblical flood creating those seas. Where I live in Alberta there are literally coal deposits everywhere. This video perfectly explains and answers my questions about how both things came to be.

[@lynnmitzy1643]

I live in the coal region of Pennsylvania. I've often seen wood inside a lump of coal. Oddly enough, my area looks like a lake, and we have serpentinite also. I can't thank you enough for helping me understand what I've been looking at all these years. God bless you all 🕊

[@fannybatter9569]

Suggest you do a bit more research if you think this is true, coal is millions of years old (average is 300m yrs) so this is just total bunkum. Trying to shoe horn the bible into earth's history is just plain silly.

[@jasonhenn7345]

And yet, even if one should rise from the grave, they WILL NOT believe.

[@BillfromtheHills]

After almost 30 years of working in numerous different coal seams in the Appalachian coal basin I understand what the gentleman is saying. Sometimes in the mine roof (the rock layer directly above the coal) you see entire tree logs lying horizontally just like the lake looks. We also encounter vertical tree bases with no roots ( we call these kettle bottoms). They are dangerous because they sometimes fall out and you can tell they were once upright trees. The Dr. answered one question I always had of why are there multiple coal seams, the trees sinking at different rates helps explain it.

[@Boyd1875]

Bill from the hills , thank you for sharing that information. I find it very fascinating.

[@mynameisgladiator1933]

And he did a pretty good job of showing a plausible explanation of Noah's flood being true.

[@jessicawells5145]

How big were some of the trees in the mines?What was the most unbelievable thing you have seen.i was going through some coal in a barge a while back an I swear some chunks had gold seems in them.

[@heyman5525]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@barrycampion9679]

God's flood

[@PandyBlue77]

EXCELLENT!!! I wish every person would see this. These Is Genesis History films are remarkable and any lay person can follow and understand clearly. I love how Mount St Helen's "just happened" to erupt at the time this man was studying all about coal formation..God is great!

[@lindalumae]

It’s amazes me how an event designed to destroy all living things on the earth also provided abundant resources for future generations. Fossil fuels, coal, peat and more resulting from the flood. The Lord is the original recycler!

[@iwantthetruthandnothingbut6521]

💕💕💕 your comment! Even in his wrath there is Mercy!

[@watchwomanwarrior7776]

Amen to that sister

[@fannybatter9569]

You realise it's not real?, just saying

[@damariuseldridge1095]

My brain can't comprehend how much the earth amazes me the fact things like this exist is awsome

[@1jw298]

God is great! Can’t wait to see what heaven is like!!

[@bullerwell]

Come to Joggins Nova Scotia. Lol We have fossilized trees standing straight up in 4,500 year old geological strata. 👍🏻

[@l-vbordercolliesbryanbaque6237]

The old timers in Oregon called red fir bark poor mans coal

[@AnthonyGarcia-se2yd]

I didn't need this to convince me of God's truth, but it does help with the visuals! Good stuff! All praise to the most High!

[@wolkenbummler]

Living close to a coal-mining area, I always wondered how this stuff was deposed. Being a chemist by trade, so far your hypothesis is the only one that makes any sense to me. Thank you very much for charing it.

[@christisking1316]

Look also to the Ankylosaurus that they found in a Coal Bed, as well as Man made objects also. Fascinating!

[@rickoshay6554]

Even more amazing, I learned that a lump of coal given to a naughty kid can turn him into an insightful scientist.

[@nanajoplin4700]

This is so good & glad to know it doesn't take millions of years for thing to happen. Never believed that

[@precognition9270]

Great way to feel good, just avoid science. Good for you Nana.

[@Heckle174]

@@precognition9270 Carbon 14 exists in all fossils... in large quantities. Impossible for millions of years. Science.

[@ralvis22]

I need to go back to Mt. St. Helens. It's just two hours away. I probably wouldn't be able to get down to the lake edge but I'll try.

[@notsure9735]

Boy gets lump of coal for Christmas. Boy:AWESOME...

[@johnfitbyfaithnet]

Haha

[@heatherrrenea]

I worked in coal mines for many years and know exactly what he’s talking about. In some places you could literally pull off sheets of fossilized bark and it would cause us to have to use extra roof supports because it would fall out so easily because of how it was layered. It is exactly like he is saying and the mines I worked in were in Alabama.

[@linkes28]

So he makes the discovery with soap sud in a bath and 10 months later God confirms it for him. Amazing God we have.

[@marytica123]

JUST PROVES that "modern scientists" are more interested in DEBUNKING the truth of GOD'S CREATION & THE BIBLE, than in seeking "science".

[@Jethrobodine75]

Any chance you can present how oil is formed? This is absolutely fascinating!!!!

[@FarmerC.J.]

This is so amazing! Thank you ! I practice the deep litter method in my barn with my livestock every winter....the deep litter keeps my animals warm and when I harvest the material in late spring I have black gold compost for my garden! I’ve experimented with different dirt “recipes’” of organic matter....my harvested compost always wins in producing an amazing harvest! God is sooooo good!

[@t.birmingham2668]

Amazing. And our education in geology hasn't changed their theories... because they don't want to acknowledge the Truth.

[@precognition9270]

Timothy, do you like to acknowledge the truth. Here's a vid that will help you get there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bICvgX9rpZWZg8k

[@andrewfrank7222]

That humans can convince themselves that morons from the bronze age know anything?!?

[@JustMe-lp1em]

In my opinion the Truth has always been known. A. Lie was created to deter from the Truth being told and taught. There are consequences to what people believe according to the Bible.

[@dustinf49]

It has always said in the bible it was a global flood, a flood that covered the earth. I have never heard of ancient records of a smaller flood being recorded. I would like to know what these records are and where they were found. The Bible gives the date of the flood as beginning 2345 BCE and ending in 2344BCE. No civilizations around the world show a disruption in their history - as no one but the 8 people and thousands of animals on the Ark survived. Archeology and history does not corroborate the biblical story. The city of Ur of the Chaldees (ancient Sumer, location of the “plains of Shinar”, a place Noah inhabitated) was the leading city from about 2400 BCE until about 2285BCE and its history is not broken by a global flood. Babylon was rising to power from about 2400BCE and reached a great height of civilization under the famous King Hammurabi and again there is no break in their history due to a flood. In Egypt the 5th Dynasty which began to reign about 2465BCE was followed by the 6th Dynasty (2323BCE) which ruled to about 2000BCE. The time period is very well documented and there was no disruption during the 5th Dynasty at the time of Noah's flood 2345BCE with the nation remaining strong. The Harappan Civilization (2300-1900BCE) in India shows no record of a global flood and, ironically, appears to have ended because of a region wide drought. Chinese history begins nearly 3000 BCE. The Shu-King historic record of China shows that King Yao came to the throne in 2356BCE and ruled for many years after the alleged flood. Incidentally during the reign of Yao, the Shu-King reports that the Hwang Ho River broke its banks a number of times for three generations but no global flood. (Yao is short for Tangyao). Ancient civilizations in India which predate the bible entirely show no evidence that such a catastrophic flood ever happened. Appearance of the oldest book of the Hindu religion, the Rig Veda predates the Bible considerably, according to dating by astronomical events listed in the Rig Veda. The flood was global as stated in the Bible. It was sent by god to wipe out man as he had become too sinful. It hardly holds up to its purpose of killing all on earth if it was a much smaller flood. What would the point of a smaller flood be? I'm sure there were smaller floods all the time as stated about the Hwang Ho River flooded numerous times. No as far as the bible says it was a global flood to do away with mankind and that's why two of every animal was taken on board. As well as the ark as described in the bible not being sea worthy, the proof that this flood didn't occur is the continuation of all other civilizations in earth.

[@nebtheweb8885]

@@JustMe-lp1em Truth is a subjective concept to be accepted or rejected depending on the prejudices of the viewer. It is best to place your truth in *objectives* supported by fact, and not just by blind faith alone.

[@tanglediver]

I've never bought into the long duration coal making theory, either. This is great, it (Mt. St. Helens & Spirit Lake) couldn't have happened at a better time for Dr. Austin!

[@slingslang2934]

This is basically the same thing except in bogs there's more acidity, less oxygen meaning more preservation and there's readily available peat.

[@starmanm31]

Makes total sense to me , the simplest explanation is usually the right one !

[@precognition9270]

Great way to derive a conclusion, play the odds.

[@nebtheweb8885]

Or, he is just telling you what you want to hear.

[@fredriks5090]

The simplest lie is the easiest to swallow.

[@velwheel3135]

We might think that different species of animals would also sink at different rates and float at different levels depending on each specific gravity. This might account for fossils being deposited at different levels, leading some to believe that it took evolution millions of years between levels of deposits, when it was more likely one period of violent activity.

[@fn45tacticalsuppressed11]

My. Saint Hellens was the biggest pyroclasstice flow witnessed in modern history. The largest landslide filmed and witnessed in modern history.

[@jgrahamiii7749]

This is fascinating to me, partly because I am an eye witness to the 1980 eruption, albeit from about 80 miles east. I grew up in apple country in Eastern WA state and was actually spraying our orchard when St Helens erupted. The direct view of it was obscured from me by Mt Adams, but the huge black cloud that rose from behind it was rather daunting. There was lightning in the cloud which made me think "that's a weird place for a thunderstorm to start..." The land around me has a feature in it that the farmers call "hard pan". It is a gray layer that is quite difficult to dig through. For years I wondered what had caused it, but when the eruption had deposited about 1/4" of ash on everything, I realized St Helens (most recently) but also Mt Adams and Mt Rainier were also likely sources for that hard gray layer. In some places it is about a foot thick. The growing season of 1980 was filled with gray dust storms every time the wind came up; and the summer temperature never rose above 90 degrees. The crops were wonderful as all that ash turned out to be a very effective low grade phosphate fertilizer. Eastern WA got a graphic reminder of where all the wonderful growing soils came from.... Thanks for the very informative video. Perhaps you should do one (if you haven't already) on the travelling granite chunks prevalent around Eastern WA that are supposedly from Lake Missoula.

[@tamarakolvoord7795]

& minerals !

[@thegrindeveryday9408]

This guy’s theory makes complete sense to me. It even explains why there are so many coal deposits around the Appalachian mountains which haven’t been active for millions of years.

[@normanappleton3627]

We certainly appreciate all that you do to proclaim the truth about the wonders of God, thanks from the land down under

[@garyavey7929]

Well done lads brilliant statements of fact .Water does a lot more damage than so called scientists say.

[@user-sy4ec3em5o]

13:39 "Doesn't take millions of years to make coal" Try telling that to an atheist 🤦‍♂️

[@opendstudio7141]

Now that's some good solid science.

[@donvanduzen8944]

Not if they jump to a pre assumed conclusion it isn't. This has no more to do with a global flood than the grand canyon does.

[@FrankPCarpi]

Sounds that way to me too 😉

[@TD-wi1zh]

@@donvanduzen8944 But he came up with his model during a classic 'eureka moment' (hopefully without running naked through town). Besides, 'pre-assumed conclusions' are clearly fine - after all for decades we've been able to show coalification and petrification and even diamond making in labs in very short time frames yet the textbooks still say 'millions of years'. His theory better manages the physical evidence.

[@precognition9270]

Pointing to what exactly ?????

[@enerzise3161]

@@donvanduzen8944 You said "Not if they jumped to a pre assumed conclusion it isn't." How does the scientific process work? You develop a Theory and for the sake of the experiment the Theory is treated as a Fact, and you see if your research arrives at that conclusion. If it does you have a Proven Theory. Your next line assumes a conclusion, thus negating your first sentence. You jump to the conclusion his research has nothing to do with a Global Flood or the Grand Canyon. You are guilty of what you accuse him of doing.

[@tishamae6546]

Love and support from the Philippines!

[@mathbrown9099]

Picked blueberries in late Sept. ‘76. Spirit lake was an absolute beauty prior to the eruption in ‘80.

[@777fiddlekrazy]

FANTASTIC!!! GOD's INCREDIBLE DESIGN SHOULD NOT ONLY SPARK INQUISITORY AND REALIZATION THAT WE ARE CARED FOR IN SO MANY MORE WAYS THAN WE CAN EVEN FATHOM BUT, TO KNOW HE IS SCIENCE AND HIS GRAND DESIGN WILL HAVE US EXERCISING OUR MINDS FOR ETERNITY. THE BOOK NEVER CLOSES WITH GOD!

[@paulcaruthers9647]

This was a very interesting video, intelligent questions, and factual easy to understand answers, well done.

[@papahajek5383]

When learned men begin their research with known truth as their foundation there is no limit to their discovery. Those who choose to use their unique intellect to disprove truth, end up looking foolish and add nothing to our understanding of creation. Thank you for this series.

[@rythmhtyr1w2e89]

Nice pic what were y'all exploring

[@superheavydeathmetal]

I'm sorry, but that is not true. Very often it is when what we believe to be true is disproven that we gain knowledge.

[@jeffreynerhood1096]

Well said, Sir. Amen!

[@TD-wi1zh]

@@mickhealy572 what was insane about what they said?

[@precognition9270]

Hmmm papa, you sayin begin with the conclusion and then find reasons to support it? You know that's rationalizing right?

[@maxxkladd]

When did John Wayne start this amazing career!

[@stykemccormack3741]

In ireland as a young child my father cut peat in a local bog he would strip the surface using a wing spade dig out sods which put in barrows place the sods in the heather to dry turf as we call it was used for heating our home when he dug down 12 to fifteen feet water would rush in and develop a large black pond of water also loads of bits of timber were mixed in with the peat the further you dug down I asked him why was this the flood my son the flood he said my dad wasnt an educated man but wow when I see this video makes me really think

[@soldtobediers]

This one brought strong to mind Jackson Browne's 3rd stanza of his song ''Before The Deluge'' album: "Late For The Sky" (1974) Now let the music keep our spirits high And let the buildings keep our children dry Let creation reveal its secrets by and by By and by... When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky

[@kenzeier2943]

Floating mat model for his Ph.D. Thesis !! 1979!

[@the5thmusketeer215]

I always rejoice when such evidence mocks the smug “experts” who deride God’s Written Word! 👏😂 May God Bless your scientific diligence and tenacity in pursuing this line of research, Dr Austin. Proverbs 3:5 (NIV) [5] Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

[@johnfitbyfaithnet]

Indeed

[@precognition9270]

Yes great work. Avoiding all reasoning can make anyone happy. Just have to tell yourself something wonderful. My pet unicorn keeps me happy.

[@TheHigherVoltage]

You have to ignore an enormous amount of empirical evidence to believe bible mythology.

[@SavedByFaithInJesus]

@@TheHigherVoltage You have to ignore an enormous amount of empirical evidence to believe evolution mythology. Now you've got it.

[@studenheim8388]

You do realize the bible was rewritten after the "original" was written right? What most of you read and worship everyday is man made. Not god made. Any higher entity would know without a doubt that you can't give the most important information in the universe to sheep herders around 2,000 years ago and then accept that that will hold up for the future generations. It literally makes no sense as to why a higher being would do that and then not at least do a check up every now and then to make sure evil people haven't twisted his words. But he hasn't done that because he didn't encourage anyone to write anything down. People were more easily tricked into believing in magic or other entities back in those days, that's why you don't see people walking on water or turning water in to wine, they would be debunked and seen as the frauds they are these days. Believe in a higher being if it makes you feel better but my god when will people realize the bible isn't what they tell you it is. Does it have a generally good and positive message people can live by? Yes of course. But is it from the word of the creator of the ENTIRE UNIVERSE? No I don't think a creator of something so grand would have any hand in the bible we have today, but then again like I said man has changed it from the original writing so who knows what was originally written down

[@sucorrolawrence3233]

WOW !!!! Shalom Gentlemen You both are great testimonials of Noah's flood.Keep going on Up Lifting the Bible Truths. Halleluyah

[@phxcppdvlazi]

Oy vey

[@precognition9270]

Yes Sirree, the wonderful god who loves us all, killed virtually everybody in a flood. Can't wait for a rerun of that.

[@russelldeboersap4701]

PreCog Nition humble yourself and get your heart right with your Maker, and you will be looking forward to the return of Christ. If you knew the wickedness that was happening before the flood and even God’s patience, you’d see how justified God’s decisions are. If you knew a few things of what God knew, you’d be on His side

[@badguy1481]

We've had a massive falling of trees into Lake Michigan, just over the last month. The bark on ALL those trees is now gone and, I would guess, is at the bottom of Lake Michigan. This entire happening occurred in just two weeks.

[@sincerecanadian2791]

BADGUY 1 Cool for science

[@kjw79]

An interesting man, sharing a lifetime of thoughtful observation. Great!

[@brianj4543]

This explains well the formation of the coal beds here in Queensland which is spread over an area 1000 km long and 300 wide and follows 3 levels of a river basin with the heavyiest deposits in areas protected from prevailing ocean currents as the flood receded. There is currently known 60bil tonnes still there. Many of the mines I visit have the vertical trees running through the seams, as well as pollen and bark layers. Some of the depsoits have no rock above just sandy material and even one on my old farm where there is soil and a layer of clay only 10 metres thick. The coal there was found simlpy by looking ino a relatively shallow creek bed where the coal is naturally visible. I do see a fair bit of coal as we ship 60mil tonnes a year where I work. Good video guys.

[@BentReality.369]

I remember that forest. It was so beautiful. So many memories. I miss it very much.

[@Del-Canada]

I lived in Manitoba and I remember some of the ash from the eruption made it up to us and I remember the car being covered in a light dusting of it.

[@toosiyabrandt8676]

HI Fabulous proof of Noah's flood! Good work reinstituting the Bible as science. Shalom to us only in Christ Yeshua.

[@dstarkspp]

nice try..... only mention of a flood @ the end

[@markf5229]

If this is correct, this means that the coal supply around the earth was basically formed all at once and we can't expect it to be reproduced again without another world-wide catastrophic event. And the event which caused the coal in the first event has been specifically promised not to happen again (a/k/a a world-wide flood).

[@KenJackson_US]

The explanations that Mount St. Helens has taught us make a _lot_ more sense than the old ones. I wonder why people still have faith in the millions-of-years explanations.

[@pocadon]

If you are taught something from the day you are born it doesn't take long to only think that way. I spent most of my life an atheist and evolutionist and it is very easy to ignore things that don't go with your worldview. It took a lot for me to even look at creation literature but I began to read and gained a new respect for this belief but it didn't change my mind. But someone kept giving more things to read and I began to see the holes in my beliefs. After awhile I became a creationist but not a Christian...that happened about a year later when I was sure. They are not patient with us but we must be with them.

[@ninjaboy2000]

Ken Jackson they need the millions of years to disprove the Bible. If you can prove scientifically that it happened at the same time, in the recent past , it has devastating implications for dinosaur fossils and any other fossils located in different layers. It proves that the Biblical record of the Flood is not only possible, but probable.

[@slingslang2934]

Just like with the layers in rock they take time. And for example the grand canyon is missing about half the strata containing life & its a mile in depth. The "old ones" make more sense too since bogs contain plenty of peat as well as less oxygen & more acidity meaning less decomposition.

[@1000whispering]

@@ninjaboy2000 I whole heartedly agree. I went to Uganda and saw a living group of 'tricerotops'. They are actually a relative of tricerotops, they have four horns. Scientists know about them in the wild. They have two horns on their nose if you like, and two from their shield. They are not domesticated, and left to their own devices. But since witnessing them, i cannot take anyone seriously who says that dinsosaurs are extinct. We may have hunted the majority but they are still out there. Nature documentaries are constructed to hide the truth of the bible. Atheists have taken over our media. Read around the 'mainstream' media and the world is truly Christian.

[@precognition9270]

Science.

[@georgevangordon9728]

Exactly the reason I am always so skeptical about everything. About life and extinction about evolution of humans etc. we don’t know anything it’s all a guess based on what we think is logical

[@user-sz8tp4zu3n]

I always look forward to these video posts. Very very interesting and informative. Thank you!

[@GSpotter63]

Thank you for your work.. I find it quite reprehensible that the founders of stratigraphy (AKA Nicolas Steno and subsequently Charles Lyell) chose to publish their findings and announce them as fact without even attempting to first verify those findings through laboratory experimentation.

[@slingslang2934]

They're from way back in the day, I wouldn't expect them to come across these phenomenons after volcanic eruptions or for them to sift through those lake bottoms. What exactly did they publish as fact though?

[@gortnewton4765]

Loved this. A couple of good men talking great sense and I learned a lot.

[@ujijin3099]

Dr. Steve Austin and Del Tackett Drain the Swamp!!!! This is IMO the best video on this channel. And Dr. Austin could have been a stand-in for the late John Wayne...

[@papillon3986]

Beautiful I’m actually reading Genesis! Glory to the Most High!

[@MrDrManPerson]

My favorite part of genesis is when god lies to adam and eve saying "if you eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil you will surely perish." They eat from the tree and survive just as satan said. God lied, satan told the truth.

[@josiahgil]

May God bless this ministry more and more. I keep seeing consistent, quality information, I know this will answer some questions for the "skeptics".

[@precognition9270]

So, you're not a skeptic? How do you find that truth about anything then? Perhaps you just blindly believe what you're told by anyone.

[@andrewfrank7222]

Not even remotely. Conflation is a tool of apologists everywhere.

[@nebtheweb8885]

No, he is just telling you what you want to hear. There isn't enough water in the world to cover the entire earth as high as Mt Everest.

[@timothyhartley3702]

Fantastic work Dr. Austin!!! You are challenging long-held notions that are derived from theoretical means but lack the actual experimental evidence that the eruption of Mount St. Helens gave the world. Mount St. Helens is the world's largest laboratory to study volcanic geology which is a huge part of earth's history.

[@Football-bk6li]

I can't believe they found a shiny Lincoln penny embedded in a coal seam.

[@loveofreedom777]

Love this channel! This episode is awesome. I am a diver and am amazed at what’s going in that lake! Great footage!

[@tomzeman5964]

I planted trees with 2nd Growth Reforestation following the eruption the experience was a real eye opener to catastrophic geology after years of field research I was compelled to write a book called Genesis Geology, it is available on my website biologicalcompass.com verse 7:11 in Genesis mentions the word (BURST)" when on one day all the fountains of the great deep BURST forth". Genesis Geology explores the "fountains of the great deep" at the Ocean Floor Mid-Ocean Rift Fracture Zone!

[@corneliacarden4344]

Excellent! Another helpful explanation for the formation of coal by Noah’s flood. Well done! Noah’s flood explains why there are sea shells in the Grand Canyon.

[@ronaldraymond1291]

God Jesus created everything with science and rules.

[@bombud1]

This hinges on the fact there isn't thousands of years between 1 type sinking and the other. Enough time for there to be complete different soil layers between sinkings.

[@enerzise3161]

Not really, if you make a list of how more sediment can end up in a lake like that. It's called starting with an assumption he is correct and then working out varying hypotheses. Major storms causing flooding erosion into the lake. Land slides cause from ice and water erosion. Micro eruptions every few years. Earth quakes causing land slides. A few of all the above. Just because they are not happening at this lake in particular, does not mean they will not happen or did not happen in other locations in the past. He says this is one stage of the process and it is working out in this stage as was in his thesis. Your ignoring they are using their data to explain how a global flood would produce all those coal deposits and layers when the flood supposedly lasted for a year or years. When studying history you find the phrase ...For 40 Days and 40 Nights does not really mean 40, but is an ancient way of saying for a very long time. Also the flood account is not just rain, but also there were earth quakes and the earth opened in various places and water gushed up. Again I must point out, one must start from assumptions, develop a theory or theories and treat the theory as a fact and work from there. Just like Charles Darwin and others do. That is how the scientific process flows. Along the way you hopefully find evidence that proves you are on the right track. You also assume the different layers are what? Do you know in water the various soils have different densities and this would sink and lay down their own distinctive layers? All in one event or in multiple events. The sediments will drop as the water slows it's movement, so at first some heavy soils would lay down and then later lighter ones. Also some vegetation, fruits and vegetables would break down and release their minerals and particles to form layers. If we follow the idea of the earth flooding over a year or in 40 days, there would be layers of sediment laid down in some areas while other areas are not getting much if any layers of sediment at the exact same time or even for weeks or months. There would be massive amounts of natural rubbish moving in islands depositing as time goes by. Then over time as the waters recede there would be rain storms, mud slides and volcanic eruptions and earthquakes adding to layers of deposits all over the world and at the same time still massive islands of floating trees as some have more sap than others so they last longer in the waters. I am only pointing out how to follow the scientific process with the available data and our knowledge of geological changes and climate cycles take place.

[@jamesshoemaker4851]

Somebody would tell the sun out to day. Even tho you are sun burned you would argue what's your proof.

[@kenbellchambers4577]

Calling the bark 'peat' is a misnomer. Peat is the result of moss becoming pickled due to acidification in bog water. Shredded bark becomes 'brown coal' in time. In a sealed container, (a steel pipe with threaded ends), and baked for two or three days in a kiln, a lump of wood will become coalified wood. Strangely, Rudolph Steiner wrote that the philosophers stone was actually coal, and thin slices of coal reveal a translucent greenish glasslike substance still containing recognisable leaves, stems, pinecones and pine needles. I suppose this is a strong indication that many minerals are of organic origin.

[@RobertReno1]

I am curious as to Dr. Austin's take on finding fossilized trees with the root mass upright instead of down. Logic would seem to dictate that the root masses would float upright like that (because of the greater mass and surface area) until it got waterlogged, in which it would change positions when the root mass becomes heavier than the top of the tree. Only THEN would it sink to the bottom and "replant" itself. Since these trees with the root masses found upright are now part of the so-called "fossil record", this tells me that they were uprooted and buried in sediment extremely fast - before the root mass had time to get waterlogged. Those trees that weren't uprooted were simply buried in the mass of sediment - supporting the story of the Great Flood. Your thoughts?

[@Michael-xn6tv]

This is all new to me . I'm 20 so i have no clue what to say, but i am trying to get information want to learn more about this.

[@blueridgeburnouts8265]

A fascinating and generally interesting, articulate, engaging and pleasant conversation.

[@dudester873]

13:35 to 13:41 _"And it happens in weeks in the right pressure and temperature situations; it doesn't take millions of years to make coal [...]"_ Wow -- I didn't know that.

[@lunarmist428]

or diamonds

[@rrs_13]

the thing is, the more pressure and temperature, the less time (and ideal circumstances) you need. Normally, coal is at least several tens of thousands of years old. Radio carbon dating shows that, but people in this channel only believe "scientific interpretations" that supports their magical/mystic beliefs, so I'll say no more.

[@GMNGChristian]

@@rrs_13 You've said too much already. The half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years, and, as you know, the greater pressure and temperature you have, the less time you need to make coal (which fits fine within the creation model). Meanwhile, those 'mystics' out there are arguing that coal is in excess of 200 million years old, and calling it science (Australia).

[@nunyabisnass1141]

The right conditions hes referring to are artificial labratory conditions. Assuming there was a world wide flood that could bury organic material under thousands of tons of overburden to provide the necessary pressure, you still have the problem of heat. If the heat was already there as they were laid down, then that heat would also be present at the surface where they came from, meaning the earths surface temperature would be hundreds of degrees Fahrenheit. If the layer originally had a temperature that of the surface, and the surface had an habital temperature, then depending on the thickness of the crust in that area, it would take at least a hundred thousand years for the subsurface heat to transmit to that layer to make coal. His assertion that the heat of decay could produce that heat because it can be replicated in a laboratory, he is being willfully dishonest. Heat of decay will only reach a temperature which the micro-organisms facilitating it can survive, which is never higher 200F. In cases of spontaneous hay combustion, the decomposition from micro-organisms produces other volitile products that oxidise in the atmosphere creating more heat than the decay itself can. In a coal seam there isn't any oxygen to facilitate higher temperatures than the micro-organisms can provide. So his analogy is just wrong along with much of the evidence he provides.

[@MournfulMystic]

Fantastic stuff! Great clip!

[@alexjflow]

I would love to hear more about the temp and pressure he used in the lab to get his results.

[@lalaLAX219]

Dr. Steve Austin is awesome! Great video

[@sanddigger5556]

Thank you so much for explaining this simple process for us. hope to see more vid's like this ! God's power is awesome and very detailed .

[@CANNOTDIEFILMS]

Incredible video production! Excellent color, sound, and picture integration. Blessings!

[@mwrenn4226]

Are there any studies that show the effect on similar floating logs in mineral rich or salty water?

[@itzcaseykc]

Good proof evidence for the formation of coal and multilayered sequencing. Nicely done!

[@jrichardjacobs34]

No, one would not think forests grew one on top the other over thousands of years. The record in the sediment layers would tell the story quite clearly.

[@ddiver2200]

a long time ago at a mining exhibition, I was amazed to see a lump of wood that was like half a fire because it turned into charcoal and had turned to stone, I thought maybe at that time there was also a forest fire caused by a volcanic hot air wave and then swept away by erosion.

[@allentlee1]

God bless this man!

[@BroCope]

Another factor in this process is that after the waters rose above the shoreline, there was a giant tidal surge twice a day travelling at 1800 mph. Because there was no shoreline to stop the tidal surge, it would have just kept right on going. The amount of agitation needed in Spirit lake was provided by the moon and the tides, every day for a year. I've not heard anyone address the effect that two tidal surges every day, travelling at 1800 mph might have on the formation of coal and especially peat deposits.

[@RR-gi9vo]

I'm so loving this series.

[@melissawalker3888]

Very informative and eye-opening.

[@stevejeffries8523]

Good video thanks guys

[@T410ce]

So awesome and amazing... Gods power and knowledge is beyond our comprehension. I honestly believe children could explain and understand the flood much better than un- believing scientists.

[@jesscox3128]

Absolutely fascinating!!

[@Vikseproducts]

Nice job guys,loved it.

[@robinspiker3394]

Extremely interesting! Thank you!

[@brightideas5782]

This is totally awesome thank you guys ,,,,!

[@Jamie-Russell-CME]

God bless you Dr. . These series of "Is Genesis History" may be the finest series of evidence presented to date! For such a time as now! Before the Savior of the world appears and the Sabbath of history commences! And the quick and the dead are judged. Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus. And who shall be able to stand?

[@AmericanConcrete]

So much amazing truth God has given us here. Thank you "Is Genesis History."

[@junacebedo888]

Wonderful!! Very informative and concise

[@lukewarmwater6412]

those logs would make some fantastic looking furniture..... sad to waste it all.

[@jamesbreeden3061]

That is what the coal deposits were made from- floating plant debris that was eventually covered over with silt and dirt.

[@juerbert1]

Must've been enormous, humanly incomprehensible amounts, we're trying to imagine here, considering the worldwide coal and oil deposits !!

[@Vikseproducts]

Sounds about right.

[@kenjett2434]

Yeah it is and that's been known for many years. The debate has been how it was deposited and the process that converted it into coal. Especially the amount of time it took for that process.

[@susan137]

Apparently and the bark that floated to the bottom.

[@hudsontoo1212]

It actually makes sense. I’d never have thought that would be a thing- but it’s a better explanation than what we got in school.

[@robertlaird6746]

That's awesome information! Thank you!

[@johnfitbyfaithnet]

Thank you for sharing this important information listening from Brownwood Texas

[@WmHorus]

I sent this off to my Geology Prof

[@robertwest883]

@@mickhealy572 If so the prof is more ideological than scientific

[@precognition9270]

@@mickhealy572 What if his Prof is a Christian

[@enerzise3161]

@@mickhealy572 maybe not, one professor accounts how he was educated by his students. He then spent time going over things and abandoned his brainwashing and converted to a better faith. His story is free on KZbin as are many others who were atheists and got out of that cult religion. The video fully shows the scientist is speaking in his field of study and also follows the scientific process.

[@pamm2652]

Did you get a response from him?

[@BroCope]

Dr Austin. I appreciate your work. I use it often. I've been fighting the evolution battle now for 39 years. Out of curiosity, did you ever hear me preaching outside of Willard building? I started preaching at PSU in 1977, so the timing fits.

[@slingslang2934]

Sorry but I don't think this can account for all coal like the 80 foot coal seam in wyoming or for where all the carbon from bogs went.

[@precognition9270]

Well, looks like we have a preacher. Here's your chance to find rationality. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bICvgX9rpZWZg8k

[@MrDrManPerson]

Fighting evolution for 39 years cant bother to reply to a KZbin comment. Sure buddy.

[@odderotter8950]

@@slingslang2934 maybe you should look at the great ice dam break from the iceage as it retreated. A flood that possibly help create the Grand Canyon and created many geological Curiosities in the Midwest . A flood that went all the way to the California coast and emptied into the Pacific Ocean . Sorry i cant remember where it started from even though in the documentary the show the very state and town and valley where the giant lake was .

[@robynhocking]

Great video. Just a thought, looking at this log mat and the duration of its maintanence. Is it possible considering the amount of vegetation in the Flood of Noah's time, that the resultant log mats then were thick enough and stable enough to allow tribal migration around the world. Especially considering the worldwide similarity of a world flood history narative. have you done a study on this possibility.

[@thickhazepromo]

Amazing! Thank you