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13 Perspectives JOURNAL OF CREATION 21 (2) 2007 References1. Floresisland‘Hobbit’newspecies,30January2007,news.ninemsn.com.au/article.2. Line,P.,Thehobbit:Preciousfossilorpoisonedchalice?22June2006,www. thisarticlesee:Line,P.,Themysterioushobbit, Journal of Creation 3. Wieland,25August2006,www.creationontheweb.4. Morwood,M.andVanOosterzee,P., The Discovery of the Hobbit: The Scientific Breakthrough that Changed the Face of Human History et al.,Brainshapeinhumanmicrocephalicsand Homo floresiensis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 6. Roach,J.,‘Hobbit’wasownspecies,notdiseasedhuman,brainstudysays,29Jan.2007,news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070129-hobbit.html&#x-770;,31Jan. 7. Reader,J., Missing Links: The Hunt for Earliest Man ndEdition,PenguinBooks,xv,8. Falk,D. et alTheBrainofLB1, Homo �oresiensis Science 9. Martin,R.D.,Maclarnon,A.M.,Phillips,J.L.andDobyns,W.B.,Floreshominid:newspeciesormicrocephalic The Anatomical Record Part A :1129,10. Weber,J.,Czarnetzki,A.andPusch,C.M.,Commenton‘TheBrainofLB1, Homo �oresiensis Science 11. Heterogeneousmeanshavingwidelydissimilar12. Than,differentspecies,30Jan.2007www.msnbc.msn.13. Falk, 14. Falk, 15. Hobbitcavedigssettorestart,25January2007 news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6294101.16. Dayton,L.,Cavernmayholdanswerstohobbits.theaustralian. news.com.au/story/0,20867,21139476- Granite formation: catastrophic in its suddenness Tas Walker ‘Infact, 1 2 3 4 5 6 15 Perspectives JOURNAL OF CREATION 21 (2) 2007 �ame structures and swirls or enclaves ofcrystals. AccordingtoClemens these ‘attest to the �uid character of the was �owing when the crystals settled, and that the �ow was pulsing. These �lled quickly during times of tectonic disturbance. large argumentrefutedbefore. 10 Clemenstoonotes‘Experimentallymeasuredratesindicatethatmmcrystalofplagioclasecouldhavegrowninasshorttimeashour,butprobably 11 Plutoncoolingisanothertotakemillionsofyears,butgeologicallongersupportsthis. Recentgeologicalandgeophysicalobservationshaverevealedthattheworld’sgraniticplutonsaremostlytabularinshapeand Thisrunscountertotheoldideaofverticallyextensivebatholiths,butthisisnowacceptedasanobservational fact. Giventhistabularshape,itis magma. (i.e.ignoringthecoolingeffectof �uids) it would take only 30,000 years tocompletelysolidifyfromtheinitially liquid magma. But we know that �uids playcontrollingroleinthecoolingofgraniticmagma,andtheirbehaviour Rapidcrystallizationandcoolingisspheresofradiationdamagewithinbiotitecrystalsingranite. Halosproducedbypolonium(figure2)areabundantingranites,pointingtocatastrophicgeologicprocessesonyoungearth. 13,14 Clemensdidnot it further con�rms the general thrust of paper.PitcheragreeswithClemens’sconclusionsabouttheshapeofgraniticplutons,quippingthat‘thesingletoweringbodywasanoffenceto reason.’ thingeometricalshape‘isconsistentwiththeremarkablylowdegreeof 16 More and more consistent with Clemens’sfindingsontheoriginofgranitedemonstratesthatthegeologicalButtherearestillimportantunansweredquestions. Whydogranite rocks form in the �rst place? What initiatesthemeltingofthesourcerocks? ThisiswherethebiblicalmodeloftheGenesisFloodprovidessimplebutelegantexplanation. Theenormous tectonic upheaval involved is suf�cient cause—frombeginningtoend. Globalscalecatastrophecreatedcontinentalandemplacingitinhugemagmaquickly. Wegraniticmagmabeingproducedandtoday.InspiteoftherevolutioninthinkingaboutgranitediscussedintheGeologists’proceedings,andtheeventhoughtheyrecognizetheharmfuleffectsparadigm. Thisproblemwasnotrecognizedorexplored. But,nowthattheyhaveextendedgeologiccasastrophismfromsedimentarymetamorphic)ones,wheredothey‘Obvioustruthisrarelyasobvious 11 References1. Clemens,strangephenomenaandnewperspectivesonsomeoldproblems, Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 116:9–16,2005;p. 2. Blake,P.,GranitecoolingtimestheBible, The Australian Geologist 111:10,30Jun.3. Pitcher,W.S.,Clemens’s Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 116:21–23,4. Woodmorappe,J.,Therapidformationofgraniticrocks:moreevidence, Journal of Creation 5. Clemens,11.6. Thegranulitemetamorphicfaciesisinterpreted7. Clemens,8. Clemens,9. Clemens,10. Walker,T.B.,Granitegrainsize:notproblemforrapidcoolingofplutons, Journal of Creation 11. Clemens,12. Snelling,A.A.andWoodmorappe,J.,TheEarth;in:Walsh,R.E.(Ed.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on CreationismTechnicalVolume,CreationPittsburgh,1998. SeeSnelling, andWoodmorappe, J RapidRocks:granitestheydidn’tneedmillionsofyearsofcoolin g, Creation summary. Snelling,A.A Radiohalosingranites:evidenceforacceleratednucleardecay;in: Vardiman, L., Snelling, A.A., and Chaf�n, E.F., Radioisotopes and the Age of the EarthValley, Snelling, Radiohalos:Startlingevidence Creation 15. Pitcher,16. Pitcher,