What is the geologic column?

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.

The geologic column is a model used by geologists to represent the sequence of rock layers and fossils found in the Earth's crust. It is based on the principle of superposition, which states that in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rocks are at the bottom and the youngest are at the top. The geologic column is divided into several time periods, from the oldest (Precambrian) to the youngest (Quaternary), each characterized by distinct types of rocks and fossils. It provides a framework for understanding the Earth's history and the relative ages of different rock layers and fossils.