Below is the online edition of In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood,
by Dr. Walt Brown. Copyright © Center for Scientific Creation. All rights reserved.
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We have seen the consequences of the flood at the earth’s surface and below. In this chapter, we saw that earth’s vast limestone deposits are not adequately explained by evolutionary scenarios, but are best explained by the hydroplate theory.
In later chapters, we will look far above and see in many ways that the fountains of the great deep—powerful beyond description—expelled muddy water and rocks far into outer space. Some of those rocks, called meteorites, have since fallen back to earth. Those that were in contact with the subterranean water before the flood contain traces of the substances dissolved in that water. Some even contain small quantities of water and limestone. [See “Meteorites Return Home” on page 357.]
Up until the last few years, meteorites were mishandled in the laboratory, so these traces were lost. Sadly, meteorites were cut open using saws lubricated and cooled by water. The water redissolved these important chemical traces in the meteorites and carried them down the drain.
In 2000, a meteorite was discovered containing traces of many salts found in our oceans. As one authority stated, “The salts we found [in the Nakhla meteorite] mimic the salts in Earth’s ocean fairly closely.”18 However, there was one big difference; limestone traces were a hundred times more abundant than expected.19 Again, this is consistent with the hydroplate explanation that most limestone came from the subterranean water chamber.
Incidentally, some meteorites are said to be from Mars. Before you accept that assertion, please read "Are Some Meteorites from Mars?" on page 361. The so-called “Martian meteorites” all “show evidence of being subjected to liquid water containing carbonate, sulfate, and chloride ... .”20 Therefore, instead of coming from Mars, they were probably part of the rock in direct contact with the subterranean water before the flood.
Communications with Dr. C. Stuart Patterson (former Academic Dean at Furman University and Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus) have been extremely helpful in developing many ideas in this chapter.