Geologic Column

Near-certainly they would be, except in a very few places where something has happened to disturb the order. And we can detect thos cases. Such as the Lewis Overthrust, beloved of creationists, where a huge chunk of landscape was shoved up on top of another chunk of landscape. Creationist ... um ... er ... let's say "fibs" about the Lewis Overthrust are discussed at Claim CD102.1. Extremely reliable and consistent. The few cases in which there are seeming inconsistencies have been extensively investigated, and almost all those apparent inconsistencies have been found to be consistent after all. Such as the KBS TUff story we've mentioned here.

They mostly are independent of each other, except in the sense that all science is a coherent linked web. What makes you think they are linked?Some practictioners in either field will use the results from the other. The results in one field are consistent with the other.Astronomers use the results of nuclear physics and chemistry. Shouldn't they be independendt? No.Edited by JonF, : No reason given.