Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth
- RATE redirects here, for other uses, see: Rate, and Rate (disambiguation)
Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth'' (shortenedRATE'') is the name of a major research project at the Institute for Creation Research (co-sponsored by the Creation Research Society). The result of the research questioned the validity of the currently used dating methods.
The research continued 1997-2005 and the research team included Larry Vardiman (Ph.D. Atmospheric Science (project co-ordinator)), D. Russell Humphreys (Ph.D. Physics (helium diffusion)), Eugene F. Chaffin (Ph.D. Physics (theoretical models)), Donald DeYoung (Ph.D. Physics), John R. Baumgardner (Ph.D. Geophysics (radiocarbon)), Steven A. Austin (Ph.D. Geology (rock dating)), Andrew A. Snelling (Ph.D. Geology (rock dating, fission tracks, radiohalos)), and Steven W. Boyd (Ph.D. Hebraic and Cognate Studies (Genesis 1 text)).