Steve Austin
Dr. Steven A. Austin is a field research geologist with a Ph.D. from Penn State University in sedimentary geology. He is “Senior Research Scientist” with Institute for Creation Research in Dallas, Texas. He has performed geologic research on six of the seven continents of the world. His research adventures have taken him by helicopter into the crater of Mount St. Helens volcano, by bush plane onto glaciers in the high mountains of Alaska, by raft through the entire Grand Canyon, on horseback into the high Sierra, by elevator into the world’s deepest coal mines, by SCUBA onto the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, by rail into the backcountry of Korea, by foot onto barren plateaus of southern Argentina, and by four-wheel drive into remote desert areas of Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. He is the author of three books, three videos, one computer software package, and more than thirty technical geology papers.
Dr. Austin’s field research within Grand Canyon includes over 400 nights camped out below the Canyon’s rim. He has launched 22 raft trips within Grand Canyon. He has explored very remote areas of Grand Canyon by mule, helicopter and ATV. His book “Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophe” and his DVD “Grand Canyon: Monument to the Flood” summarize his investigations. He has over ten technical papers on Grand Canyon. Subjects of his technical publications on Grand Canyon include lava dams, breached dams, fossils, limestones, sandstones, basalts, diabase sills and radioisotope dating. He is widely known for his discovery of the regionally extensive mass-kill and burial bed within the Redwall Limestone about 2000 feet below the Canyon’s rim.
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Steven A. Austin, Ph.D. |
Current research
- Mass-kill event and rapid burial of nautiloid fossils in a limestone layer within the Grand Canyon.
- Mega-flood deposits within the Santa Cruz River valley of southern Argentina.
- Frozen cones of spruce trees within a deeply buried peat layer on the shore of the Arctic Ocean in extreme northern Canada.
- Gigantic slurry-flows in southern Alaska that were launched along superfaults and that produced widespread deposits composed of enormous boulders.
Professional data
Education
- B.S. in Geology from the University of Washington
- M.S. in Geology from San Jose State University
- Ph.D. in Geology from Pennsylvania State University
Professional Organizations
- Member of the Geological Society of America
- Member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- Member of the Society for Sedimentary Geology
- Member of the International Association of Sedimentologists
Publications
Articles
- Creationist
- Austin, S. A., 2000. Archaeoraptor: Feathered Dinosaur from National Geographic Doesn't Fly. Acts & Facts 29(3).
- Austin, S. A., 1983. Did Landscapes Evolve? Acts & Facts 12(4).
- Austin, S. A., 1982. Did the Early Earth Have a Reducing Atmosphere? Acts & Facts 11(7).
- Austin, S. A., 2005. Do Radioisotope Clocks Need Repair? Testing the Assumptions of Isochron Dating Using K-Ar, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, and Pb-Pb Isotopes. In Vardiman, L., Snelling, A, A & Chaffin, E. F. (Eds.), Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth, Volume II: Results of a Young-Earth Creationist Research Initiative, ch. 5, pp. 325-392. San Diego, CA: ICR & CRS.
- Austin, S. A., 1989. Earthquakes in these Last Days. Acts & Facts 18(12).
- Austin, S. A., 1996. Excess Argon within Mineral Concentrates from the New Dacite Lava Dome at Mount St. Helens Volcano. CEN TJ 10(3): 335–343.
- Austin, S. A., 1992. Excessively Old "Ages" For Grand Canyon Lava Flows. Acts & Facts 21(2).
- Austin, S. A., 1988. Grand Canyon Lava Flows: A Survey of Isotope Dating Methods. Acts & Facts 17(4).
- Austin, S. A., 1986. Mt. St. Helens and Catastrophism. Acts & Facts 15(7).
- Austin, S. A., 1980. Origin of Limestone Caves. Acts & Facts 9(1).
- Austin, S. A., 2008. Red Rock Pass: Spillway of the Bonneville Flood. Acts & Facts 37(7): 10.
- Austin, S. A., 1981. Springs of the Ocean. Acts & Facts 10(8).
- Austin, S. A., 2010. Supervolcanoes and the Mount St. Helens Eruption. Acts & Facts 39(5): 4-5.
- Austin, S. A., 1984. Ten Misconceptions about the Geologic Column. Acts & Facts 13(11).
- Austin, S. A., 1998. The Declining Power of Post-Flood Volcanoes. Acts & Facts 27(8).
- Austin, S. A., 1998. Twentieth Century Earthquakes - Confronting an Urban Legend. Acts & Facts 27(1).
- Austin, S. A., 2005. Washington Scablands and the Lake Missoula Flood. ICR, Oct. 10, 2005.
- Austin, S. A., 1990. Were Grand Canyon Limestones Deposited by Calm and Placid Seas? Acts & Facts 19(12).
- Austin, S. A., 2014. Why Is Mount St. Helens Important to the Origins Controversy? AIG, July 18, 2014.
- Humphreys, D. R., Austin, S. A., Baumgardner, J. R. & Snelling, A. A., 2003. Helium Diffusion Rates Support Accelerated Nuclear Decay. In Ivey, R. L. (Ed.), Proc. of the 5th ICC, pp. 175–195. Pittsburgh, PA: Creation Science Fellowship, Inc.
- Secular
- Austin, S. A., Snelling, A. A. & Wise, K. P., 1999. Canyon-length Mass Kill of Orthocone Nautiloids, Redwall Limestone (Mississippian) Grand Canyon, Arizona. Abstracts with Programs - GSA, Annual Meeting, p. A-421.
- Austin, S. A. & Wise, K. P., 1999. Gigantic Megaclasts within the Kingston Peak Formation (Upper Precambrian, Pahrump Group), Southeastern California: Evidence for Basin Margin Collapse. Abstracts With Programs - GSA 31(7): 455-456.
- Baumgardner, J. R., Snelling, A. A., Humphreys, D. R. & Austin, S. A., 2003. "The Enigma of the Ubiquity of C14 in Organic Samples older than 100 ka". Eos Trans. AGU 84(46). Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract xxxxx-xx.
Videos
- Geologic Evidences For Very Rapid Strata Formation In The Grand Canyon seminar by Steven Austin
- Grand Canyon: Monument to the Flood
- Mount St. Helens: Explosive Evidence for Catastrophe by Steven Austin
- Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth
- Mount St. Helens: Modern Day Evidence for the World Wide Flood
Books
- Footprints in the Ash
- Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophe 1994. ISBN 0932766331
Lecture topics
His Mount St. Helens lecture makes an excellent Sunday AM lecture. He has been in demand for doing debates, “Grand Canyon: Evolution or Creation?” Dr. Steve Austin’s primary lectures are:
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| Mount St. Helens: Explosive Evidence for Creation (Steve’s experience at the volcano) | See and experience the most significant geologic event of the twentieth century. See and understand geologic processes that created a new landscape and transformed geologists’ ways of thinking about how the Earth formed. We overlook the largest debris avalanche deposit to have formed within human history. Talking points are rapid strata formation, rapid erosion and log deposits of Spirit Lake . The field trip begins with an orientation lecture at the Seven Wonders Museum followed by a five-mile hike from Johnston Ridge Observatory to an overlooks of the valley of the North Fork of the Toutle River and Spirit Lake. |
| Geology and the Global Flood (Sedimentation, Tectonics, Erosion, Volcanism, Exponential Decline) | Scripture describes a global flood in no uncertain terms. All major mountains of the world have fossil of sea creatures in very widespread sedimentary strata at high elevations. Five affirmations about geologic processes form the framework for understanding the geologic features of the earth: (1) sedimentation, (2) tectonics, (3) erosion, (4) volcanism, and (5) exponential decline. Catastrophic flood tectonics and sedimentation were followed by great volcanic events and colossal sheet-flood and channelized erosion. These global geologic processes have declined into the slower processes we see in the present world. Scripture forms the framework for interpreting the geology of the world we see. |
| Catastrophic Plate Tectonics: A Global Flood Model of Earth History | How did the catastrophic sedimentary and tectonic processes associated with the global flood form the world we see? Catastrophic plate tectonics was the theory devised by creationists 150 years ago to explain the geology of continents and ocean basins. Lately, creationists have modeled the ocean-floor upheaval that initiated the flood, subducted the pre-flood ocean floor, and propelled the oceans over the continents. Subduction of the pre-flood ocean floor moved continents into their present positions, and enlarged and deepened ocean basins. Major mountain ranges are the product of plate collisions. Left over heat and global cooling following the flood created the rapid post-flood ice age and Earth’s modern climate. |
| The Search for Sodom and Gomorrah (Steve’s explorations in Israel and Jordan) | The lost cities are linked biblically to the region occupied by the “cities of the plain.” The key to locating the “cities of the plain” is to find the surviving city of Zoar . These cities must be southeast of the Dead Sea in the vicinity of modern Safi in the country of Jordan . Spectacular archaeological sites (Early Bronze III) exist that date to the time of Abraham. These cities show evidence of catastrophic collapse and burn. The cities were not rebuilt. The evidence points to a regional shaking event and a regional fire, even outside the walls of fortified cities. A regional earthquake associated with natural gas eruption and atmospheric ignition is the favored scenario for the natural/supernatural disaster. Those cities became famous for the nature of human wickedness, the swiftness of God’s judgment and the deliverance of the righteous.
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Videos
Where Charles Darwin Went Wrong - Steve Austin discusses flood geology formations on the Santa Cruz River in Southern Argentina, which were misinterpreted by Charles Darwin as evidence for an old Earth. Where Darwin Went Wrong
Videos from the Seattle Creation Conference 2009
References
- Steven Austin Biography by Christian Answers.net
- Creation Scientist Steven Austin Biography by Institute for Creation Research
