ABSTRACTS
Placer Mineral Deposits on a Young Earth
Alexander V. Lalomov and Serguei E. Tabolitch
We present a mathematical model for stream placer accumulation far from the source. Determination of the model’s parameters is discussed, and the model is applied to field data from northeastern Russia. The model calculated the age of these “far transfer” placers in northeastern Russia as not more than 2000 years, hundreds of times less than predicted by uniformitarian geologists. Field data were used to calculate both average and initial denudation rates during the post-Flood time for northeastern Russia. The model can be applied in similar settings to provide an age estimate for other “far transfer” placer deposits, and should provide considerable economic benefit in prospecting for commercial alluvial placer deposits.