Claim CE130:

Lunar activity such as moonquakes, lava flows, and gas emissions indicates the moon's youth.

Source:

Pathlights, n.d. The age of the earth - 1. http://www.pathlights.com/ce_encyclopedia/05agee2.htm

Response:

  1. Moonquakes can be explained by tidal stresses and by lunar contraction (due to the highlands gradually sinking). Moonquakes, in fact, provide evidence that the moon has a solid core, consistent with its old age.

  2. There is no evidence for recent lava flows not associated with meteor impacts.

  3. Outgassing is consistent with an old moon. It can take a long time for gasses to work their way to the surface.

Further Reading:

LANL. n.d. The Los Alamos built spectrometers. http://lunar.lanl.gov/pages/spectros.html
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