However, until a few years ago nobody had done the experimental and theoretical studies necessary to confirm this conclusion quantitatively. In
2000 the RATE project [14] began experiments
to measure the diffusion rates
of helium in zircon and biotite. We show that these data limit the age of these rocks to between 4,000 and 14,000 years.
These results support our
hypothesis of accelerated nuclear decay
and represent strong scientific evidence
for the young world of Scripture.