Salt Deposits
Castile Formation of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico
How Could the Castile Formation have ever Formed during Noah;s Flood?
Young-Earth Creationists Get into Hot Water
Stef Heerema's Claims for Igneous Salt Deposits
Heerema, S., 2009, A Magmatic Model for the Origin of Large Salt Formations: Journal of Creation, v. 23, no. 3, pp. 116-118, https://creation.com/magmatic-origin-salt-deposits (accessed August 13, 2021).
Heerema, S., 2013, Clarifying the Magmatic Model for the Origin of Salt Deposits: Creation Ministries International, https://creation.com/clarifying-magmatic-model-origin-salt-deposits (accessed March 5, 2020).
Heerema, S.J., and van Heugten, G.-J. H.A., 2018, Salt Magma and Sediments Interfinger: Journal of Creation, v. 32, no. 2, pp. 118-123, https://creation.com/images/pdfs/tj/j32_2/j32_2_118-123.pdf (accessed August 13, 2021).
Heerema, S.J. and van Heugten, G.-J. H.A. 2022. The Igneous Origin of Salt Deposits and Structures: Journal of Creation, v. 36, no. 2, pp. 58-60.
Rebuttals to Stef Heerema's Magmatic Claims
Barnhart, W. R. 2019, Salt Deposits, Journal of Creation, v. 33, no. 3, pp. 46-47; REPLY: Heerema, S.J., and van Heugten, G.-J. H.A., 2019, Salt Deposits: Reply to Barnhart: Journal of Creation, v. 33, no. 3, pp. 47-48, https://dl0.creation.com/articles/p130/c13061/j33_3_46-48.pdf (accessed August 13, 2021).
Kevin Nelstead (GeoChristian's 2013) webessay: A Young-Earth Creationist Magmatic Model for the Origin of Evaporites (July 23, 2013, off-site). This is a rebuttal that thick salt deposits, such as the Castile Formation, formed from igneous processes during Noah's Flood. Stef Heerema's reply to this critique is here.
Willem Jan Blom. 2021. Stef Heerema about the Castile Formation (if needed, press English translation button on upper right), (accessed August 13, 2021).
Mr. Wilford, August 13, 2021, A Faulty YEC Response to the Castile Formation, (accessed August 13, 2021).
Mr. Wilford, November 3, 2021 with later updates, Castile Formation Redux: More Misunderstandings on the Castile Formation and Salt Deposits from Young-Earth Creationist Stef Heerema. A rebuttal to a second internet presentation on the Castile Formation by Heerema. Updated November 13, 2023
Young-Earth creationists, such as Jan Van Meerten, also recognize that Heerema's ideas on salt deposits don't work: Questions about the VZM Overview (3): Where do You Stand? (if needed, press the English translation button)
Willem Jan Blom. 2022. "Twice Heerema and Van Heugten in the Journal of Creation" - A Rebuttal to Heerema and van Heugten (2022) (if needed, English translation is here) - accessed June 30, 2022.