this article is FAR more honest than some 'creation science' pieces i've read before. particularly encouraging are the following paragraphs. you would do well to heed the message:
"But modern science reveals no evidence for a global flood in the past several thousand years. Is the validity of the Bible at stake? We could reject the findings of modern science and claim we are standing on God’s Word. But this would only serve to remove us from relevance to a world that takes science seriously. Claims of “creation scientists” supporting a recent global flood require setting common sense aside as discussed in the previous chapter, while serving to distort the role of science in understanding the earth. Calling upon believers to reject the underlying principles of geology simply because they lead to a history of the earth differing from a scriptural understanding is nothing but a cult practice. Let us rather search for answers that don't require a rejection of common sense and reality."
and:
"Dogmatically insisting on particular answers to these questions is a grievous mistake. The Scriptures do not permit such certainty. Attempting to sort through all of it requires speculation on our part."
seriously, do not look to places like answersingenesis.org and icr.org for your scientific information. they will Damn your understanding of the natural world beyond repair.