Extraction creates new landforms, substances and residues, making visible hidden geological strata across vast time periods. (contemporaryartsociety.org)
It is also true, as Fr Nesbitt recounts, that our evidence as scientists and archaeologists is scant and that vast time periods separate us from the days that we are considering. (faith.org.uk)
Creationists, especially Young Earth Creationists, often seem incapable of conceptualizing the vast time frames that are involved. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)