well dave, these papers are peer reviewed....but not by the mainstream committed to evolutionism review bodies , who would discount them a priori.    however, as you mentioned yourself, creationists have done work in your department. dr russel Humphreys made scientific predictions in 1984 which were validated when messenger flew by mercury in 2008. he states that these predictions were from a calculation assuming a 6000 yr old universe.
mercurys magnetic field is young! creation.com

its encouraging, timestamp, that you recognize the importance of the spiritual. the YEC debate may seem pointless to you , but I beg to differ, and see it rather as a conflict of paradigms..
what God has revealed vs mens unproven opinions..
and such questions have a bearing on the here and now, as well as the hereafter , as far as the my Christian faith is concerned.