Layers of debris, according to the specific weight, were laid down, compressing plant and animal life into a compact seam or statum. Only thus can we explain the vast oil reserves and coal beds around the world. These are the product of vegetation and animal bodies being buried under extreme heat and pressure. No such process of fossilization is taking place today. No oil or coal is forming by present nautral forces at work.
Uniformity fails here.
The fact is, there has to be a gigantic, cataclysmic overturn of nature, killing and burying millions of tons of plant and animal life. The position of some fossils standing upright through one or more strata indicates that the process was not slow or age-long. The material had to be deposited quickly around the body of the animal, or it could not have remained in its erect position. Millions of fish were buried in mud by the flood, many of them contorted as though suddenly overtaken by a phenomenal force. Marine fossils have been recovered from the highest mountain ranges, and a check list on other scientific evidence points to a universal deluge over the entire planet.