This shifting in the earth s crust accounts for many geological phenomena, such as the raising of old coastlines to new heights. With the removal of the insulating canopy the polar regions were suddenly plunged into a deep freeze and many forms of animal life were refrigerated for thousands of years. Glacial pressures were brought into play. However, the great gorges of the earth and the drifts of debris can be accounted for only by irresistible, incompressible water on the rampage, rather than by continental glaciers of so-called ice ages. They must have drained into the sea basins.
Scientists believe that the continents rest on huge plates.
Movement of these plates can cause changes in the level of the earth s surface. It should be noted that the above accounts provide no quantitative information whatsoever, such as how long it took for the various geological phenomena to occur, in what manner the tectonic plates moved, how high the mountains rose, how low the seabeds descended, the volume of water ocean trenches could accommodate and how that would affect sea level, the order in which all these events occurred, or any phenomena on which it is possible to be pinned down. Few source references are provided, at least in the later publications. In the following discussion I will provide both quantitative information and complete source references. The present oceans are the remains of the floodwaters, which implies that the Flood would have been not more than about 8000 feet deep.