Edited sentence: Catastrophic plate tectonics... by John Baumgardner.For example, Dr.Forum on catastrophic plate tectonics.In it, there was once a layer of subterranean water that had acted as a lubricant, allowing the continents to be separated at a very rapid rate to their present positions, via run-away subduction, in only a few years (perhaps even less).Is catastrophic plate tectonics part of Earth history.Is the Mid Atlantic Ridge Still Spreading.NOT EVERYONE AGREES WITH THIS THEORY -- or at least not the way it is currently being portrayed above.Phases of the Hydroplate Theory: by Dr.See Links Below:.Several Creationist Papers are given Below:.The San Andreas Fault --- appears to be quite Young.Walter Brown.Walter Brown has proposed a hydroplate theory of superfast continental drift.What about continental drift.While many Young Earth Creationists accept the idea that the continents have been split apart, they do not believe that it happened over "millions" of years, but rather quite rapidly.by Michael Oard