They believe that tectonic forces, particularly around oceanic ridges, caused the sea floors to rise up, causing much of the sea to become far shallower than before, and forcing the water up onto the land.
Okay, but I'm still confused. Not an unusual state for an old mind.
This rise around oceanic ridges still puzzles me. If the land at the mid oceanic ridge suddenly rises, is it necessary to create additional material to become the higher ridge?
If I have a sheet of paper and want to change it from a flat plane to a peaked plane, I find that the outer edges have moved closer together.
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