Been incredibly busy the last two weeks ...
In another case, Northrup stated:
41. A major characteristic of the Pennsylvanian "Epoch" in many places is its great coal beds. In 1968 I proposed the "vegetation raft theory
of coal deposit," suggesting that great rafts of antediluvian vegetation carried on the Noahic flood waters began to be driven ashore and buried by the powerful tsunamis of the retreating Noahic flood waters."
Glenn Morton has some further information on the veggie mat "theory" at
Wilcox Coals and the Floating Forest/VeggieMat Young-earth Theories.
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