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A global flood would leave a thick graded layer
Basically a giant Bouma sequence resting on an erosional unconformity.
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You'd be able to trace it to every continent in the world.
Must of the Flood layer would be found deposited in the current ocean basins, where, of course, ODP logs have failed to find it.
I feel that the associated deltas have been mischaracterized. I propose the the deltas would be composed mostly of cobbles and boulders, whereas sediments would bypass the deltas and be deposited offshore. While it is entirely possible that a great flood would leave deposits on continents, I feel that a catastrophic regression might leave an erosional unconformity with local, Flood deposits reworked (a la Channeled Scablands). This sounds a lot like Moose's model, which I mostly concur with. 'Dunes' of conglomerate eroded by post-Flood streams. submarine fans, while fines would tend to be offshore.
[This message has been edited by gene90, 12-15-2003]
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