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continuity of many sedimentary formations were generated; (4) possibly why current directions in Paleozoic sediments in the southwestern U. S. commonly are oriented in the WSW direction; and (5) how the detailed vertical structure of that record, often characterized by large numbers of thin beds separated by planar surfaces, arose. With more realism included in the future, the tsunami mechanism may well be able also to account for the vast regions of flat, deeply beveled Precambrian basement rock known as continental shields. These promising results invite several future refinements and additions. Examples include a hyperconcentrated flow model at the base of the turbulent water column, dynamic migration of subduction zones, and dynamic topography arising from rapid motions of rock inside the mantle. REFERENCES Ager, D.V. 1973. The nature of the stratigraphical record. London: MacMillan. Austin, S.A. (ed.) 1994. Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophe. 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Middle Proterozoic rocks of Montana, Idaho, and Washington: The Belt Supergroup. In Precambrian of the conterminous United States, eds. J. Reed, P. Simms, R. Houston, D. Rankin, P. Link, R. Van Schmus, and P. Bickford, P., pp. 487–521. Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. C-3. THE AUTHOR John has a Ph.D. in geophysics and space physics from UCLA and worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory in computational physics research during most of his scientific career. Since the early 1980’s he has undertaken most of the primary research undergirding the concept of catastrophic plate tectonics in connection with Noah’s Flood.  Beginning in 1997 he served on the Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth (RATE) team that documented multiple independent lines of radioisotope evidence that the earth is thousands, not billions, of years old.  Since 2005 he has been part of a small team that has developed Mendel’s Accountant, a computer model for exploring key topics population genetics relating to the origin and history of life.  John currently is a senior research associate with Logos Research Associates based in Santa Ana, California, and teaches science apologetics courses at Southern California Seminary in the San Diego area. Baumgardner ◀ Large tsunamis and the Flood sediment record ▶ 2018 ICC 305