The Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Creationism (2018)

new areas that showed the Absaroka sediments extending beyond that of the STK were assumed to be flooded lowlands. Furthermore, we recognized that the deposits and fossils of many of the dinosaurs found in Zuni megasequence rocks may also partially reflect this lowland environment. Clarey (2015) argued that many of the dinosaurs found in quarries across the American West straddle this proposed lowland ‘peninsula’ that extended from Canada to New Mexico (Fig. 8). Many dinosaur discoveries in Morocco, Egypt, East Africa, and Tanzania, also seem to fall on or near these interpreted lowland areas and/or islands. However, Zuni deposits may extend beyond the lowland environments in places as they likely reflect the highest water level of the Flood, achieved on Day 150 (see below) (Fig. 7). In conclusion, we primarily relied on the Absaroka deposits to identify the lowlands, with some modification from the higher Zuni strata also. The concept of a ‘dinosaur peninsula’ also explains how dinosaurs may have survived in the earliest part of the Flood (Clarey 2015). They simply were not inundated until later in the Flood (primarily the Zuni megasequence) and were able to stay on the lowland areas while Lower Paleozoic strata were deposited in the adjacent shallow seas. Oil well data show that the Sauk, Tippecanoe and Kaskaskia megasequences are very thin or nonexistent beneath the locations of these lowland areas, such as ‘dinosaur peninsula’ (Clarey 2015). 3. Upland Areas Our study found that all megasequences thinned toward the crystalline shield areas on all three continents. The sedimentary units do not merely show evidence of erosion and truncation, but become thinner in the direction of the shields, implying they were deposited on the flanks of extensive uplands. Figure 14 shows four stratigraphic profiles across the northern USA. All show dramatic Clarey and Werner ◀ Pre-Flood geography ▶ 2018 ICC 362 Figure 10. Cross-section D-D’ showing the thicknesses of the megasequences from southern California, through Grand Canyon, to Wyoming. Note the Tippecanoe is nearly non-existent on this line of section. A=shows only the Sauk through Kaskaskia (Tapeats SS through Redwall LS). B=all megasequences present. Note, the bulk of ‘Grand Canyon’ rocks thin and pinch-out significantly toward the northeast and under the Grand Staircase. © 2017 Institute for Creation Research. Used by permission.