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experimental and seismological investigations is clearly the goal for this type of high fidelity geodynamic model. CONCLUSIONS In this paper, we have improved the constitutive model for rock deformation by adding the structure-property relations in order to explore the mantle dynamics associated with the Genesis Flood. In particular, effects fromgrain size, recrystallization, and deformation induced texture were included. Our efforts are motivated by our conviction that the Biblical account of the Genesis Flood is genuine history. The TERRA results that use an improved rock deformation model clearly affirm earlier work that indicated the mantle’s inherent potential for runaway catastrophic overturn. 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