Figure 18. Present-day extent of the Precambrian salt deposits in the Middle East, Pakistan and India. Red represents the present extent of the salt deposits (Clarey and Werner 2020). Figure 19. Extent of the Precambrian salt deposits in southern Asia in a Pangaea reconstruction. Red represents the present extent of the salt deposits (Clarey and Werner 2020). Figure 20. Extent of the Precambrian salt deposits in southern Asia in a Rodinia reconstruction. Red represents the present extent of the salt deposits (Clarey and Werner 2020). subduction during the Flood. It was the density contrast of the heavy, cold, original ocean crust (the lithosphere) that allowed the runaway subduction process to begin and continue. It is essentially “gravitational energy driving the motion” of the plates (Baumgardner 2018). The “runaway” process continued until virtually all of the original oceanic lithosphere was consumed. There was no geophysical means or reason to stop the rapid plate motion until the density contrast was fully alleviated. At that moment, the newer, more buoyant lithosphere ceased subducting, bringing plate motion to a virtual standstill, giving the slow plate motion that is observed today. In contrast, a pre-Flood world that resembled Rodinia requires the consumption of nearly all the pre-Flood ocean crust (lithosphere) twice. The first time to break-up Rodinia and the transformation into the supercontinent of Pangaea, and then a second time when Pangaea split into the present global configuration. Geophysically, the first breakup of Rodinia and reconfiguration into Pangaea would be possible, but it would also consume most, if not all, of the pre-Flood ocean crust. A second move would then be rendered impossible since the new, hot ocean crust created while splitting up Rodinia would not have enough of a density contrast to fuel a second episode of runaway subduction. As mentioned above, it is the consumption of the cold, more dense pre-Flood ocean crust (lithosphere) that caused runaway subduction in the first place (Baumgardner 2018). Therefore, if there had been a Rodinia, we would still be in a Pangaea continental configuration today. C. The Progressive Flood Model We present our Flood model in a day-by-day narrative of the Flood year. A significant amount of this material was taken from Johnson and Clarey (2021) and interspersed through the narrative. Other CLAREY AND WERNER Progressive Flood model 2023 ICC 427
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