The Recessive Stage of the Flood
In this article, Richard introduces an article by Michael Oard about the formation of continental shelves during the latter phase of the Flood. These are the areas of the ocean bed that slope down from the continental coasts prior to going down into the deeper parts of the oceans, and evidence shows that they are formed from sedimentary rocks. They are best explained in terms of the movements that would have occurred during the second half of the Flood. As the mountains were raised and the ocean beds sunk to enable the flood waters to recede from the land, the massive movement of water would have caused large amounts of sediment to be washed from land towards the ocean bases. This concept is far better than any attempt to explain the formation of continental shelves in terms of gradual processes in a long age world history.
