"The fossil-bearing sedimentary rocks of the earth can be divided into six megasequences, or discrete packages of sediment.
Megasequences can be thought of as massive pulses of waves that pushed across the continents during the Flood year.
Each major pulse was followed by a minor withdrawal.
The advance and withdrawal of each megasequence caused erosion at both the top and bottom of the cycle.
Individual megasequences reveal the exact step-by-step progression of the floodwaters.
Individual megasequences reveal the exact step-by-step progression of the floodwaters.
---The rocks on every continent exhibit similar patterns of water-based deposition at about the same time, with even the fossils deposited in a very similar order.
The rock data show only limited flooding of the continents during the
earliest three megasequences (Sauk, Tippecanoe, and Kaskaskia). The later three megasequences (Absaroka, Zuni, and Tejas) show much more surface coverage and volume of sediment deposited across each continent, indicating greater flooding. These data support that the Flood was progressive, peaking in the Zuni (exhibiting the most volume and surface extent) and receding in the Tejas.....maximum flood level falls near the end of the Cretaceous. This global high-water level is interpreted as Day 150 in the Flood year.
We interpret the Tejas Megasequence as the rocks of the receding phase of the Flood, with much of this volume deposited along the continental margins. It includes the rocks formerly known as Tertiary (Paleogene and Neogene).
All of the continents exhibit limited amounts of flooding in the early Flood stages and then show progressively more and more deposition. The waters peak at nearly the same time and finally recede simultaneously.
There is no other reasonable way to explain these data.
The rock data show only limited flooding of the continents during the
We interpret the Tejas Megasequence as the rocks of the receding phase of the Flood, with much of this volume deposited along the continental margins. It includes the rocks formerly known as Tertiary (Paleogene and Neogene).
The consistency of the rock data across five continents confirms God’s Word.
All of the continents exhibit limited amounts of flooding in the early Flood stages and then show progressively more and more deposition. The waters peak at nearly the same time and finally recede simultaneously.
There is no other reasonable way to explain these data.
Simultaneous sedimentary patterns across five continents are strong evidence of the global Flood recorded in Genesis."
ICR