Why not?
The earth was inundated by massive tsunami waves that cascaded over the earth, leaving multiple distinct sedimentary layers that are many meters thick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbagD5bOsoo
The talk starts at 8:00 minutes. (by John Baumgardner, PhD geophysics, writer of the Terra finite element plate tectonics code).
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2000GC000115/full
Role of a low-viscosity zone in stabilizing plate tectonics: Implications for comparative terrestrial planetology
Mark A. Richards1, Woo-Sun Yang2, John R. Baumgardner3 andHans-Peter Bunge4
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2001
Silly, it’s because the conclusions have to fit the original assumptions.
BTW, all, this isn’t a ggg topic, that’s a pirate that put in the keyword.