[ForGod'sSake]

I can't begin to compose a respectable response til this evening, but I think I detect some strawmen in your reply. Not the least of which is marine sediments, which have been found at thousands of feet of elevation. Also, for pusposes of discussion, as recently as ~5mya sea levels were at roughly 100m above where they are now. Are you suggesting the bays may be that old, or older?

I'll be back with more this evening.

[Renfield]

What I have suggested (in a much earlier post) is that the bays formed sequentially, on each terrace, after the sea regressed from that terrace. I absolutely do not think that they all formed at the same time. And you can see from the links I posted above, that on the artic slope, the formation of those elongated lakes is an ongoing process. I don't think that exactly the same process formed the Carolina Bays (so far there is no evidence of permafrost on the southern Coastal Plain), but I think Carolina Bay formation would have appeared similar to some observer watching from on high, through geologic time.

What's this about a "straw man"? I'm being as straightforward as I can be.