The water was there the whole time. It did not shrink with the land mass as the land mass was caused to shrink in the first phase, because, as we all know, water cannot be compressed.
Now, when the land mass was re-expanded, then the waters simply receded to lower levels, as we find them today.
This is getting to be fun.
80 posted on 06/20/2013 9:18:08 AM PDT by going hot
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