[djf]

Dunno. But after thinking about it, there would be a huge pneumatic effect. Liquid does, after all, in a case like this practically act like a solid. A unbelievable compression wave would travel almost immediately to the ocean floor. Like God had a giant toilet plunger. I'm talking a really, really,really BIG toilet plunger.

Trillions of tons of seawater would be instantly evaporated. I would think they should look for salt layers in the area.

[ClearCase_guy]

Trillions of tons of seawater would be instantly evaporated.

One of the mysteries of the Great Flood is -- "Where did all that water come from?". I guess it didn't stay in an evaporated state -- it precipitated out.

[NYFriend]

My physics is pretty poor. I'm not sure how to figure this out. Water doesn't compress, but it can be displaced, however the displacement would be caused by a pressure wave, and a pressure wave can't travel faster than the speed of sound in that medium, so any energy beyond what it takes to displace water at the speed of sound is translated either into heat or hydraulically into the sea bed, right? I think I've got it, but I skipped physics and mechanics in college.