[Fred Nerks]

At the end of the Ice Age, there was an ‘over-shoot’ and the world’s oceans were once (not for very long) deeper than they are now.

where did the water go? (Let me guess - into the porous cavities in the crust of the earth?)

I live in an area that is extinct shield volcano. All around me I can see evidence of an ancient shoreline...about 300 feet HIGH!

but I STILL want to know - where did all the water go? And how did it carry those stones on top of the ziggaraut?

There is a theory that masses of water rushed down from the Zagros Mountains and all the soil carried by the rushing water filled the valley depression between the two rivers.

[blam]

"And how did it carry those stones on top of the ziggaraut? "

I don't know anything about the ziggaraut or that situation. The water I'm talking about went back into ice. It's with us today.

[SunkenCiv]

From a gradualist perspective, the continents rose (and the sea basins deepened) due to isostatic rebound after the glaciers melted. So the “overshoot” would be from the glaciers having melted, and the continents not having yet rebounded. That’s a possibility (we all know how highly I regard gradualism). See also:

In the shadow of the Moon
New Scientist | 30 January 1999 | editors
Posted on 08/31/2004 11:42:25 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
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