What is the specific scriptural support for "the year-long global deluge, during which the earths land mass broke into continents, massive amounts of sediment were deposited and then partially eroded, and new and perhaps deeper oceans became more salty from continental runoff."
My response is not to that comment.
My response was to the “what happened to the 40 days and 40 nights?” comment, which is why I quoted it in that response.