In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood

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Conclusion

By assuming a uniform density distribution throughout the preflood Earth (altered only by the compression that increases with depth), the hydroplate theory and gravitational settling answer the many questions raised in “Volcanoes and Lava” on page 117 and “Geothermal Heat” on page 118. This also explains why the inner core spins faster than the rest of the Earth (page 163), and why George Dodwell found that the tilt of the Earth’s spin axis has steadily changed during the last 4,000 years. [See page 120 and Endnote 83 on page 147.] Finally, the hydroplate theory and gravitational settling explain the following unusual characteristics of today’s Earth:

the huge density discontinuity at the core-mantle boundary, [See Table 46 on page 622.]

Earth’s liquid outer core and solid inner core,

“oceans” of flood basalts found worldwide, especially in and surrounding the Pacific and Indian Oceans,

oceanic trenches and the Ring of Fire (explained on (pages 155–192),

the 40,000 volcanoes (all taller than 1 kilometer) on the floor of the Pacific Ocean,

the great variability of the temperature gradient under the Earth’s surface (discussed on page 118), and

Earth’s powerful magnetic field—2,000 times greater than the combined magnetic fields of all the rocky planets. [See "The Origin of Earth’s Powerful Magnetic Field" on page 180.]