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They did not attribute "everything in the Earth's crust to the effects of Noah's Flood" but only the superficial and obviously or apparently water-lain deposits.
Vulcanists & Neptunists Schneer, Cecil J. 1966
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As for diluvialists attributing only the superficial and obviously or apparently water-lain deposits of the earth's crust to Noah's Flood, John Woodward, in his Essay Toward a Natural History of the Earth published in 1695, got over the difficulty that fossils are found at great depths beneath the surface by assuming that "the whole terrestrial globe was all taken to pieces and dissolved at the deluge."
Vulcanists & Neptunists Schneer, Cecil J. 1966
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