Student of the Word - Servant of Christ - Scientific Evidence for a Worldwide Flood?

--“Footprints” in the fossil record - How could they survive the normal erosive forces of water without the rapid deposit of a sedimentary layer that would preserve them? And how might such an extensive “sedimentary later” occur aside from an extensive flood?
--Entire bodies of dinosaurs and long sections of giant tree trunks have been found covered by multiple layers of strata. Rapid covering took place before decay could set in, thus “locking” these fossils in place. There are examples of tree trunks extending up through coal seams and layers of sandstone and slate. Ripple marks, such as those left on sand by wind and water are frozen in time. Prints of raindrops, and trails and tracks of various life forms (including insects) are frozen in the fossil record. How can all this be best explained?
The process of “cavitation” - High volumes of water can erode solid rock in rapid fashion. Study of this phenomenon has been of more recent discovery.
--An “unconformity” in the earth’s geologic record - Esp. the “Cambrian-Precambrian” unconformity where there is a decisive break that divides the earth’s geologic history into two parts. There are practically no fossils below this unconformity, and almost all of the fossils of the world are in rocks deposited after this time. In the rocks deposited immediately after the unconformity there is almost no clay. Clay requires still water to be deposited, verses the earlier depositing of the heavier sand (containing a high concentration of quartz, which is heavily present in the upper levels of the deposits.)
The “fit of the continents” and their apparent “drift” - What energy source, force, and mechanism can move the continents? Can this be best explained by extensive hydraulic activity and other geologic events such as volcanoes and earthquakes occurring in sudden fashion?
--Traditional silence has favored “uniformitarianism” as an explanation for geologic and biologic change. However, in more recent times the theory of “catastrophism” has gained popularity, explaining developments in the earth by evidence of sudden change.
--A variety of “flood traditions” among the literature of the nations. Could these similar traditions be reflections of a common collective memory of such an event in the past, especially considering the similarity of some accounts?
How could so many animals become extinct so suddenly, such as the dinosaurs?
--Fossil beds often include animals form all climates and a great mix of sweet-water and marine creatures? How could this happen?
A world-wide deluge might be only one answer for the many geologic changes of human history occurring after the Fall of Man (in a fallen world) and after the Flood, in a world where climate and continental position are greatly altered.

Pastor Engebretson