The Expanding Earth
Posted: Wed 17 Feb 2016 2:07 pm
Along with Robertus Maximus, I cannot accept that the intriguing theory of Plate Tectonics is a correct explanation of what appear to be continental positional adjustments. Plainly the Mid Atlantic Ridge plays an important part in that area. Presumably its actions are the end product of very deep and violent activity. This activity is far from being properly understood and theories describing its behaviour are obviously suspect. We just cannot sort this out yet.
What I find particularly incredible are the 'every which way' movements attributed to the movement of tectonic plates. There is no agreed power source and no explanation for the such dissimilar paths attributed to colossal areas of land (such as India and Australia et al).
One thing seems clear. The aforesaid Ridge is widening the Atlantic and this may account (with other geologic evidence) for the seeming earlier conjunction of Africa with at least the South American continent. This ocean varies in width between 1770 and over 4000 miles. Taken at the lower figure, this is a hell of a long movement by a super massive landmass. It is claimed that Africa itself is an almost stationary, original land mass.
Whatever the truth about such Earth movements, I think we must accept that the Atlantic is both a new(ish) sea and occupies a newly expanded ocean floor. This idea presents few, if any, directional problems, the main thrust appearing to be east to west. No doubt there would have been some concomitant expansion in every direction.
Given the drive by inner Earth to create the Atlantic, how would such a force be inhibited from acting similarly elsewhere? And, even if it doesn't, surely the move west by America must have impinged on the still vast Pacific? There seems little discussion relating to the decrease or increase in its huge expanse other than by possibly marginal subduction. If the Atlantic has expanded, say 1700 miles, by pushing America to the west, then the effect on the Pacific should show pretty distinct traces. 1770 miles is a lot of subduction! But...
I have found in "The Roots of Cataclysm, Geo Pulsation and the Atlantic Supervolcano in History" by Richard W. Welch in 2009 (only an internet summary) some serious comment about this. He seems to think (with others) that subduction can account for changes in the size of the Pacific; perhaps it does. To see fully what he has to say it is necessary to buy his book which am doing (from Amazon at a more sensible price!). Among his many other interesting conjectures (which all seem well researched) he supports an idea that postulates that the action whereby the spin of the Earth is to some degree variable, that its variability may be responsible for continental movement and ice ages. I am not qualified to judge the validity of this idea but perhaps it could also explain the ballooning so very apparent to our eyes.
More on the probability that the Earth has indeed expanded can be found in "Dinosaurs and the Expanding Earth" by Stephen Hurrell, 2011 (also being acquired).
As the hot inner core of the Earth spins slightly independently from its crust and at a slightly variable rate, it must surely be affected by friction with the crust and be subject to variable levels of heat generation, adding to its intrinsic nature. This would increase the likelihood of sudden expressions of its force generating splits at the surface such as the Mid Atlantic Ridge, forcing apart some landmasses. This continental disturbance must add to the variability in Earth's rate of spin. As the Earth spins west to east there will likely be a measure of drag in the crust. This drag will promote 'drift' east to west as in the Atlantic model. All these thoughts have caused me never to have accepted the 'Plate' theory and to long favour the idea of an Expanding Earth.
I wonder yet again at the apparently total disinterest shown in this plainly more understandable Expanding Earth idea and it is, I think, a far more likely scenario than so called Plate Tectonics. I think that the acceptance of Plate Tectonics was a hangover from the desperate attempts by 'establishment scientists ' to shut down any avenue of enquiry resulting in any way from the cataclysmic work of Immanuel Velikovsky!
What I find particularly incredible are the 'every which way' movements attributed to the movement of tectonic plates. There is no agreed power source and no explanation for the such dissimilar paths attributed to colossal areas of land (such as India and Australia et al).
One thing seems clear. The aforesaid Ridge is widening the Atlantic and this may account (with other geologic evidence) for the seeming earlier conjunction of Africa with at least the South American continent. This ocean varies in width between 1770 and over 4000 miles. Taken at the lower figure, this is a hell of a long movement by a super massive landmass. It is claimed that Africa itself is an almost stationary, original land mass.
Whatever the truth about such Earth movements, I think we must accept that the Atlantic is both a new(ish) sea and occupies a newly expanded ocean floor. This idea presents few, if any, directional problems, the main thrust appearing to be east to west. No doubt there would have been some concomitant expansion in every direction.
Given the drive by inner Earth to create the Atlantic, how would such a force be inhibited from acting similarly elsewhere? And, even if it doesn't, surely the move west by America must have impinged on the still vast Pacific? There seems little discussion relating to the decrease or increase in its huge expanse other than by possibly marginal subduction. If the Atlantic has expanded, say 1700 miles, by pushing America to the west, then the effect on the Pacific should show pretty distinct traces. 1770 miles is a lot of subduction! But...
I have found in "The Roots of Cataclysm, Geo Pulsation and the Atlantic Supervolcano in History" by Richard W. Welch in 2009 (only an internet summary) some serious comment about this. He seems to think (with others) that subduction can account for changes in the size of the Pacific; perhaps it does. To see fully what he has to say it is necessary to buy his book which am doing (from Amazon at a more sensible price!). Among his many other interesting conjectures (which all seem well researched) he supports an idea that postulates that the action whereby the spin of the Earth is to some degree variable, that its variability may be responsible for continental movement and ice ages. I am not qualified to judge the validity of this idea but perhaps it could also explain the ballooning so very apparent to our eyes.
More on the probability that the Earth has indeed expanded can be found in "Dinosaurs and the Expanding Earth" by Stephen Hurrell, 2011 (also being acquired).
As the hot inner core of the Earth spins slightly independently from its crust and at a slightly variable rate, it must surely be affected by friction with the crust and be subject to variable levels of heat generation, adding to its intrinsic nature. This would increase the likelihood of sudden expressions of its force generating splits at the surface such as the Mid Atlantic Ridge, forcing apart some landmasses. This continental disturbance must add to the variability in Earth's rate of spin. As the Earth spins west to east there will likely be a measure of drag in the crust. This drag will promote 'drift' east to west as in the Atlantic model. All these thoughts have caused me never to have accepted the 'Plate' theory and to long favour the idea of an Expanding Earth.
I wonder yet again at the apparently total disinterest shown in this plainly more understandable Expanding Earth idea and it is, I think, a far more likely scenario than so called Plate Tectonics. I think that the acceptance of Plate Tectonics was a hangover from the desperate attempts by 'establishment scientists ' to shut down any avenue of enquiry resulting in any way from the cataclysmic work of Immanuel Velikovsky!