http://www.the-science-site.com/imag...ntic-ridge.jpg

Astronomy covers multiple relationships between planetary dynamics and terrestrial sciences,some of which are immediate such as daily and seasonal temperature fluctuation, tidal fluctuations and things like that. As most researchers still rely heavily on what they learned in high school they can't make the adjustments to new perspectives ,even dramatic ones which appeared here recently.

The area of geology needs a huge overhaul and especially when the image above is inspected more carefully for one very specific reason. All rotating fluid celestial objects display an uneven gradient between Equator and polar latitudes so exempting the Earth's rotating fluid interior from this almost celestial certainty (differential rotation) goes way beyond an oversight..

The geologists are buried in citation warfare in a most unimaginative way so that even if there are genuine areas of research they attach a worthless 'hotspot' stationary Earth view of mantle convection and are unable to take the widest possible view with differential rotation -

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-eih040116.php

Although now a decade old I thought the attraction to mesh the planet's 26 mile spherical deviation with crustal evolution/motion using differential rotation would spur a closer inspection of the dynamics beneath the surface crust. It is not just the orientation, the symmetrical generation of crust either side of the Mid Atlantic Ridge but the symmetrical 'S' shape which splits at the Equator that presents itself as clues to the internal mechanism.

Then there is Venus which is roughly the size of the Earth, no spherical deviation to speak of, only volcanic activity and no plate tectonics as a reflection of a residual surface rotation.

Citation stuff must be great for academics just making it through their day but it generates a lot of heat and no light. It has all the hallmarks of people walking aimlessly through halls and none of the determination and adventure that normally accompanies genuine innovations which generate excitement and have little to do with lifestyles and reputations. It is also why an unhealthy astronomy trickles down into terrestrial sciences for had astronomers pointed out that it is close to impossible to exempt the fluid rotating Earth from differential rotation, these foolish geologists wouldn't be talking about stationary Earth 'hotspots'.