![]() |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
Earth expansion and how to falsify it.
I say it's in the obvious category. The Earth has got bigger. Grown. Which means the surface moves outwards from the centre, and that crustal break-up and sideways movement of the fragments are a consequence of adjustment to this outwards movement. We can easily tell that this has happened from the difference in the way the crust and the mantle have behaved, which leads axiomatically to a conclusion that the Earth has got bigger - approximately doubled in size since the Mesozoic. Not so easy is telling how to falsify it. What geological acid test could be used to FALSIFY Earth Expansion? ....how would you assess, *GEOLOGICALLY*, if the Earth has got bigger? (Or not?) Really substantially bigger; doubled in size in the last 10% or so of its history. This is not a question for homework. This is a serious attempt to address how we understand global geology. What would the first question be? Something to do with:- The way that the crust has broken up? The way that the crustal fragments have moved? The way that the plates have grown/ shrunk/ moved/ been created/ been destroyed? Or maybe about mountain belts, stratigraphic sequence, ..et etc; anything you like, but always the question must pertain to the geology (rocks and things of the geological past - not slide rules and gps of the present). |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
U.S. Gov't releases proposed space tourism rules | Rusty | Policy | 1 | December 30th 05 01:45 PM |
U.S. Gov't releases proposed space tourism rules | Rusty | History | 2 | December 30th 05 01:45 PM |
SS1 flight set for June 21 | Hop David | Policy | 127 | June 16th 04 07:50 AM |
SS1 flight set for June 21 | Hop David | History | 162 | June 16th 04 07:50 AM |
Hi I'm new here | bug | SETI | 38 | December 25th 03 08:21 PM |