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- Title
Comparing Plate Tectonics and Expansion Tectonics.
- Authors
Maxlow, James
- Abstract
The theory of Plate Tectonics was initially developed by geophysicists at sea during the mid-1960s, who took little account of the limited amount of geological evidence available at the time. Since first established, it is unfortunate that plate theory has continued to be driven by geophysics at the expense of geology, geography, and biogeography. It is maintained that scientists at the time may have made a poorly informed decision to use the long-since rejected Continental Drift theory as the driving mechanism behind the newly observed crustal plates and plate motions on a static radius Earth model. In doing so, they then substantiated this decision by adopting palaeomagnetics as the basis for plate assemblage studies, as well as rejecting and discrediting the alternative proposal that this plate motion and assemblage may instead be the result of an increase in Earth radius and surface area over time. In essence, this paper is about comparing these two end-member theories in order to challenge the adoption of geophysics and Continental Drift as the basis of plate theory for one important reason: Plate Tectonics does not adequately explain, or fully utilise, the large amount of modern, empirically observed, global physical data, in particular global geological mapping, that is now available to the extent that should be demanded by such a significant and widely accepted theory.
- Publication
New Concepts in Global Tectonics Journal, 2023, Vol 11, Issue 1, p48
- ISSN
2202-5685
- Publication type
Academic Journal