Has anyone done any research on the 'Expanding Earth Theory' and whether 'Plate Tectonics' is a sound theory. From what I have seen the basis for the theory of plate tectonics also fits with that of the expanding earth theory, yet the scientific community just accepts the plate tectonics theory as fact.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Ok, so this was above people's heads?
Their is strong scientific evidence that the Earth is growing/expanding. The land masses of the earth were in the past intact, if you look at a world map it is obvious that certain continents were once attached.
This was discovered and the scientific view was that if the Atlantic Rift was growing then the Pacific Ocean was subsiding. However, this only works if the assumption that the Earth remains the same size.
Oceanic Lithosphere (dating of the sea bed) also shows that the pacific sea basin is also growing. Now this means is plain English the sea beds are enlarging and the land masses are remaining the same size. In simple terms the Earth is growing/expanding at an alarming rate.
Did anyone ever explain this to you at school?
Now ask yourself what else haven't I been told?
so is this why sea levels are rising if so it makes sense
I've often wondered if the earth is getting bigger, but my reasoning is very silly. When people do archaeological digs, they go down various layers spanning time. It made me think that people, animals and plants are constantly producing extra 'stuff', for want of a better word. The population is getting bigger, that's more bodies for starters. I'll admit, it's a pretty daft thought...! But then I thought that maybe all this 'stuff' just gets compressed down over millions of years and eventually turns into oil. I have a very simple mind that thinks strange things, sometimes.
The story I noticed yesterday was that the Universe was getting bigger. I hadn't heard the Earth theory at all.
tiger lily that is what I have been thinking, when you walk through a wood you see the layers of leaves from last year and the year before they break down and more soil is produced simple way of looking at things or good it be like one of the moons that is circling a planet forget which one gets stretched by gravity from the planet as it orbits, of course I could be shot down but maybe some of the members with a more scientific mind could enlighten me more