Plate Tectonics And Continental Drift., And I thought I knew all about it... Options

[lunk]

Plate tectonics and continental drift have been taught to me from a very early age.
I frequently found myself staring at geological formations, wondering how on earth, they were formed.
It sort of made sense, and what I didn't understand, I figured that it had all been studied, and some expert had already figured it all out, and there was no point in exploring the subject any further.
Now, I have recently discovered that there were other theories floating around:

http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/lau...98/EARTHEXP.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Warren_Carey

Now there are stories, of the Earth being only 6000 years old,
and a huge flood that covered the world, and predictions of a firery future...
However, I find little, outside a few human scribbles,
to support these stories.

But, I do see a grain of truth in the demonstration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJzic3kk4_g

Proof that the Earth has become larger.
...and that's about all.

imo, lunk

[lunk]

I thought that I would try to fit Africa and South America together, they look like they fit, one sliding right together with the other.
All amateur, and professional plate technicians should try this:
(IMG:http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp210/rongrite/making-them-fit.jpg)
Like puzzle pieces, they should fit, but they don't.

Now, if the globe was a little smaller they would couple perfectly!

(edit added more explanation)
I'm trying for the best possible fit. at each angle a different part of the coasts fit, pretty well, but then the other corresponding shorelines, further away, went out of position.
All the shoreline shapes, of both continents,
would fit together perfectly on a smaller globe.

Remember, the same size continents, on a smaller globe, would have more of a curve in them. For instance, a triangle curved over the surface of a globe, can have 270 degrees in it, instead of just 180 on a plain.

As a balloon is inflated, the curve of any given area decreases.
Sort of strange to think, that as a balloon inflates,
the curve in its' surface, flattens.

This post has been edited by lunk: May 27 2009, 12:14 AM

[Omega892R09]

Now, if the globe was a little smaller they would couple perfectly!

No need for that as there are many geophysical processes than can explain any discrepancies and squash this nonsense.

I have been explaining some if it in the global warming thread. Perhaps the relevant posts should be moved in here.

[lunk]

No need for that as there are many geophysical processes than can explain any discrepancies and squash this nonsense.

I have been explaining some if it in the global warming thread. Perhaps the relevant posts should be moved in here.

Nonsense?
It makes more sense,
than a complicated explanation of plate tectonics.

The Earth must have grown,
as Africa and South America will fit together,
with no overlap and no subduction,
on a smaller globe.

They don't fit anymore,
because they are flatter now,
then they were, when they broke apart.

The shoe fits.

[Omega892R09]

They don't fit anymore,
because they are flatter now,
then they were, when they broke apart.

The shoe fits.

Which ignores the processes of erosion creating continental shelves. If you add such shelves you will see an extraordinary close fit.

But remember that the south american continent, because of the curved line of the proto growing ridge, rotated clockwise as it drifted away so as to unlock the curl of the SA tip around what is now the Cape of Good Hope.