Re: Need some objective data for a novel

From: DrPostman (Looky_at_mysig.foremail)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:22:56 GMT

On 28 Nov 2004 22:10:05 -0800, dryink@gravito.com (DryInk) in
accordance with The Prophecy scribed:

>Okay, I had read a lot about "Planet X" and read a lot of the ZetaTalk
>uh... "crap", and decided not to go that route simply due to the
>complete lack of objective information regarding the whole thing. It
>was an interesting idea for a science fiction novel, but I'm looking
>more for something that was believable.
>
>Basically, what I'm looking for is a definitive shift in poles spurred
>on by a celestial object passing near enough to Earth.

So much for believable. I can only guess that is why you didn't post
this to sci.geology. I'm afraid your notions will get laughed at just
as much here as they would there.

>1) Is this even a good route to take for such a thing as a pole shift?

There is no such thing as a pole shift, unless you are addressing
a magnetic swap of poles. Crustal displacement other than
plate tectonics is a fantasy. 

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