Re: Shrinking Earth

And just by the way, Stuart, ..we never did get an answer from you how
Plate Tectonics rationalises the imbalance in earthquakes **IN BRITTLE
CRUST** between those occurring at ridges, and those occurring in the
rest of the world.
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2005/2005_data.html

Got an answer?

And just by the way, .all those earthquakes at the ridges are almost
all on transform faults when we look at them closely, yet the ridge
rifts (brittle) *ARE* the manner by which the rifts grow. How come all
this *brittle* behaviour in *EXTENDING CRUST* has virtually no
expression compared to that on transform faults, when it is far easier
for materials to break in extension than it is to break in shear? Why
don't we see more brittle Earthquakes on ridges? And what value is
there in giving transform faults any relevance to plate movement at all
when they only define ridges? ...when they effectively *ARE* the
ridges? ...i.e., when they are manifestly *NOT* another 'plate
marging', but just 'ridge'?

Do you have an answer to that one too? (Earth expansion does).

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    ... > Plate Tectonics rationalises the imbalance in earthquakes **IN BRITTLE ... > CRUST** between those occurring at ridges, ... > all on transform faults when we look at them closely, ...
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    ... >> And just by the way, Stuart, ..we never did get an answer from you how ... > released at ridges should be the same as that released by subduction ... deep to the extent that subduction brittleness makes more Earthquakes. ... You can retire from being a net-warrior in defence of plate tectonics ...
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