Re: Lithospheric drip in Basin and Range

On Jul 12, 2:28 am, oriel36 <kelleher.ger...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It beats me when I see guys still trying to promote these 'convection
cell' ideas when it is just easier to step back,take a wider view of
planetary features just as Wegener once did,and spot the possibilities
offered by planetary rotation -

No one denies that rotation is important. But, why aren't the
continents
assembled along the Equator? They've had plenty of time to attain
that
configuration.

The seamless chain of the mid-Atlantic ridge and its fracture
zones,even the noticeable split at the Equator,

But, where were the ridges in the past? According to you N-S is the
only configuration possible.

indicates  a
rotational component in crustal evolution and even I can afford to
suggest that by a  lag/advance  mechanism due to differential
rotation,the crust is generated symmmetrically off the central ridge.

Only because you refuse to see the past.

When a person in an Earthquake region experiences an event,what they
are ultimately  experiencing is a result of the Earth's rotation

Says Whom?

and
the fluid dynamics of its interior but as scientists have the interior
of the Earth organised around 'convection cells' and a taffy
composition,they never enjoy this possibility.

Reread my two sentences above. There must be more to it than rotation!



Brad

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