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Post by Dave on Jan 4, 2013 0:43:08 GMT -5
Scotia Plate and South Sandwich IslandsUsing Google Earth as an investigative tool, evidence of a continuous expansion of the earth, or at least, continuous expansion of the Pacific Ocean Floor. You do not have to be a rocket scientist to see for yourself that oozing of ocean floor basalt from the Pacific Ocean floor continued long after the Indian Ocean floor stopped, or the Pacific oozing happened at a much faster rate. In either case scenario, the continued ooze of Pacific Ocean floor expanded into the Indian Ocean directly atop the South American /Antarctic Trench. Attachments:
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Post by Dave on Jan 4, 2013 0:46:59 GMT -5
The South Sandwich Islands, discovered by Admiral Cook in 1775, consist of a chain of eleven main islands that bend in an arc 240 miles (~400 km) long. The water surrounding the volcanoes has an average depth of about 8,500 feet (2,600 m). About 80% of each island is covered by glaciers. These volcanic islands dot the arc formed at the flows eastern edge. The edges of the Scotia Flow are alive with earthquakes indicating that this is still a very active geological zone Attachments:
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Post by Dave on Jan 4, 2013 0:50:53 GMT -5
Not only is this area famous for Glaciers, Antarctic pack ice, and penguins; it also holds the title of being the smallest tectonic plate on planet earth Attachments:
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Post by Dave on Jan 4, 2013 0:55:38 GMT -5
Intra-oceanic subduction systems: introductionP. T. Leat and R. D. Larter, © The Geological Society of London 2003, sp.lyellcollection.org/content/219/1/1.abstractAuthor Affiliations: British Antarctic Survey , High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK Abstract“Intra-oceanic arcs are the simplest type of subduction systems in that they occur where overridding plates of subduction zones consist of oceanic rocks, contrasting with arcs built on continental margins. They comprise some 40% of the subduction margins of the Earth. The better-known examples include the Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc, the Tonga-Kermadec arc, the Vanuatu arc, the Solomon arc, the New Britain arc, the western part of the Aleutian arc, the South Sandwich arc and the Lesser Antilles arc. They are thought to represent the first stage in the generation of continental crust from oceanic materials. They are generally more inaccessible than continental arcs, but, for a variety of reasons, provide insights into processes in subduction zones that are impossible or difficult to glean from the better-studied continental arcs. Intra-oceanic arcs typically have a simpler crustal structure than arcs built on continental crust, although there are significant differences between examples. Geochemically, magmas erupted in intra-oceanic arcs are not contaminated by ancient sialic crust, and their compositions more accurately record partial melting processes in the mantle wedge. They are also the sites of generation of intermediate-silicic middle crust and volcanic rocks, probably representing the earliest stage of generation of andesitic continental crust by partial melting of basaltic lower crust. They are the best locations in which to study mantle flow in the vicinity of subducting slabs using both geophysical and geochemical methods. They are the sites of significant hydrothermal activity and metallogenesis. The fact that their hydrothermal discharges typically occur shallower in the ocean than those from mid-ocean ridge vents means that they have the potential for greater environmental impact.”Clarification of vocabulary – SubductionAccording to Whole Earth Decompression Dynamics and the Fluid Dynamics of Whole Earth Decompression Theory, there is no mantle convection and therefore no subduction. The concept of subduction is a result of science trying to always keep the earth at exactly the same diameter. Ocean floor basalts ooze continuously from the mid-oceanic ridges. This new ocean floor material oozes across the ocean floor until it meets up with the continental shelf. Then what? Does it begin to pile up at the coast line? No it doesn’t, there is zero evidence of this. Therefore, since the earth has always been exactly the same diameter, this surge of ocean floor basalt must slide below the continental shelf in a process called subduction, which goes on to promote mantle convection that eventually returns this material again to the mid-oceanic ridge. Ponder this – if mantle convection is a correct theory, then why have not all of the oceanic trenches been complete filled in by the continuously oozing mid-oceanic ridge? Rather, as the earth grew in diameter, the ooze from the mid-oceanic ridges built new ocean floors. During this process, the oozing ocean floor kept filling in the gap between separating continental plates. That is all! If the softer ocean floor basalts were actually forced under the continental shelf, wouldn't it be reasonable to expect buckling and mounding to occur as the basalt reached the coastline? The oozing Pacific Ocean floor is spilling over into and on top of the Indian Ocean floor. Is this subduction? Like a bead of molten wax leveling itself around the wick of a candle. Subduction suggest that the South American Plate is forcing its way under the Scotia Plate – is this the case here – or is the Scotia Plate just oozing over the top of the South American Plate? Attachments:
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Post by Dave on Jan 4, 2013 1:11:18 GMT -5
Resolving mantle components in oceanic lavas from segment E2 of the East Scotia back-arc ridge, South Sandwich IslandsD. Harrison1,2, P. T. Leat3, P. G. Burnard1,4, G. Turner1, S. Fretzdorff5 and I. L. Millar6 © The Geological Society of London 2003 sp.lyellcollection.org/content/219/1/333.abstract+ Author Affiliations 1. 1Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL, UK 2. 2Isotopengeologie, ETH Zentrum , NO C 61.2, Sonneggstrasse 5, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerlandharrison@erdw.ethz.ch 3. 3British Antarctic Survey , Madingley Road, High Cross, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK 4. 4Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California , Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, USA 5. 5Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel , Olshausenstrasse 40, 24118 Kiel, Germany 6. 6British Antarctic Survey, c/o NERC Isotope Geoscience Laboratory, Kingsley Dunham Centre , Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK Abstract“The East Scotia Ridge, situated in the South Atlantic, is the back-arc spreading centre to the intra-oceanic South Sandwich arc. Samples from the ridge show a wide diversity in erupted magma compositions. Segment E2, in the northern part of the ridge, has an axial topographic high, which contrasts with the rift-like topography common to most of the ridge. Lava compositions in the segment have been modelled by mixing of magmas derived from normal mid-ocean ridge basalt (N-MORB)-like mantle, a mantle plume component similar in composition to that sampled by Bouvet Island and mantle modified by addition of components from the subducting slab. The ‘Bouvet’-like plume signature has higher 87Sr/86Sr, 206Pb/204Pb, Nb/Yb, and lower 143Nd/144Nd and 4He/3He, than the local upper mantle. It can be traced geochemically from the Bouvet Island hot spot to segment E2, via the South American-Antarctic Ridge, which connects the Bouvet triple junction to the South Sandwich subduction system.” The Point – lava flows from these volcanoes are a mix of mantle compounds found within the local mid-oceanic ridge and from locations farther away. These compounds from farther away must have been transported to this location by that same mid oceanic ridge. Proving, without a doubt, that materials for this Scotia Plate are not only spewing forth from underneath, but is also coming from the South American / Antarctic Ridge. The South Sandwich Islands - formed by the volcanic wave front of the Pacific Ocean floor oozing over and on top of the Indian / Antarctic Ridge. Attachments:
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Post by Dave on Jan 4, 2013 1:16:38 GMT -5
Evidence from the DinosaursAccording to The Fluid Dynamics of Whole Earth Decompression Theory, The dinosaurs were eliminated from the globe at the time of the great flood of Noah. Also according to FD-WEDT, this Scotia Plate ooze into the Indian Ocean floor would not have happened until the end, or directly after, the great flood of Noah. If both of these assumptions are correct, then there would not be any fossil record of dinosaur, or dinosaur era biology. “There are no traces of fossils…” on the South Sandwich Island chain. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_IslandsAttachments:
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Post by loretta on Jan 4, 2013 20:39:46 GMT -5
You have probably answered this already, but in a nut-shell, what actually happened in the SF earthquake for example...if it is not caused by subduction? My daughter lives in the middle of SF and one son in Portland and the other in Colorado Springs...so my west coast kids are in vulnerable areas.
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Post by Dave on Jan 5, 2013 14:12:07 GMT -5
Whole Earth Decompression Dynamics – Dr J. Marvin Herndon Ph.D. 2006 has become a solidifying force for many disconnected geophysical theories and provides the most simplistic mechanism to power all other theories. There are several inks to his work his videos at our pondering Confusion web page. Our planet formed at high temperatures and pressures. At least three different nuclear physicist have come forward to say that the compounds found on earth could have only been formed at pressures of up to 10,000 times todays pressure. Conditions found comfortably if earth began as a Jupiter sized protoplanet gas giant. The rocky planetoid at the heart was Planetoid Pangea. Which had an active biosphere – evident by land-bridge proofs for super continent Pangea – so stellar / solar eruptive event swept the inner solar system of the gas atmospheres and rocky debris. Without its Jupiter sized atmosphere – Planetoid Pangea “Decompressed” This explains why Earth is the only planet we know of that doesn’t have a continuous crust – we have tectonic plates separated by much younger ocean floor. This explains where the waters came from that filled the oceans. This provides a simplistic mechanism for EXPANDING EARTH This provides the mechanism for volcanic activity, earthquake, and plate tectonics, as well as, A-Biotic oil theory. My small contribution to the work is the Fluid Dynamics of Whole Earth Decompression Theory (FD-WEDT, Jan 1st, 2011) provides additional mechanism for decompression, and the Flood of Noah as a glo0baly onetime event and explains simplistically where all the water came from and just where did it go. So to answer your question --- Earthquake in SF and “Subduction”Notice the image here – and compare it to the Mantle Convection image from a previous post. In both images the mid-oceanic ridges ooze ocean floor basalt and it oozes both directions from center. My belief is that as the planet expanded, large decompression cracks formed, evident by our remaining oceanic trenches that ring all or ocean basins, the ocean floor filled in the gaps. Mantle Convection – was created to explain away how after all this mid-oceanic spreading earth has always remained absolutely the exact same diameter. Attachments:
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Post by Dave on Jan 5, 2013 14:14:42 GMT -5
Clarification of the vocabulary – Subduction is the process that takes place at convergent boundaries by which one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate and sinks.(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubductionIn geology)I have no problem with this definition. It is – what it is. But its application needs clarification. Plate tectonics and Continental Drift both are correct to a point. Large sections of earth crust are tectonic plates, they do move about somewhat, and they bump and grind into one another. Earthquakes mark the fault lines well. But neither Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift Theories provide any mechanism except to say – “Yet unexplained.” Is there subduction going on – absolutely – by definition.
Is it the cause of all? - NO! Just another side effect. This image is a perfect example of the subdiction myth that has grown beyond definition into a mechanism of itself. In this image, hundreds of kilometers of ocean floor are forced under the continental shelf for thousands of miles. Why isn’t there buckling at the coast lines that would form mounts at the seashore? Compression zones? Pile ups? Crowding? And again, what powers this Mantle Convection? All earthquakes are the result of three forces upon our planet. The most powerful are Rotational Mechanics and Angular Momentum.1- The planet must redistribute it weight to maintain rotational harmony. 2- Expanding earth and the outward pressures forcing upward upon the crust. 3- and gravitational tugs from the Sun, Moon, sister planets, and the cosmos. Attachments:
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Post by Dave on Jan 5, 2013 14:22:20 GMT -5
SF and Portland and Colorado SpringsThe fault line nails Seattle, Portland and SF. They say the Pacific Plate is trying to move North, while the California Plate is moving south. This has nothing to do with the image of the last post. Oh – It must be vertical subduction! If the Pacific Ocean floor was pushing up against California’s coast line, then diving under the continental shelf – how could LA ever fall off? Instead, places like LA should grow in elevation as the coast line is raised by these subducting forces. As I see it – here is the true risk of living in any of those areas. Decompression Dynamics science claims that what holds true for any model has to hold true for every model. For the last several centuries planet earth has been seismically quite. Expansion has reached its equilibrium. The next logical step is a period of auto correction. Sink holes? What would you call a sink hole that swallowed LA? Much of the territory between LA and Las Vegas is close to or below sea level. It wouldn’t take that much to flood the entire area. Check out this interesting trivia about Japan’s big Earthquake and tsnaumi, the area around Sendi lost 3 meters in elevation; and an island South East of Sendi moved 2.5 meters laterally. Ask yourself, how big of a crack would it take to rearrange the American South West? Currently the earth is struggling to correct its wobble. It must redistribute its weight to regain rotational harmonics. Decompression Dynamics add upward expanding pressures –actually outward pressures from the center. These expansion pressures are the force that drove the continental plate apart, fuels the mid-oceanic ridge expansion processes, drive volcanic activities, and provide the mechanism for Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift – EARTHQUAKES – and A-Biotic Oil. These expansion pressures are the force that pushed the Rocky Mountains to their zenith and raise the entire Colorado Plateau, an area ranging from the Grand Canyon to the south, Rocky Mountains to the east, the Sierras Mountains to the west, and Canada to the north. Even geologists call the Rocky Mountains very young at 40 million years, yet they turn right around, and require millions of more years to carve the rest of the American West. Collapse of the Colorado PlateauSpend some time examining the many future earth prediction maps. All of them predict some type of collapse of the Colorado Plateau and a drastic re-definition of the Western Coastline. Eventually LA, SF, and Portland will be under water. If Pike’s Peak loses elevation, there won’t be anything left of COS either. ponderingconfusion.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=book&action=display&thread=52#Catastrophic Earth ChangeTwo different paradigms in science – Same Size Earth versus Decompression Dynamics. Same Size earth thinking require a Ka-Zillion years to explain all of its slow gradual change that forms geology. Decompression Dynamics – require a rapid and catastrophic beginning – gasses exploded to their equilibrium as fast as they could – liquids followed equally rapidly – semi-solids reaching their equilibriums much later. Earth expanded (decompressed) from Planetoid Pangea to today’s Earth. Therefore: Catastrophic Earth Change is just a realistic option as long gradual wear and tear. Everyone misunderstands the Yellowstone Caldera. Evidence of only two major eruptions in the past. Both used as supporting evidence for the uplift that raised the Colorado Plateau. Eruptions that covered: the area between Canada and Oklahoma then Idaho to Chicago under ten feet or more of volcanic ash. This is how a caldera works (I am sure you already know this) it is not one giant volcano that erupts. It begins with one small volcano. Then over a hundred miles away a second volcano erupts. Then a third off in a different direction. Another and another volcano erupt until they form the outer ring of the caldera. Only at the end stage in the calderas eruption does the basin collapse into the center of the caldera and it becomes an open volcanic pit hundreds of miles wide. Now open and pressure reduced, the caldera stops shooting ash hundreds of miles high into the sky but begin to ooze sheet lava that flows in all directions. Imagine an area the size of Yellowstone National Park collapsing back into the earth! Add to this load upon the earth surface, the weight of the Pacific Ocean waters spilling into Death Valley. Underground gas deposits found all over the Colorado Plateau - eventual collapse is obvious and consistent with the auto correction process of Decompression Dynamics. Attachments:
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Post by Dave on Jan 5, 2013 14:36:57 GMT -5
The scale of destruction of a Yellowstone eruption is catastrophic! Add to this loss of the American West Coast do to any collapse of the Colorado Plateau. Just a few meters drop in elevation and a crack to the Pacific - BANG - Catastrophic change and California, Nevada, Utah will never be the same. Ponder this - either event mentioned here would mean the end of the United States as we know it. The United States is not mentioned as a major player in NT Revelations. Attachments:
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Post by loretta on Jan 5, 2013 16:16:20 GMT -5
I love your generous spirit in sharing your insight! Rather than causing dread, all these earth changes magnify the Creator for me. The idea of the expanded earth just fascinates me and confirms that he is in control and has a master plan...which I am excited to see unfold...hopefully from a safe vantage-point!
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Post by Dave on Jan 9, 2013 23:38:49 GMT -5
How Earthquakes Bash Through 'Creeping' FaultsBecky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet, LiveScience.com, Jan 9 2013 news.yahoo.com/earthquakes-bash-creeping-faults-181131507.html Some of the largest and deadliest earthquakes in recent years hit where earthquake hazard estimates didn't predict massive quakes. A detailed computer model of large earthquakes in Japan and Taiwan helps explain why. Contrary to decades of geologic wisdom, creeping fault segments, thought to slide smoothly past one another, can suddenly switch to a different mode during an earthquake, the model finds. Instead of acting as a barrier to rupture, the creeping segment loses its resistance, most likely through frictional heating. Blame it all on subduction - Whole Earth Decompress Dynamics does not support "Mantle Convection" - subduction is a real phonomina, but it has nothing to do with thick layers of softer ocean floor pushing under our bedrock coastlines.Attachments:
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