The Rotating Earth and Plate Tectonics: The Shaping of Planet Earth by its Rotational Velocity
[2nd edition, revised, 2022]
This work explores the nature and origin of the forces responsible for the unrelenting unidirectional movements of continental masses and in particular the break-up of Pangea from the latter part of the Permian period to the present day.
The analysis shows that the Earth, alongside the other planets, require an 'offset centre of mass' to allow the mutually gravitational pull between the Sun and the planets to establish a N-S axis around which the planets are caused to rotate.
The circumferential forces developed within the lithosphere due to the rotating 'unbalanced' or 'wobbly' planet are considered primarily responsible for the perpetual movement of the tectonic plates around the surface of the Earth thus allowing the continuous recycling of the lithosphere.
By implication, it is considered that the complex circulatory system of heated convection currents within the mantle have a passive rather than an active role in tectonic plate movements. This approach also allows for an alternative cycle of lithosphere regeneration to be proposed.
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