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Article #283Re: alternative to plate tectonics
From: Joe Buck
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1986 18:33
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1986 18:33
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In article <1273@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> myers@hobiecat.UUCP (Bob Myers) writes:
>A slightly better alternative than the previous one is the
>Expanding Earth hypothesis. This explains seafloor spreading by
>expansion of the Earth's interior, causing the crust to stretch.
Using very long baseline interferometry, one can actually measure the
continents' motion (it amounts to an inch or so a year in most
cases). The results support plate tectonics, not an expanding earth
(some continents are getting closer together). I have a friend at
NASA-Goddard who is involved in this work.
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- Joe Buck {hplabs,ihnp4,sun}!oliveb!epimass!jbuck HASA (A,S)
Entropic Processing, Inc., Cupertino, California
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!oliveb!tymix!epimass!jbuck From: jbuck@epimass.UUCP (Joe Buck) Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: alternative to plate tectonics Message-ID: <706@epimass.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Dec-86 13:33:40 EST Article-I.D.: epimass.706 Posted: Thu Dec 4 13:33:40 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Dec-86 03:28:50 EST References: <531@weitek.UUCP> <1272@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <1273@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Reply-To: jbuck@epimass.UUCP (Joe Buck) Organization: Entropic Processing, Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 13