by Rune Storetvedt | Nov 28, 2023 | Global Wrench Tectonics review
Book review of Global Wrench Tectonics by Geir Lunde “Why is there so much water in the sea?” was a question my 5 year old daughter asked me on a boat last summer. I came to the conclusion that I could not give her a good answer. I’m impressed by children who ask...
by Rune Storetvedt | Nov 27, 2023 | Theory, theory4
Evidence suggests that processes at the outer core and/or D” layer release energy and buoyant masses that lead to formation of the oceanic depressions on the surface of the Earth. Such irregularly-distributed degassing would produce lateral physico-chemical variations...
by Rune Storetvedt | Nov 27, 2023 | Theory, theory3
In reconsidering the planet’s origin there are ample reasons for ignoring the classical planetesimal scenario; it seems much more likely that the Earth began as a confined nebula sphere of gases enriched in mineral components, transforming into an early terrestrial...
by Rune Storetvedt | Nov 27, 2023 | Theory, theory2
Fluid-enforced eclogitization and associated sub-crustal gravity-driven delamination of the felsic crust, giving rise to isostatic subsidence and basin formation, was already in operation during Precambrian times. This started a process of gradual thinning and...
