Global Expansion Tectonics: The Geological Implications of an Expanding EarthCurtin University of Technology, School of Applied Geology, 1995 - 536 páginas Based on the oceanic magnetic isochron mapping of Larson et al (1985) and CGMW & UNESCO (1990) to constrain both palaeoradius and lithospheric plate reconstructions from the present to the Early Jurassic, Global Expansion Tectonics is presented as a revitalized internally consistent hypothesis of Earth expansion, substantiating the concepts of Carey (1976, 1988), and confirming the early model making of Hilgenberg (1933), Barnett (1966, 1969) and Vogel (1983) in particular. The main aims of this thesis will be to establish a sound mathematical basis for Earth expansion; to substantiate this by extensive small Earth empirical modelling and; to consider the geological implications of an expanding Earth. |