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An Expanding Earth - A reply to two recent denial papers
Language
English
Obiettivo Specifico
1T. Struttura della Terra
1A. Geomagnetismo e Paleomagnetismo
2TR. Ricostruzione e modellazione della struttura crostale
4IT. Banche dati
Status
Published
JCR Journal
JCR Journal
Peer review journal
Yes
Title of the book
Issue/vol(year)
/52(2020)
Publisher
Società Geologica Italiana
Pages (printed)
103 - 119
Issued date
November 2020
Abstract
In the March 2019 issue of the Rendiconti Online of the
SGI, a geologist continued his attack on the theory of terrestrial
expansion (Sudiro, 2019), this time focusing on the implications that
paleomagnetic data, particularly the paleopoles, have as evidence for
the expanding Earth concept. An initial more general publication
on the subject by the same author appeared in the EGU History of
the Earth Sciences journal in 2014 (Sudiro, 2014). The present paper
demonstrates the inadequacy of many of the criticisms formulated
in the above publications, making it clear that the expanding Earth
is not an out-dated idea from the historical-scientific contingencies
of the past, but instead a scientific concept that is very much alive
and with very interesting future prospects. The evidential value of the
paleopole data and catalogues is specifically defended here, together
with the TPW and its link to the opening of the Pacific Ocean.
The numerous lines of research that have emerged on the basis of
expanding Earth are briefly described in a non-exhaustive review. The
failure to recognise the expansion of celestial bodies as a phenomenon
could be a contributing factor to the current state of crisis in Physics
and Cosmology.
SGI, a geologist continued his attack on the theory of terrestrial
expansion (Sudiro, 2019), this time focusing on the implications that
paleomagnetic data, particularly the paleopoles, have as evidence for
the expanding Earth concept. An initial more general publication
on the subject by the same author appeared in the EGU History of
the Earth Sciences journal in 2014 (Sudiro, 2014). The present paper
demonstrates the inadequacy of many of the criticisms formulated
in the above publications, making it clear that the expanding Earth
is not an out-dated idea from the historical-scientific contingencies
of the past, but instead a scientific concept that is very much alive
and with very interesting future prospects. The evidential value of the
paleopole data and catalogues is specifically defended here, together
with the TPW and its link to the opening of the Pacific Ocean.
The numerous lines of research that have emerged on the basis of
expanding Earth are briefly described in a non-exhaustive review. The
failure to recognise the expansion of celestial bodies as a phenomenon
could be a contributing factor to the current state of crisis in Physics
and Cosmology.
Commentary On
Sudiro P. (2014) - The Earth expansion theory and its transition
from scientific hypothesis to pseudoscientific belief. Hist. Geo
Space. Sci., 5, 135-148.
Sudiro P. (2019) - Palaeomagnetism and the debate on the size of
the Earth. Rend. Online Soc. Geol. It., Vol. 47, 179-184, 2 figs.
(https://doi.org/10.3301/ROL.2019.29)
from scientific hypothesis to pseudoscientific belief. Hist. Geo
Space. Sci., 5, 135-148.
Sudiro P. (2019) - Palaeomagnetism and the debate on the size of
the Earth. Rend. Online Soc. Geol. It., Vol. 47, 179-184, 2 figs.
(https://doi.org/10.3301/ROL.2019.29)
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