INTRODUCTION/MAIN
Introduction/Main
BACKGROUND
Seafarer's Challenge
Why This Interest
Continental Drift
Oppositions to Drift
Craftsman's Approach
EMPIRICAL MODEL
The Empirical Model
Expansion Basics
Model Construction
Expansion Basics
Model Construction
Model Demonstration
Riverbed Formation
Video Demonstration
CONCLUSIONS
Conclusions
Summary of Evidence
The Mid-Oceans Crests
Making Mountains
& The Pacific Ocean
Moon Expulsion
Earthquakes
An Impact Vision
EXPANSION CARTOGRAPHY
Expansion Cartography
The Big Picture
Waterworld
Inland Evidence
EXPAND HOW?
Expand How?
Owen's Plasma Core
Continental Shelves
EPILOGUE
Epilogue
BOOK INFO
Book Info / Feedback
Catastrophism
The theory that certain Earth developments have been accelerated, occurring suddenly through violent and unusual events such as celestial body impact or interference of near-passing meteorites.
After researching the continental shelves, the portions of the land masses below water, at the depth line of 1094 yards (1000 metres), Dr. Hugh Owen concluded that, even over a long time, little erosion or deformation had occurred at that depth. Had the continents drifted, erosion would be expected at these points. When he also concluded that the continents fit better on a smaller planet curvature, it is reasonable to assume that he considered this lack of erosion on all sides of the continents. A bird's eye view of a smaller planet with the continents reconnected would show spaces between the coasts. The continental shelves, which extend beyond the coastlines, would slope down to meet each other. Thus, here are the actual seams between continents. Eroded very little, they make a good fit. (On the model the continents fit quite closely because there are no continental shelves.) Owen's conclusions are assets for the live expansion model. After an impact catastrophe and an expansion process, it is expected that the coagulation and solidification of the side-thrust upheaval of the original Earth would have deformed the continental contours around the Pacific Basin. Owen's studies indicate that they did not further erode or deform.