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POLAR AXIS Vertical View Displacement of the Lithosphere POLAR AXIS Patterns of Fracture This figure indicates schematically the mechanics of faulting and folding in a dis- placement of the lithosphere. It is suggest- ed, for purposes of illustration only, that all effects are concentrated on the meridian of maximum lithosphere displacement. Therefore, only one major meridional fault oe 1-074 ta . is shown in the upper hemisphere, which is ‘,© FAULTS ON UNDER SURFACE OF LITHOSPHERE —s. moving toward the equator. Dashed lines nae i oot indicate other faults opening from the bot- tom of the lithosphere as the arc of the sur- face diminishes. Across the equator, where the surface is moving toward the pole and compression is resulting, the continuation of the major expansion fault is shown as a pressure ridge, which may later become the main axis of a mountain range. Again, for purposes of illustration only, it is assumed that all folding will take place along the meridian of maximum displacement. If the major fault is filled with molten magma, and the magma solidifies, then this intruded matter, which has expanded the lithos- phere, must add to the folding in the lower hemisphere, which is moving toward a pole. In the lower hemisphere the unbro- ken lines indicate fractures opening from the top, as the arc of the surface increases. (From Path of the Pole by Charles H. MERIDIAN OF TRAVEL Hapgood ©1970. Reprinted by permission of the author.) t “1 . FAULTS ON UPPER SURFACE OF LITHOSPHERE \ ' SOUTH POLE CENTRE OF GRAVITY OF ICE-CAP Vertical View This figure illustrates a number of simultaneous effects of displacement. The upper right-hand q DOWEMENT OOF quadrant shows a sector of the lithosphere dis- ( LITHOSPHERE placed toward the equator. Here the lessening arc ‘AND ICE-CAP of the surface will cause faults to open from the bottom. The lower right-hand quadrant shows a sector of the lithosphere displaced toward a pole. Here the increasing arc of the surface results in faults opening from the top. The lower left-hand quadrant, which is a vertical view of a sector mov- AXIS OF MOVEMENT ing equatorward, shows major meridional faults which have opened from the bottom. The upper VERTICAL VIEW OF EARTH OF THE LITHOSPHERE EQUATORIAL left-hand quadrant, which is a vertical view of a [7 BULGE sector displaced poleward, shows meridional Sb CROSS-SECTION OF faults opening from the top. The reader should ly EARTH AT 96°E visualise the left-hand quadrants as if looking “y, straight down in the Earth at the point where the central meridian of displacement (96°E longitude, in this case) crosses the equator. (From Path of the Pole by Charles H. Hapgood ©1970. Reprinted - 2 by permission of the author.) ee SosiTION OF LITHOSPHERE IF NOT PULLED DOWN BY NORTH POLE GRAVITY EQUATOR CROSS-SECTION OF EARTH AT 96°E NEXUS - 25 MERIDIAN OF TRAVEL DECEMBER 1997 - JANUARY 1998 Patterns of Fracture