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AN OVERVIEW OF EARTH EXPANSION TECTONICS OVERVIEW EARTH EXPANSION TECTONICS Evidence from magnetic striping and age-dating of oceanic bedrock suggests that the Earth has been expanding throughout its geological history. The theory of Plate Tectonics must now be re-examined. Part 1 of 2 hen I first started researching Expansion Tectonics, (the late) Professor Sam Warren Carey (Emeritus Professor of Geology, University of Tasmania) stated profoundly to me: "If 50 million believe in a fallacy, it is still a fallacy." The point he was making is that the validity of any theory does not depend upon the number of people believing it; hence, an accepted theory may still be fundamentally wrong regardless of how many people believe it is correct. For instance, the Plate Tectonics interpretation of global data is based on the fundamental premise that the Earth's radius has remained constant, or near constant, throughout history. As will be outlined in this paper, this contrasts with an Expansion Tectonics interpretation of the same global data which is based on the fundamental premise that the Earth's radius has been steadily increasing throughout Earth history. It should be appreciated from this statement that all modern and historical global data used to substantiate both Plate Tectonics and Expansion Tectonics theories are in fact identical. The only reason why Plate Tectonics theory won acceptance 50 years ago is because debate on whether or not the Earth's radius does or does not change with time was largely hypothetical, since it couldn't be convincingly verified or measured. Since then, there has been a quantum leap in technology—from developments in computers, data-gathering and processing capabilities to advances in software, satellite technologies and media presentation—as well as in peoples’ understanding of our physical Earth and global tectonics principles. The timing of my initial research into Expansion Tectonics was both fortunate and critical. Completion of the published bedrock Geological Map of the World used in my model studies (figure 2) coincided with commencement of my research. Without this world mapping, Expansion Tectonics would have continued to remain in the dark ages. In addition, computer hardware and software technology has caught up with the need to present Expansion Tectonics Earth models and supporting time-constrained data on spherical Earth globes. These are most important outcomes of my Expansion Tectonics research to date: ¢ Modelling of continental plate assemblages has now been completed for 100 per cent of Earth's geological history, ranging from the early Archaean Aeon to the present day. These assemblages have demonstrated a high degree of crustal-fit accuracy—most notably without the need to arbitrarily fragment continents or dispose of pre-existing crusts by subduction. ¢ A formula for the rate of change in Earth's radius has been established and modelling of physical data completed. This mathematical modelling demonstrates that Earth's radius has been increasing exponentially throughout time to a current rate of 22 millimetres per year. Email: contact@jamesmaxlow.com Website: http://www,jamesmaxlow.com APRIL - MAY 2010 NEXUS ¢ 33 www.nexusmagazine.com