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According to the CTH (G ~ t
-2/3), the gravitation pressure in the Earth globe must
constantly
decrease. The consequence from this would be, the Earth slowly
grows
in the course of time.
In 1933 already, O. C. Hilgenberg
had presented a scientifically founded hypothesis of the Earth
expansion,
in his scipt " Vom wachsenden Erdball" /translated “about the growing
earth
globe”.
He shows, all continents, including
the shelves and shallow seas, can be combined, like in a
puzzle,nearly
without gaps, on the surface of a globe having about half the diameter
of today's Earth.
This fascinating finding, later
impressively supported by Klaus Vogel [28], with his “globe models”,
can,
as many scientists believe, by no means rest on mere accidence alone.
Unfortunately, Hilgenberg could,
with his “ether stream hypothesis”, not give a satisfactory physical
argument
for the growing Earth globe, accepted by science. Only when
various
researchers 1) , founding on the Dirac hypothesis,
formulated
the theory of the Earth expansion (EE) anew, it gained attention again
in science.
It explains various gelogical
phenomena
in an elegant manner:
- The apparent bi-level distribution
of altitude levels on the Earth surface ( Fig.9 on p. 23),
- The global net of Earth gaps,
which are interpreted as stress gaps due to the Earth expansion ( Fig.
10 on p. 27),
- The exact match of the coast lines
(shelves) of Africa and South America,
- The development of volcanism,
Earth quakes and mountain folding due to the decreasing curvature of
the Earth crust
( Fig. 8 on p. 23).
Today, the majority of scientists
accept the plate tectonics (PT) as the sole “just” theory which
explains
the processes that have shaped the face of our Earth.
But the hypothesis of the PT
is, by far, not above all doubts, just the opposite!
It has grave weaknesses, which
J. Pfeufer discusses in detail [29], p. 15 ff.
Even the protagonists of the plate
tectonics admit [30], p. 38:
“There is a number of geological
phenomena which cannot be explained satisfactorily by the PT.”
The imagination of the so called
super continent cycle developed on the basis of the PT, according to
which
all continents distributed on the globe reunite every about 500 Mio.
years
into one single land mass time and again, also bears little conviction.
Here, the question arises how these complex processes would be
compatible
with the 2. main theorem of thermodynamics. The PT quite obviously lack
evidence and elegance!
Just now, in 2002, the year that
has been proclaimed as Geo year by the German Ministry of Research and
Technology (BMFT), it would be time, the geo sciences would separate
from
the dogmatism of the PT and open itself towards alternative hypotheses
again, e. g., towards the EE.
Probably, then there would, from
the discussion of thesis and antithesis, develop a new synthesis that
widens
our knowledge of the evolution of our planet Earth.
1) Carey,
Dicke,
Egyed, Heezen, Jordan et al
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