Robertus Maximus wrote:Hi Michael,
I’m painting with a very broad brush here as I’ve yet to work out the finer details. I must be honest, I used the date of 250,000 years ago for the period of mountain building as an upper limit. My preferred age would be 20,000 +/- 10,000 years ago. I base this on the convergence of radiocarbon ages of ‘fossilised’ soft tissue from dinosaurs, megafauna etc. which were preserved in the same cataclysmic event that led to the formation of today’s mountain ranges. (I realise that problems exist regarding carbon dating but it’s the best I can do!)
Whilst I have no problems with airborne material settling and forming layers (from a later electrical event), the fossil record primarily indicates a watery catastrophe. 95% of the fossil record consists of marine invertebrates, 4.75% plants, 0.24% insects and 0.01% fish, amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs, birds, mammals, basically everything else!
In my scenario as Earth’s rotation was disrupted not only did the ocean waters rush poleward but Coriolis forces led to immense ocean gyres causing ‘sloshing’ (to borrow a term). Where the flow was restricted by then existing landmasses, ranges such as the Alps and Himalaya formed. The Rockies and Andes formed due to the north-south orientation of the Americas acting as a simple barrier to the waters of the proto-Pacific.
At this stage only immense plateaus of folded sediment (were we now find mountain ranges) existed and helped protect continental interiors from further devastating inundations. Electrical events now machined these plateaus forming the typical Lichtenberg morphology (this would have been the time when large amounts of airborne dust would have been present). The Tibetan Plateau is a good example of this, with the Himalaya to the south and Tian Shan to the north (perhaps the Taklimakan Desert is a depository for some machined material?)
To my mind, Paul E. Anderson has done excellent work demonstrating the evidence for the electrical scarring of Earth’s surface: likewise, your work on external granite and basalt – again excellent. This is why I think the main erosive agent would have electrical discharge rather than water and why we find fossilised sea creatures in concretions (electrical fossilisation?) in mountainous areas.
I also think that Earth’s carbonate strata and salt deposits are igneous in origin, that’s why we find carbonate in comets- it was machined from the Earth! Where from exactly, I don’t know but every time I look at the Pacific Ocean I wonder…
Hi Robertus,
Your model is much different than mine. The thought of responding to You is exhausting. I've already presented my case on this thread but either You haven't read it or You disagree.
If canyons were caused by arc discharge i'd expect the canyon to disregard high points. Instead canyons seem to ALWAYS get smaller toward the ridge. On the other side of the ridge the process repeats. The canyon is smaller with less drainage available. A Licthenberg figure wouldn't care about a ridge.
http://goo.gl/maps/VReUr
The map above shows the patterns i refer to. Please provide examples of Lichtenberg patterns running through ridges. Rivers like the Colorado running through the Grand Canyon don't count. There never was a ridge. The river was always there. The mountain surrounding the canyon grew around the river.
Concerning mountain ranges, i see diocotron instabilities as the cause. The maps below show rock types of North America.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... _types.jpg
The top map showing sediment is telling. It shows mountains rising above sediment. I see a diocotron instability sitting over Four Corners. There is a ring of granitic and metamorphic mountains surrounding the area.
http://goo.gl/maps/UrJCX
Growing out of this ring are the Canadian Rockies and the mountains of Mexico. These mountain seem to be a mirror image. Growing out of these mountains are the Aleutians and Caribbean, which appear to be close to mirror images to me. Of course as we look to the North the globe is distorted. If You use Google Earth and put Four Corners in the middle You might see the pattern.
The map below shows an area in Afghanistan that's supposed to be a volcano.
http://goo.gl/maps/Bo1UV
As You zoom out the grey on the right and red on the left reverse like a Korean flag. Yin/Yang. Then there are a ring of melted looking mountains surrounding that.
http://goo.gl/maps/Js5lX
The Himalayas and Alps grow out of these mountains. To the North of the Himalayas is the Gobi desert. To the South of the Alps is the Sahara desert.
My image has Venus making close approaches causing these formations. The Hebrews saw a pillar of fire and smoke. The Hindus saw a man of fire and smoke. The Hebrews looked to the East. The Hindus looked West.
My model has comets producing carbonates. Earth doesn't seem to produce dolomite. It's a big problem. Comet Halley produces over 7% dolomite in it's coma. This might explain 1,000s of feet of dolomite on mountain tops. Not from comet Halley, but from comet Venus.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi. ... 010014.pdf
http://www.eu-geology.com/?page_id=107
michael
