Perhaps understanding the way things geologically work under the established theory would help us all be able to critically evaluate new "theories". Someone mentioned something about the need for "gaining a foundation" in geo-science and here some foundation served up on a silver platter .
Dr. Tuzo Wilson published a very complete treatise on the cycle of what happens when continents converge: how oceans appear, how they disappear-- along with how mountains form in a work called ... "The Wilson Cycle: The Opening and closing of Ocean Basins". This explains 99% of what we know about the crust-level dynamics of the real world when plates move around, plus at least 80% of the mantle's support for the same.
It is a fairly easy read but I wouldn't try to absorb every chapter in a single day. If you read and understand it you will have the knowledge you would have gotten in a 201/301 level geology course. Plus, you'll be able to compare other theories for soundness. Plus you will be able to catch the many misuses of geological terms that may be encountered there in: e.g. Hawaii is not a Volcanic Arc aka Volcanic Archipelago which is a specific geological feature of converging boundaries.
If you would like to know more about the general principles of crust dynamics without having to have much of a geological background this is for you... (well I think it may be something most can read and understand--hope so).
Fortunately this course is covered many places online but here is the best I've found.
<http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/fichter/Wilson/Wilson.html>
Enjoy
Eman
Dr. Tuzo Wilson published a very complete treatise on the cycle of what happens when continents converge: how oceans appear, how they disappear-- along with how mountains form in a work called ... "The Wilson Cycle: The Opening and closing of Ocean Basins". This explains 99% of what we know about the crust-level dynamics of the real world when plates move around, plus at least 80% of the mantle's support for the same.
It is a fairly easy read but I wouldn't try to absorb every chapter in a single day. If you read and understand it you will have the knowledge you would have gotten in a 201/301 level geology course. Plus, you'll be able to compare other theories for soundness. Plus you will be able to catch the many misuses of geological terms that may be encountered there in: e.g. Hawaii is not a Volcanic Arc aka Volcanic Archipelago which is a specific geological feature of converging boundaries.
If you would like to know more about the general principles of crust dynamics without having to have much of a geological background this is for you... (well I think it may be something most can read and understand--hope so).
Fortunately this course is covered many places online but here is the best I've found.
<http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/fichter/Wilson/Wilson.html>
Enjoy
Eman
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