Re: Plate Tectonics Graphics?

Aidan Karley <doIlookDAFTenoughTOpost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in news:VA.00000a97.5eb86610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> I still don't know what Oriel is going on about. Something to
> do with the different rotation frequencies of different latitudes of
> the Sun, but he appears to be neglecting the viscosity of the mantle.
> I can't actually remember what Oriel was maundering on about
> when I dropped him in my killfile. ISTR something to do with rotations,
> but expressed with the clarity of thought one would expect from a
> well-decomposed invertebrate.

Something along the lines that just like the sun has different
rotation speeds at different latitudes, the earth's mantle does
as well, and that this is the cause of the equatorial bulge, and
from that all things seismic.

The problem is with his claim regarding the cause of the bulge.

But besides all that, he's just a kook, and a classic one at
that. He makes a claim and the only explanation for any questions
regarding his claims is his original claim, quoted verbatim.

Brian
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