On the concept of the expanding and pulsating Earth
Abstract
This article deals with some debatable issues in the field of geology that can be resolved within the framework of the expanding and pulsating Earth hypothesis. It is assumed that cosmic factors, including the rotation of the Solar System around the center of the Galaxy, may cause periodic fluctuations in some parameters of the Earth, including its size. As proof of the concept of rhythmic pulsations of the Earth, statistical evidence is given for the confinement of various mineral deposits to different intervals of the planet’s history. Pulsations in the size of the Earth are a secondary phenomenon in relation to its general expansion, which can be evidenced by both geological and paleontological data. The concept of the expansion and pulsations of the planet is proposed as the basis of a new geotectonic theory, in which certain provisions of all the previously proposed hypotheses of the evolution of the Earth will also find a place.
About the Authors
Yu. Lyakhnitskiy
A. P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute («VSEGEI»)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
74 Sredny Prospekt, 199106, St. Petersburg
Yu. Zaika
Unitary Enterprise «Geoservice»
Belarus
Belarus
53 Yanki Maura St, 220015, Minsk
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