Great Circles, an Expanding Earth, and Previously Unseen Crustal Shifting

Keith P. Wilson
Expanding Earth Knowledge, Co, Saint Paul, MN

Plate Tectonic has formed the baseline view from which near earth surface observations are evaluated. There are other alternatives to this paradigm. One of these alternatives is the Expanding Earth Theory. This theory indicates a rapid radius expansion of ~ ¾" per year. Previous estimates of this smaller Earth's diameter range between 55-80% of today's size. “Forces from below”, the emissions of Hydrogen, and other explanatory theories are suggested as the cause and effect of such a volumetric increase.
This paper begins with that viewpoint, and then adds to it. Here it will be shown that the many of the major earth surface lineament features – coasts, mountains, island chains, etc- align themselves around 5 critical points on the earth surface. These points are made visible through the interconnections of Great Circles drawn down these surface features on an earth globe.
It is suggested that the five points are apparently representative of tension locations around which the earth is predictably expanding. An analysis of the locations can provide a different interpretation of: a) how continental land masses have changed shape, b) how land masses previously fit together on a smaller earth, c) provide a different interpretation of island arcs, and hot spot chains, and d) indicate a cosmological cause relationship.
The paper presents a visual view of Expansion as opposed to Plate Tectonics. Superimposing oil and gas field locations on these visualized spreading zones may well indicate new areas for oil and gas discoveries to the professional.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90072 © 2007 AAPG and AAPG European Region Conference, Athens, Greece