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Originally posted by dalin,
Maybe I'm not grasping what you're saying glenn, but it seems all you are proposing is a new mapping of the plates, based solely on continental fit, but existing ridges, faults, etc. need to be considered in the process as well because they serve as indicators of previous states of the planet.
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Not quite based entirely on continental fit, though i consider that in itself to be quite strong evidence that the continents once fitted together in the way described in the Novagaea Hypothesis.
As i said above some geological features that have structural but not spatial relationships on Earth have both structural
and spatial relationships on Novagaea. Primary of these is the arcs of rift valley induced lakes that can be seen on any map of the Earth on Asia, Africa, and North America. That when the continents are fitted together so that they form a continuous layer these arcs join neatly into a circle is very strong evidence that the Novagaea assembly is not a quirk of chance.
But if the Novagaea Hypothesis is correct, some immediate implications must be considered.
For one, you will notice that there are no oceanic basins on the model of Novagaea. The sialic crust forms a continuous layer over the entire globe.
Another is that the model of Novagaea and the globe that was used to build it are on the same scale, demonstrating that Novagaea was only just over half the size of planet Earth.
Obviously, a great deal must have happened if Novagaea is now planet Earth.
I will later today or tomorrow post an edited version of my essay 'Meditations on Novagaea' which will hopefully let you see more clearly what i am saying.