THE DARWIN RISE AND THE ORIGIN OF THE CONTINENTS,

Abstract

The Darwin Rise across the Pacific may be the remnant of a recently subsided but ancient oceanic ridge created by the upwelling of the single-cell convection which, according to Hills and Jeffreys, had swept together the primeval continent and opened up the Pacific. In a modified form this theory is immune to objections raised in the past, and it may provide a basis for understanding the cause of the Taylor-Wegener continental disruption, of the approximate equality of continental and oceanic heat flow, of polar wandering, and other phenomena. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0634825

Entities

People

  • E. Orowan

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Continents
  • Convection
  • Heat Transmission
  • Upwelling

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Theoretical Analysis.