plate tectonics

Quote from: SparteX on November 23, 2007, 06:47:49 AM

It would have a spherical core as only a sphere can contain these forces.

You also believe light travels faster than radio waves.  Can we all just assume you know very little about physics?

I already corrected myself on that mr air cadet.

You back peddled, yes.

by admitting that i was under the impression radio waves are slower than light waves?

oh while im on the topic i did some research. Radio waves are only the same speed as light when traveling through a vacume. When introduced to atmosphere, they're slowed.

Quote from: TheEngineer on November 23, 2007, 08:38:18 AM

No, I'm saying the outer ring doesn't move.  The plates and such do, relative to the outer ring.

What is the ring made of? What does it sit on? Four elephants?

still no answer...

by admitting that i was under the impression radio waves are slower than light waves?

oh while im on the topic i did some research. Radio waves are only the same speed as light when traveling through a vacume. When introduced to atmosphere, they're slowed.

so is light...

oh while im on the topic i did some research. Radio waves are only the same speed as light when traveling through a vacume. When introduced to atmosphere, they're slowed.

And what speed is light when it's in the atmosphere?

Quote from: TheEngineer on November 23, 2007, 08:38:18 AM

No, I'm saying the outer ring doesn't move.  The plates and such do, relative to the outer ring.

What is the ring made of? What does it sit on? Four elephants?

The ring is made of rock.  It does not sit on anything.  It's in space.

Quote from: lambie on November 23, 2007, 08:40:06 AM

Quote from: TheEngineer on November 23, 2007, 08:38:18 AM

No, I'm saying the outer ring doesn't move.  The plates and such do, relative to the outer ring.

What is the ring made of? What does it sit on? Four elephants?

The ring is made of rock.  It does not sit on anything.  It's in space.

Do the mountains and ice wall sit on this rock in space then??

Quote from: SparteX on November 23, 2007, 09:03:03 AM

oh while im on the topic i did some research. Radio waves are only the same speed as light when traveling through a vacume. When introduced to atmosphere, they're slowed.

And what speed is light when it's in the atmosphere?

It isn't slowed. The amount of light energy output the sun gives out is far too intense for the atmosphere to have any real effect.

Quote from: TheEngineer on November 23, 2007, 09:17:03 AM

Quote from: SparteX on November 23, 2007, 09:03:03 AM

oh while im on the topic i did some research. Radio waves are only the same speed as light when traveling through a vacume. When introduced to atmosphere, they're slowed.

And what speed is light when it's in the atmosphere?

It isn't slowed. The amount of light energy output the sun gives out is far too intense for the atmosphere to have any real effect.

LOL

It isn't slowed. The amount of light energy output the sun gives out is far too intense for the atmosphere to have any real effect.

You may want to do some more of that 'research'.

Spartex is hilarious. I can't decide wether he believes what he's writing or not. It's great.

Spartex is hilarious. I can't decide wether he believes what he's writing or not. It's great.

No i believe the words of a man with a degree in physics.

Basicaly they CAN travel at the speed of light. Radio waves are an example of electromagnetic waves (other examples include, microwaves and x-rays) can all travel at the speed of light.

However, their actual speed (called the propagation velocity) depends on two variables. One is called permeability and the other is called permittivity. Each variable's value depends on the material that the waves are traveling through. Basically, you can think of the variables as how "easy" it is for electic fields and magnetic fields to travel through the medium. If the waves are traveling in free space, they will always travel at the speed of light. Otherwise, the waves will travel slower.

Quote from: TheEngineer on November 23, 2007, 09:17:47 AM

Quote from: lambie on November 23, 2007, 08:40:06 AM

Quote from: TheEngineer on November 23, 2007, 08:38:18 AM

No, I'm saying the outer ring doesn't move.  The plates and such do, relative to the outer ring.

What is the ring made of? What does it sit on? Four elephants?

The ring is made of rock.  It does not sit on anything.  It's in space.

Do the mountains and ice wall sit on this rock in space then??

Hey, FEers, care to answer my question. Can't wait for the answer

Quote from: lambie on November 23, 2007, 09:21:49 AM

Quote from: TheEngineer on November 23, 2007, 09:17:47 AM

Quote from: lambie on November 23, 2007, 08:40:06 AM

Quote from: TheEngineer on November 23, 2007, 08:38:18 AM

No, I'm saying the outer ring doesn't move.  The plates and such do, relative to the outer ring.

What is the ring made of? What does it sit on? Four elephants?

The ring is made of rock.  It does not sit on anything.  It's in space.

Do the mountains and ice wall sit on this rock in space then??

Hey, FEers, care to answer my question. Can't wait for the answer

yes

the ice wall is in space then, not connected to the earth?

Yes. It's magical icewall.

If the waves are traveling in free space, they will always travel at the speed of light. Otherwise, the waves will travel slower.

The waves will travel at the speed of light through that medium.

Do the mountains and ice wall sit on this rock in space then??

Obviously.

Yes. It's magical icewall.

Am I going to get a sensible answer.

Quote from: GeneralGayer on November 23, 2007, 11:30:21 AM

Yes. It's magical icewall.

Am I going to get a sensible answer.

Is that a question?

Quote from: TheEngineer on November 22, 2007, 09:56:01 AM

The edge of the FE is one giant ring plate.  As the outgoing plates contact this ring, they subduct at this location.  As the plate subducts, it is heated, melted and recycled.  Due to this subduction, the ice wall formed.

Wouldn't work. There would be a "surplus" of subduction, as on the FE map,

When the outgoing plates subduct into the antarctic plate, they end up back into the inner layer of the flat Earth.

the Antarctic plate would have a longer boundary than in the real world.

Yes, because it circles around the edge of the flat Earth.

There would have to be more divergent boundaries than actually exist.

The divergent boundaries move plates apart from each other, causing the plates to subduct into the Antarctic plate. Thus, the divergent boundaries (near the ice wall) circle around the flat Earth oceans. The plates subducted into the Antarctic plate ends up back into the Asthenospheric (upper mantle) layer of the flat Earth, which are recycled through melting.

Looks like I'm gonna have to make another diagram for this...

I believe that Jacks diagram is wrong. In actuality, there would be a 'flat' core. Basically a layer of crust, a layer of mantle, a layer of solid inner core.

It was just my assumption of how SparteX thinks, not how I think about it.

Quote from: lambie on November 23, 2007, 03:41:02 AM

Quote from: TheEngineer on November 22, 2007, 09:56:01 AM

The edge of the FE is one giant ring plate.  As the outgoing plates contact this ring, they subduct at this location.  As the plate subducts, it is heated, melted and recycled.  Due to this subduction, the ice wall formed.

Wouldn't work. There would be a "surplus" of subduction, as on the FE map,

When the outgoing plates subduct into the antarctic plate, they end up back into the inner layer of the flat Earth.

Quote from: lambie on November 23, 2007, 02:00:08 AM

the Antarctic plate would have a longer boundary than in the real world.

Yes, because it circles around the edge of the flat Earth.

Quote from: lambie on November 23, 2007, 02:00:08 AM

There would have to be more divergent boundaries than actually exist.

The divergent boundaries move plates apart from each other, causing the plates to subduct into the Antarctic plate. Thus, the divergent boundaries (near the ice wall) circle around the flat Earth oceans. The plates subducted into the Antarctic plate ends up back into the Asthenospheric (upper mantle) layer of the flat Earth, which are recycled through melting.

Looks like I'm gonna have to make another diagram for this...

You're back. Have you just been reading up on plate tectonics on wikipedia or something

Quote from: lambie on November 23, 2007, 11:37:19 AM

Quote from: GeneralGayer on November 23, 2007, 11:30:21 AM

Yes. It's magical icewall.

Am I going to get a sensible answer.

Is that a question?

Yes, you can't rely on magic

Quote from: Jack- on November 23, 2007, 11:47:20 AM

Quote from: lambie on November 23, 2007, 03:41:02 AM

Quote from: TheEngineer on November 22, 2007, 09:56:01 AM

The edge of the FE is one giant ring plate.  As the outgoing plates contact this ring, they subduct at this location.  As the plate subducts, it is heated, melted and recycled.  Due to this subduction, the ice wall formed.

Wouldn't work. There would be a "surplus" of subduction, as on the FE map,

When the outgoing plates subduct into the antarctic plate, they end up back into the inner layer of the flat Earth.

Quote from: lambie on November 23, 2007, 02:00:08 AM

the Antarctic plate would have a longer boundary than in the real world.

Yes, because it circles around the edge of the flat Earth.

Quote from: lambie on November 23, 2007, 02:00:08 AM

There would have to be more divergent boundaries than actually exist.

The divergent boundaries move plates apart from each other, causing the plates to subduct into the Antarctic plate. Thus, the divergent boundaries (near the ice wall) circle around the flat Earth oceans. The plates subducted into the Antarctic plate ends up back into the Asthenospheric (upper mantle) layer of the flat Earth, which are recycled through melting.

Looks like I'm gonna have to make another diagram for this...

You're back. Have you just been reading up on plate tectonics on wikipedia or something

Or maybe he was working  

Quote from: GeneralGayer on November 23, 2007, 11:43:00 AM

Quote from: lambie on November 23, 2007, 11:37:19 AM

Quote from: GeneralGayer on November 23, 2007, 11:30:21 AM

Yes. It's magical icewall.

Am I going to get a sensible answer.

Is that a question?

Yes, you can't rely on magic

Why not? RE does with these magical gravitons and stuff

come on Jack boy, where's you diagram. I need a good laugh.
You'll probably need to use a RE diagram as a base. A) because no FEer has ever studied plate tectonics before and B)because you know nothing about plate tectonics anyway. Only what you read up on between my posts

come on Jack boy, where's you diagram. I need a good laugh.
You'll probably need to use a RE diagram as a base. A) because no FEer has ever studied plate tectonics before and B)because you know nothing about plate tectonics anyway. Only what you read up on between my posts

Way to make assumptions...and idiotic assumptions at that, anyone who's ever done science in school have studied plate tectonics.

Quote from: SparteX on November 23, 2007, 09:54:23 AM

If the waves are traveling in free space, they will always travel at the speed of light. Otherwise, the waves will travel slower.

The waves will travel at the speed of light through that medium.

The atmosphere slows them. mkay?