Explain the plate tectonics.

There will be no gaps on a globe with the same cutouts? 

There will be no gaps on a globe with the same cutouts?

The amount of gaps would be significantly lower, and much closer. The gaps are filled by the Tertiary plates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates#Tertiary_plates

Quote from: jroa on May 09, 2014, 06:11:24 AM

There will be no gaps on a globe with the same cutouts?

The amount of gaps would be significantly lower, and much closer. The gaps are filled by the Tertiary plates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates#Tertiary_plates

Well then, go ahead and do it.  Just be forewarned that if you use a globe for the shapes of the land masses, I will probably dismiss it. 

Quote from: Jorhan Brimve Stahl on May 09, 2014, 06:15:04 AM

Quote from: jroa on May 09, 2014, 06:11:24 AM

There will be no gaps on a globe with the same cutouts?

The amount of gaps would be significantly lower, and much closer. The gaps are filled by the Tertiary plates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates#Tertiary_plates

Well then, go ahead and do it.  Just be forewarned that if you use a globe for the shapes of the land masses, I will probably dismiss it.

You mean if the evidence supports my side you will dismiss it.
Since you have a historical habit of doing just that, I propose you do it yourself for once.

Quote from: jroa on May 09, 2014, 06:20:19 AM

Quote from: Jorhan Brimve Stahl on May 09, 2014, 06:15:04 AM

Quote from: jroa on May 09, 2014, 06:11:24 AM

There will be no gaps on a globe with the same cutouts?

The amount of gaps would be significantly lower, and much closer. The gaps are filled by the Tertiary plates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates#Tertiary_plates

Well then, go ahead and do it.  Just be forewarned that if you use a globe for the shapes of the land masses, I will probably dismiss it.

You mean if the evidence supports my side you will dismiss it.
Since you have a historical habit of doing just that, I propose you do it yourself for once.

You are the one who made the offer.  Why are you now saying that it is my responsibility to prove you right?  Should that not be your responsibility?  I simply responded to questions that were asked of me. 

Quote from: Jorhan Brimve Stahl on May 09, 2014, 06:25:46 AM

Quote from: jroa on May 09, 2014, 06:20:19 AM

Quote from: Jorhan Brimve Stahl on May 09, 2014, 06:15:04 AM

Quote from: jroa on May 09, 2014, 06:11:24 AM

There will be no gaps on a globe with the same cutouts?

The amount of gaps would be significantly lower, and much closer. The gaps are filled by the Tertiary plates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tectonic_plates#Tertiary_plates

Well then, go ahead and do it.  Just be forewarned that if you use a globe for the shapes of the land masses, I will probably dismiss it.

You mean if the evidence supports my side you will dismiss it.
Since you have a historical habit of doing just that, I propose you do it yourself for once.

You are the one who made the offer.  Why are you now saying that it is my responsibility to prove you right?  Should that not be your responsibility?  I simply responded to questions that were asked of me.

Correct. You made a proposal, I made a counter-proposal on the grounds of experiments done by RE'ers usually being dismissed on this site. I will gladly do it should you remain stubborn.

To be honest, you don't have to do it.  I have seen many maps and I am able to move continents around up there.  In other words, I can picture the continents in positions other than they are in.  Yes, a lot of the time, coast lines line up, but not always.  I am just saying that, if the Earth is round or flat, it does not matter, because the mapped continents to not fit together perfectly either way. 

To be honest, you don't have to do it.  I have seen many maps and I am able to move continents around up there.  In other words, I can picture the continents in positions other than they are in.  Yes, a lot of the time, coast lines line up, but not always.  I am just saying that, if the Earth is round or flat, it does not matter, because the mapped continents to not fit together perfectly either way.

"Not Fit Perfectly"
Also note that there are several different projections of a global map, seeing as a three-dimensional sphere is hard to map out on flat paper. I'm no cartographer, so I don't know which ones, but a lot are designed to project, say, birds-eye view, correct continental size, correct ocean size and so on, and are probably the cause of gaps in the spherical model. My printer is defunct, I'm currently hand-drawing the plates based on this map: http://geology.com/plate-tectonics.jpg
If you don't agree to the map, please refer me to one you do approve of.

I welcome your hand drawn maps, as long as they were drawn with an unbiased mind.  To me, most of the continents seem to fit closely together, but not exactly.  Is this caused by erosion, or maybe just the shape of the Earth not fitting?  We may never know.  However, this is really proof of nothing, as far as the shape of the Earth goes. 

I welcome your hand drawn maps, as long as they were drawn with an unbiased mind.  To me, most of the continents seem to fit closely together, but not exactly.  Is this caused by erosion, or maybe just the shape of the Earth not fitting?  We may never know.  However, this is really proof of nothing, as far as the shape of the Earth goes.

I know for  fact that they fit on the spherical model, but I'm genuinely curious about how they would turn out on a flat model. It's taking a while because I need to find one that doesn't model the Antarctic plate as seen from the "side."

Quote from: jroa on May 09, 2014, 07:17:02 AM

I welcome your hand drawn maps, as long as they were drawn with an unbiased mind.  To me, most of the continents seem to fit closely together, but not exactly.  Is this caused by erosion, or maybe just the shape of the Earth not fitting?  We may never know.  However, this is really proof of nothing, as far as the shape of the Earth goes.

I know for  fact that they fit on the spherical model, but I'm genuinely curious about how they would turn out on a flat model. It's taking a while because I need to find one that doesn't model the Antarctic plate as seen from the "side."

The plates are designed for and by supporters of RET. They don't exist.

The plates are designed for and by supporters of RET. They don't exist.

^The plates are designed for and by everyone*. They only exist in reality.


* to the nearest 0.000001%

Tectonic plates work on a Flat Earth model. Nothing to see here.