Perhaps you have heard of the Seismic Creep Theories, they are indeed quite interesting, but are not acknowledged by most Geo or Earth Scientists presently. Indeed they are someone hard to prove, although those who believe them say the evidence is obvious, and overwhelming. The Theory stems from a basic premise that the Earth is Expanding, which is similar in nature to the Pangaea Continent Theories of Earth's ancient past.
In studying this theory, which appears to be quite plausible, I asked those who are pushing this concept to the scientific forefront if they have ever considered that we might be able to use Steven Wolfram's Mathematica concepts to prove the theory to some degree. The reason I say this is because it appears to me that erosion is predictable in patterns. So once you know the erosion factor, anything else is an anomaly of another sort, thus something else; perhaps seismic creep.
Still, even with the seismic creep theory, or the similar current continental drift theories, the measurements are difficult to see and the larger jumps caused by noticeable events, such as for instance Earthquakes, where we can see them on the surface or feel them under our feet - they are not often enough for us to plot out an exact past. Forensic Earth Science, should be able to accurately measure into the future, thus guess the past through inference, but they cannot know for sure.
Some of these big events might be happening a lot more rapidly in certain time periods? Maybe due to Earth wobbling, buffeting in space, increased gravity, after all the Earth would be zero or negative gravity in the center, pulling itself outward in all directions, leaving space inside, cavities, or less dense than we think? The Earth could very well be expanding, it is well within the laws of planetary physics.
If so, then the Seismic Creep Theory holds water, and speaking of water, this would mean that the water would be receding not flooding the continent, like the Sci Fi apocalyptic movie; Inconvenient Truth. Of course, now we are getting into politics and new paradigm of pay-as you-go or pay-for-the-results you want scientific studies, and well, I just will not go there with you today.
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