My theory of the movements of the continents on Earth

[Tìtstewan]

See, how the earthquake activity last year was, and in 2011. Look at the earthquake in Japan in 2011. It was a 9.0 magnitude earthquake. It moved the Island Japan 2,4 meter, and changed the Earth's axis

An earthquake with magnitude of 9 and higher that have the power to move continent happens every 50 years (statistic). If a quake move continental materials with ~2,5m:
America <-> Europe 5.000.000m / 2,5m * 50years = 100.000.000 years.

Why did they not accept you at Science and technology department at Berlin University?

Because I don't live in Berlin.

[Taronyu Leleioae]

Well, the continental plates will have to speed up for some of these predictions to happen in less than 100 million years of time.  Unless something has changed, the rate that the North American continent and Europe plates were moving APART was about 2.5cm/year.  This is tracked by precision GPS.

What is interesting, is that the seafloor between the US and Europe is spreading creating a new crust.  This ridge runs from Iceland all the way down between South American and Africa.  As this process of new mountain ranges develop from molten lava, the seafloor is slowly growing wider pushing the continents apart.  Realize that in the Pacific, the plates are diving underneath (particularly off California).  In fact it is known that California may actually split off from the US in the "relatively" near future.  It is true that a mega-earthquake could initiate this.  But I sincerely doubt it will be even this millennia.  Africa is supposed to split apart sooner than later especially if the fault line collapses.  But I doubt it will be tomorrow.

More concerning, actually, is the massive building of lava and pressures in the northern centre of the North American continent under Yellowstone National Park.  Potentially, that could turn into a super-volcano which would essentially wipe out anything east of it to New England and put the planet back into darkness not that different than "nuclear winter".  It is something they are studying very intensely and keeping track of changes to the terrain and swelling/rise of land.  This type of danger is much more threatening than anything continental drift could cause within the span of history.  Remember, the modern human species is really only 100K years old with civilization in the last 6-8K.

I agree we are seeing more earthquakes though...

* Lucky to live in Quebec *

Actually, you'd be surprised.  You are between two known earthquake "release" areas.

However, the Eastern US and New England in particular is the result of an ancient two plate collision.  We are on the stone of black granite which is very hard and tends to distribute earthquake shock waves.  Although Boston is in high danger if a quake hits just offshore as it is all soft material aka "blue clay".  Realistically it is the old city (Quebec) and Boston (mostly built on fill and swamp areas) in the most danger of damage.

The biggest danger will be to coastal populations.  I foresee (sadly) more mega-tsunami's in our future with this earthquake activity.  That will be one of the greatest natural environmental risks on the rise in the coming years in tandem with more violent and frequent weather events (storms). 

[`Eylan Ayfalulukanä]

The bit about large amounts of subduction happening in California is not true. The only subduction happening along the west coast of North America is in northern California, north into British Columbia, where the Juan del Fuca plate is subducting under the North American plate. This pushes up the Cascade mountains. Instead, the Pacific plate and the North American plate are sliding along each other on the San Andreas fault. There is also some sliding motion happening along 'Walker Lane', which runs through Nevada east of the Sierras (and just east of where I live). Walker Lane is absorbing about 1/4 of this plate motion, and it predicted that the San Andreas fault will eventually fuse, and most of the inter-plate motion will be in Walker Lane.

The San Andreas fault can easily generate a magnitude 8 earthquake. But the strongest quakes by far are in subduction zones (like Japan and Chile), where you can reach magnitude 10. So, California ias actually more benign than most of the rest of the 'ring of fire'.

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

When the new supercontinent have formed, our planet will have a half an hour longer day, cause of the Moon is moving away. Every 100 years, the day gets 2 milliseconds longer, so about 100 million years, it will be 33 minutes longer. And about 1 billion year, it will maybe be 5.5 hours longer(29.5 hour long day).

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=700

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

This changed the shape of the massive asteroid Vesta. An asteroid turned Vesta from be a protoplanet to in the end have an elliptical shape.

http://www.space.com/19767-asteroid-vesta-violent-collision-history.html

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

I don't know how do you get this idea that America move to Europe?

It's the opposite. Europe is moving towards America. There has recently been found that a subduction zone is forming at the coast of Portugal.
But this will be a 220 million years time, where Europe and America have merged together.


These findings provide a unique opportunity to observe a passive margin becoming active -- a process that will take around 20 million years. Even at this early phase the site will yield data that is crucial to refining the geodynamic models.
"Understanding these processes will certainly provide new insights on how subduction zones may have initiated in the past and how oceans start to close,"

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617104614.htm

[Vawmataw]

Spoiler

* Lucky to live in Quebec *

Actually, you'd be surprised.  You are between two known earthquake "release" areas.

However, the Eastern US and New England in particular is the result of an ancient two plate collision.  We are on the stone of black granite which is very hard and tends to distribute earthquake shock waves.  Although Boston is in high danger if a quake hits just offshore as it is all soft material aka "blue clay".  Realistically it is the old city (Quebec) and Boston (mostly built on fill and swamp areas) in the most danger of damage.

The biggest danger will be to coastal populations.  I foresee (sadly) more mega-tsunami's in our future with this earthquake activity.  That will be one of the greatest natural environmental risks on the rise in the coming years in tandem with more violent and frequent weather events (storms). 

[Tìtstewan]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617104614.htm

Very interesting! In the text is nothing written about Africa. Africa is moving to Europe and will collide. Iberia as we know will not exist anymore, because it will be transform to mountains like the Himalaya and Europe will be move northwards by Africa. So, where will be the new subduction zone located in future?

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

Movement of the continets are very visible. Researchers from the University in the Norwegian city Bergen have found hundreds of volcanoes in the ocean outside the coast of the Norwegian island Jan Mayen. Jan Mayen is right on the northern Atlantic Ridge. This area is about to rise above the ocean sometime, but there is a matter of time, before it does. The researchers aren't really clear yet about when it will do it.

This mean that the American and Europe is on their way to close in, but it will take a really really really long time.



Researchers at the University of Bergen (UiB) has discovered hundreds of volcanoes in the deep sea around Norway. Loki's Castle can be Norway's new national park or shop billion in the future.

The unique findings made ​​by Norwegian waters along a 1500 km long volcanic mountain range, which stretches from Jan Mayen to the Fram Strait between Svalbard and Greenland.

Prior to this white spots on the map, we knew nothing about what was there. But using technological tools we have been able to map the ocean floor. The last volcano was found a few weeks ago and is just 20 meters below sea level, says Rolf Birger Pedersen, university professor at the Centre for Geobiology (UiB).

Thursday, he presented the mildly special findings for Environment Solhjell. He was very excited about the now unfamiliar world is found.

- This is the basic science of the absolute highest quality, on an area that we hardly know anything about. As a child I was very concerned Atlantismyten and this is not even close, says Environment Minister.

By Loki's Castle, as the area is called, researchers from UiB one now unknown volcanic underwater world. Together, they surveyed hundreds of undersea volcanoes and various heat sources.

Here's a totally unique wildlife, but also rich metal deposits. The professor compares the findings with old mining towns in the country, which Røros.

- Røros mine was formed in this type of environment. It meets 1,200 degrees hot magma with ice-cold water. Several of the volcanoes are active, and you notice it when they are started. But some have also died out, and they have large accumulations of metals, says Pedersen.

Rector of the University of Bergen, Dag Rune Olsen, calling the findings of a "moon landing in the deep sea."

- This is a spearhead for the University's marine research, which is quite a global leader. It puts both the western and the university on the map, and continue working on it provides a win-win situation for the region, says Olsen.

Each field has an estimated value of 1-3 billion, according to the professor can be anything from a few hundred to hundreds of fields. How far they may have an economic value in the future is too early to say. At the top is also the environmental and legal aspects.

- Can one mine in the deep sea? It is not known. However, we consider that it can become a reality. Therefore, we are also concerned about potential safety issues in the area. In Canada, for example, they made a national park of the same areas, says Pedersen, who has worked with the area since 1997.

- We're going to look at these findings and the conclusion is enough that we need more research, says Environment Minister Solhjell.

It is only in the last ten years that the Centre for Geobiology really been able to discovered the new, Norwegian nature, far below. With technological aids they gradually localized more and more volcanoes, for here is the in a row.

The magnitude is so unique that the researchers compared the findings with Yellowstone in the USA and Geysir in Iceland.

- When we began using remote-controlled mini-submarines loosened it. The goal is to have our own further research, says Pedersen.

By searching for specific gases on the surface, scientists can locate the volcanoes of the deep sea.

- We have something we call chemical factories in the deep sea. There is water reactive in an entirely different manner, and there is a unique variety of microorganisms. Only until now have we discovered about 50 new species. These organisms form the root of the tree of life, says Pedersen.

Iron, zinc and copper are just some of the metal deposits that exist, but the unique microorganisms will also be an important step in bioprospecting. That searching for valuable biological and active components from marine organism, which can be used for research and development of new medicines for example on land.

- Knowledge of the oceans is important here, and any commercial interests lie far in the future. But I feel reasonably confident that there will be interest from the public to strengthen research here, says Solhjell.

- Here we have the opportunity to be at the forefront. It is important for us that our research can help policymakers make good and informed decisions about the fields, says Professor Pedersen.


Official news(Norwegian): http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Har-funnet-Norges-Yellowstone-pa-havbunnen-2939829.html#.Ufr0spL0EYF

http://worldnewsbeyond.wordpress.com/2013/08/02/have-found-norways-yellowstone-at-the-bottom-of-the-sea/

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

The cool thing to know, is that magma is forcing itself up and out from the seabed outside the coast of Norway. Now we finally know we have submarine volcanoes in Norway. We have only 1 volcano in our country, but that one is located on the Jan Mayen island. The volcano is called Beerenberg.


And it is one submarine volcano that is only 65ft from the surface of the ocean, so it will soon be a volcano. And when there is hundreds of them, that means that this island will be very large, when it is fully completed to form.