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Old 01-September-2008, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by rodin View Post
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However the idea of continental drift does not address the observation that the older continents form a sphere absent the oceans
Today´s Earth:
volume = V(now)=1.1*1021
Total surface area= 5.1*1014
Land surface area= 30% = 1.5*1014
From this follows Earth´s volume “before expansion”:
V(before)= 1.8*1020
Therefore V(before)/V(now)=16.4 %
i.e., Earth has expanded by a factor of 6 !!

Where did all this material come from?
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