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Originally Posted by LotusExcelle
The mechanism rodin is looking for is simple plate tectonics. Yes, it is still a theory. But the *measurable* changes due to plate tectonics make it plain that it is the reason/cause of continental drift. not to mention Hawaii.
For the earth to *expand* there would have to a penalty-less increase in volume for which the absorbed hydrogen theory is just absurd. I can only picture such a thing causing a fusion-like reaction that would incinerate the earth.
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Continental drift does not explain the sphere jigsaw absent the younger oceans.
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I can only picture such a thing causing a fusion-like reaction that would incinerate the earth
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The 'fusion' of an electron and a proton - or for that matter the creation of the same from a neutron by 'electron' neutrino absorption (solar flux) would not take place as a sudden bang, but occur over perhaps tens or hundreds of millions of years. The core is after all hot and some speculate that there is nuclear fusion going on down there.
There are a number of ways hydrogen could be created or released.