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Originally Posted by rodin
I know what the shelf is shallow water around continent showing where the sea has encroached on the old land.
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You are confusing continental shelf with continental slope.
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Pangea says only the east was connected, not the west.
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Really?!? I see northern continents connected to southern continents also. I must have north confused with east.
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It is clear all land masses were connected and have drifted apart.
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Yes, at the continental shelf.
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I wonder if Neal Adams accounted for shelves in his model? I presume so. While the principle of expansion would still be in evidence, if Neal omitted the shelves then the expansion would not have been quite as much.
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Do you have any original thoughts about this because if you don't, there is no sense talking to you about this.
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As for the off-centre Earth of Pangea. Let's remove the ocean.
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Oh so removing an ocean is scientific to you?
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We have a very lop-sided Earth do we not? How to account for this?
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Once again you argue from personal incredulity. What exactly do you think continental drift means?