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Synopsis
Explore a bold theory on how continents rise, oceans shift, and mountains form, all shaped by ancient current patterns.
This edition presents a historical argument for how six great elliptical ocean currents laid out the world’s coastlines and helped create six vast ocean basins. It argues that continents emerged from the sea as these currents settled into steady, planet-spanning paths, with waves and sediment driving the first mountain-building processes near shorelines. The discussion traces North America’s coastline through the Paleozoic and shows how later landmasses rose as the ocean floor depressed under accumulated sediments. The account contrasts shifting shores with the enduring rise of dry land, offering a distinctive view of Earth’s geological history without relying on familiar ideas about plate tectonics.
- Learn how shorelines and mountain belts are argued to grow in concert with ancient current patterns.
- See how a theory of elliptical ocean currents is used to explain the distribution of continents and the origin of major mountain ranges.
- Follow a continental timeline from early dry land in Canada through successive shores in New York, the Appalachians, and beyond.
- Understand three modes by which mountains are said to form: sediment deposition, folding of layered rocks, and isolated bluff-like uplifts.
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