Comment Expanding earth discredited - parent not insightf (Score 1) 204
Whilst the study will provide insight to many issues, it will not help as you have described.
The expanding/contracting earth hypothesis has long been discredited. It was originally proposed as a mechanism for mountain/basin formation. See this excerpt from Kearey & Vine, Global Tectonics (excellent book on the subject I used studying geology at uni)
http://books.google.com/books?id=usiqam9p7GAC&pg=RA1-PA248&lpg=RA1-PA248&dq=expanding+contracting+earth+hypothesis&source=web&ots=zMEsYJotvA&sig=zlFveSBMr73m6Srq3ahXADG8Vkc
Vibration analysis - I assume you mean the geophones that are placed downhole will help. However more comprehensive global coverage with seismometers would be better. The global seismometer net (instigated to monitor nuclear detonations from the the 1950s) is predominantly northern hemisphere.
Fracture mechanics - potentially. However the mechanics of crust/mantle deformation are better studied through other avenues.
The expanding/contracting earth hypothesis has long been discredited. It was originally proposed as a mechanism for mountain/basin formation. See this excerpt from Kearey & Vine, Global Tectonics (excellent book on the subject I used studying geology at uni)
http://books.google.com/books?id=usiqam9p7GAC&pg=RA1-PA248&lpg=RA1-PA248&dq=expanding+contracting+earth+hypothesis&source=web&ots=zMEsYJotvA&sig=zlFveSBMr73m6Srq3ahXADG8Vkc
Vibration analysis - I assume you mean the geophones that are placed downhole will help. However more comprehensive global coverage with seismometers would be better. The global seismometer net (instigated to monitor nuclear detonations from the the 1950s) is predominantly northern hemisphere.
Fracture mechanics - potentially. However the mechanics of crust/mantle deformation are better studied through other avenues.
