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Formation of Mountains and Volcanoes
« on: August 28, 2018, 07:11:04 PM »
According to basic geography, mountains and volcanoes were formed by tectonic plates moving under the earth's surface. There are three motions, first is the plate pull away, second is they collide head on and third they collide and one slips over the other which causes an eruption from the earth's core, which is magma, leading to the formation of mountains and volcanoes.
The proof behind tectonic plates is the fact that south America and Africa when put side by side fit into each other perfectly, this can be seen occurring numerous times with numerous countries. If the plates are moving and the Earth is flat, there is no where for the plates to go. They would fall off the edge of the Earth.
If we completely disregard the existence of tectonic plates, how are there any volcanoes or mountains. If the Earth is flat, why is the entirety of the earth's crust not flat?

Re: Formation of Mountains and Volcanoes
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2018, 04:59:02 AM »
The heat below expands beneath the earths “crust” Earthquakes and mountains are created when fissures are created releasing that pressure. If mountains were created by plates they would continue to grow and they don’t. Mountains are created when the pockets collapse

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Re: Formation of Mountains and Volcanoes
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2018, 05:48:29 AM »
If mountains were created by plates they would continue to grow and they don’t. Mountains are created when the pockets collapse

Actually most are formed by tectonic plate movement. It's called Orogeny or orogenesis, the building of continental mountains by plate-tectonic movements. And many are, in fact, still growing.

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Re: Formation of Mountains and Volcanoes
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2018, 02:39:10 PM »
If mountains were created by plates they would continue to grow and they don’t.
Wrong.

http://www.extremescience.com/everest.htm

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The Himalayan Mountains are still growing higher, at a rate of about 2.4 in/6.1cm per year. That's twice as fast as previously thought

The plate India is on is pushing northwards which crumples the other plate, hence the mountains. The plate is moving to the mountains created by that movement are still growing.
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Re: Formation of Mountains and Volcanoes
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2018, 09:08:49 AM »
Nice question. Something that didn’t even occur to me.
It seems no one has tried to explain this with FE geology. Odd.

BillO

Re: Formation of Mountains and Volcanoes
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2018, 04:19:20 AM »
The heat below expands beneath the earths “crust” Earthquakes and mountains are created when fissures are created releasing that pressure. If mountains were created by plates they would continue to grow and they don’t. Mountains are created when the pockets collapse

The heat below?  I'm not sure what your angle is hear.  In a spherical planet model we do have heat below that is a product of the formation of the planet itself (the act of becoming a sphere) plus a couple of other minor contributors.   However, all of them really require that earth be a sphere formed form the energetic accumulation of matter over time.  I am not aware of a flat earth explanation for 'the heat' as you put it.  Do you have reference as to how this heat came to be in a flat earth model?

You also say mountains are created when 'pockets' collapse.  Collapse being the architect of projections above the surface such as mountains seems a little anti-intuitive.  It would be great if you could also provide a little detail as to how that happens.

Thanks in advance.