My labmate came across this compelling illustration today searching Google Images for seafloor spreading illustrations.
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Wait, isn’t that correct?
No, Michael. One of the demons is actually female. This is a sexist conception.
To be fair, this hypothesis has more explanatory power than Expanding Earth models…
Awesome. :D
This reminds me of some Teach the Controversy shirts I’ve been eying for a while now.
Makes sense
Not so sure about that guy paddling his hands and making eddy currents beneath the subduction zone. Somehow suggests plates get pulled down, whereas I thought that the plates sink as they move away from MORs (the hot breather on the right) because they get cooler and denser.
Great image, I would like to see more.
freakkkkkks muchhh???