Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Increased Tectonic Activity

hmmm, recalling this interesting theory regarding frequency of seismic activity as possibly associated with sea levels (and indirectly relating to climate change).  Here, increased rise of sea levels were theorized in part to create greater pressure differentials...these in turn leading potentially to changes in the rate of plate movements.

Anyways, as the theory continued something like increased seismic activity could lead  (or be at least contributing) to furthered volcanism and given high enough frequency leads to massive climate cooling.  Here, in part being a potential driver to past climate rebounds (with much warmer planets) where a given climate turns into an 'ice age' colder one.

Or if the theory is correct we could contribute potentially to not only climate change but a next potential ice age, alongside increased earthquake activity alongside increased volcanism of more catastrophic and severe order.

See Driving Force of Plate Motion and oceanic lithosphere

Sort of part of this ongoing debate on the drivers (at least there could be some agreement that plate density is a factorization and exactly the relationship between density and rate of motion isn't well understood at this point), nor likewise the relationship if its one that is more finely balanced (where small changes in, for instance, sea level changes could play more amplified roles in the nature of increasing rate of slippage, or if its generally a more mute relation).  

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