Feb 16, 2019 the crust presents the earth with an unbalanced distribution of weight, even a small 10 centimeters displacement of the crust would cause the earth to wobble more which ironically could induce more crustal displacement, thus causing more wobble, thus causing more displacement, etc. The theory was first put forth by joseph adhemar in 1852. This amazing book discusses the various pole shifts in earth s history occurring when earth s crust slips in the inner core and gives evidence for each one. So professor hapgood developed a theory called earth crust displacement ecd which could account the shift, and yet not contradict the theory of continental drift. The basic notion of ecd is that the earths lithosphere, although composed of individual plates, can at times move as a whole over the asthenosphere. The book is decades old, and much of it is obsolete science. In short, it asserts that sometimes the earth spins really fast and the continents rearrange. The einsteinhapgood papers, crustal shift physics forums.
In a controversial extension of the theory of continental drift, the newer theory of crustal displacement claims that every 40,000 years or so, the entire crust of the earth, comprising all its tectonic plates, shifts as a single unit like the loose peel of an orange. The entire outer shell of the earth moved approximately 2,000 miles. Charles hutchins hapgood may 17, 1904 december 21, 1982 was an american college. Prior to the book, he had written a number of articles about the history of ecd theory before hapgood. Hauptgood who created this theory documented three earth crust displacements in the last 100,000 years. Charles hutchins hapgood may 17, 1904 december 21, 1982 was an american college professor and author who became one of the best known advocates of the pseudoarchaeological claim of a rapid and recent pole shift with catastrophic results. In a book entitled when the sky fell, rose and rand flemath also advocate the earth crust displacement theory, with additional geological and archaeological evidence. Earth crust displacement theory is nothing new, its been proposed several times in the past, and even supported by einstein at one point, although a crucial key to the science has previously been missing, until that is, the declassification of the recent cia document see video below. The terrestrial model is the most likely explanation on the formation of the earth. Regarding geo dynamics, einstein essentially supported hapgoods very controversial theory called earth crust displacement. Some people have theorized that, if hapgoods theory of earth crust displacement hold true, then antarctica would be a prime location for the lost continent of atlantis.
Earth crust displacement in 1958 charles hapgood suggested in his book the earth s shifting crust that the earth s crust had undergone repeated displacements and that the geological concepts of continental drift and seafloor spreading owed their secondary livelihoods to the primary nature of crustal shift according to hapgood, crustal shift was made possible by a layer of liquid rock. According to davidson, it was thomas more accurate explanation for how a pole shift happens, which led to the cia classifying thomas book. Unless my memory is faulty i think that one of the reasons hapgood investigated the issue was the problem of remanent magnetism, which indicated that at various times in the past the location of the. Instead, the earths axis of rotation changes in a predictable fashion which may have changed the course of human history. Antartica, atlantis, and the earth crustal displacement theory. Earth crust displacement earth crust displacement theory. Hapgood 19041982 the theory of an earth crust displacement enjoyed the enthusiastic support of albert einstein 18791955.
Hapgood 1958 developed a controversial theory called earth crust displacement ecd, according to which the earths lithosphere can sometimes move. Hapgood received a masters degree from harvard university in 1929 in medieval and modern history. This riveting account of how earth s poles have flipped positions many times is the culmination of hapgoods extensive research of antarctica, ancient maps and the geological record. Crust displacement is a hypothesis put forward by charles hapgood 19041982. When the earths crust shifted all of antarctica was encapsulated by the polar zone. Because of the slight flattening of the earth, there will be stretching and compressional effects to crack and fold the crust, possibly contributing to the formation of mountain ranges. Dec 22, 2018 justin deschamps the following are two videos detailing a formally accepted theory of earths history, cataclysmic geology. Catastrophic plate tectonics a global flood model of earth. View the article pdf and any associated supplements and figures for a period of 48 hours. Jan 25, 2019 oceanic crust, being so thin, is a very small fraction of the earth about 0. Hapgood believed that this happened relatively recently and was what caused the continent mu to disappear. As noted above albert einstein supported hapgoods theory, however the conclusions he reached, like hapgoods, were only as good as the data then available.
Iii the earths orbital pattern varies from elliptical to. Geology 111 assignment 1 crustal displacement theory. Nov 11, 2015 expanding upon charles hapgoods theory of earth crust displacement, which was championed by albert einstein, they examine ancient yet highly accurate world maps, including the piri reis map of. Mundus subterraneus, 1665 seismic waves are our only tool to study earths interior. Out now on vinyl, check rawmantic disasters records. The sun has and will again produce a solar storm the likes of which isnt seen for thousands of years. Professor hapgood on the crustalshift theory, is a mathematician, chemist and electrical engineer. The basic notion of ecd is that the earth s lithosphere, although composed of individual plates, can at times move as a whole over the asthenosphere. At the same time north american was released from the arctic circle and became temperate. Jan 09, 2019 thomas analysis of cyclic pole shifts was different in key respects to what was being proposed at the time by charles hapgood in his seminal book, the earths shifting crust 1958. This is possible because the outer crust of the earth floats upon a semiliquid layer. I think that this rather astonishing, even fascinating, idea deserves the serious attention of anyone who concerns himself with the theory of the earths development. Plato describes atlantis as being a round continent in the center of the ocean. Movement of the earths crust article about movement of the.
It also extracts the socalled incompatible elements, which dont fit into mantle minerals and move into the liquid melt. The idea is that somehow the crust of the earth can become unstuck and shift pretty severely and move landmasses to completely different parts of the globe. The theory a summary i the earths crust lies on a layer of molten magma. Incorporation of these and other data has had two extremely important effects upon hapgoods theory. Hapgood supported this theory with geomagnetic and carbon dated evidence. Atlas of continental displacement, 200 million years to the present by h g owen is an earth expansion expanding earth theory book from 1984 that investigates plate tectonics and a growing earth. Proponents of the earth crustal displacement theory believe that the north and south poles have not always been in their present location. Shocking declassified cia documents on crustal displacement.
Hapgood and einstein corresponded about hapgoods work for the last three years of the great physicists life. Expanding upon charles hapgoods theory of earth crust displacement, which was championed by albert einstein, they examine ancient yet highly accurate world maps, including the piri reis map of. Evidence for earths crust shift in 9600 bce youtube. Looking down on the current north pole, we can identify at least 3 previous positions of the pole according to hapgood.
Earth crustal displacement, which was never accepted as a truly. In the 1950s, hapgood developed a theory called earth crust displacement ecd which could account the shift, and yet not contradict the theory of continental drift. The flemaths theory is that approximately every 41,000 years there has been a dramatic and catastrophic shifting of the entire crust of the earth with respect to the mantle and core. Earth crust displacement in 1958 charles hapgood suggested in his book the earth s shifting crust that the earth s crust had undergone repeated displacements and that the geological concepts of continental drift and seafloor spreading owed their secondary livelihoods to the primary nature of crustal shift. By the late 1960s, the theory of plate tectonics had become firmly established in. Jul 29, 2015 a vigorous and interesting discussion of hapgoods theory of earth crust displacement. Elasticity theory of dislocations in real earth models and. Supercontinent cycle, the quasiperiodic aggregation and dispersal of earths continental crust. Massive pole shifts are cyclic according to declassified cia. It is suggested that the event of 11,600 years ago involved a maximum displacement of over 3000 km approximately 30. Charles hapgood on pole shifts earths shifting crust end. This torque, over time, grows large enough to dislodge the crust and cause it to slide over the molten magma underlying the crust. Only the outer crust need move, just as the loosely peeled skin of an orange could be slid around the unmoved inner slices. Some researchers believe that they happen every 41,000 years and that the last one happened 11,500.
Justin deschamps the following are two videos detailing a formally accepted theory of earths history, cataclysmic geology. He taught for a year in vermont and directed a community center in provincetown, also serving as the executive secretary of. Global plate tectonics and the secular motion of the pole. In fact, this same author considers that einsteinsclaiminhapgood1958that,atacertaincritical point, a slip of the earths.
Hapgood was the son of hutchins hapgood 18691944 and neith boyce 18721951. According to the declassified documents, it was once believed that a 2012like earthcrustal displacement event would occur at some point in the future. Ii continental drift takes place as the various land masses drift across the surface of the earth until they are evenly displaced and in a state of homeostasis with the combined quotients of centrifugal force, torsional force, gravitation and mass. I am very familiar with the theory of earth crust displacement and consider the theory to be one that is largely accepted if not formally taught. One concerned frederik klee a and another was about sir john evans b the british archaeologist. The most recent reconstruction of the pole shift according to paleoclimatic data again leads to a path of the. Aperiodic pole shift and deformation of the earths crust. In fact, this same author considers that einsteinsclaiminhapgood1958that,atacertaincritical point, a slip of the earths crust is bound to occur due to.
When this storm, or shall i say typhoon, occurs, it totally compresses the earth s magnetosphere to the point where the lines of conductance actually touch the surface of the planet. Atlas of continental displacement, 200 million years to the. Plate tectonics, scientific theory which describes the large scale motions of earths crust lithosphere fault geology, fracture in earths crust where one side moves with respect to the other side. These include a crustal model based on the theory of isostatic. The proponents of the theory of crustal displacement believe that this has happened many times in the past and most recently around 10,000 bc. The earth crust displacement theory also ignores some inherent evidence. Instead, the earth s axis of rotation changes in a predictable fashion which may have changed the course of human history. In the one example in which a direct comparison can be made, the present theory gives a factor of 75 increase over a mapped halfspace theory and a factor of 29 increase over the result for a uniform, spherical earth, in the contribution to secular polar shift and excitation of chandler wobble.
Earth crustal displacement or earth crust displacement may refer to. This riveting account of how earths poles have flipped positions many times is the culmination of hapgoods extensive research of antarctica, ancient maps and the geological record. Apr 15, 2017 charles hapgood advocated the earth crust displacement theory in a book entitled the path of the poles. Lost civilizations and earth crust shifts are deeply entangled. The einsteinhapgood correspondence is a forgotten page in the. Hapgood demonstrated his theory by documenting three earth crust displacements in the last 100,000 years. Charles hapgood on pole shifts earths shifting crust. The basic notion of ecd is that the earths lithosphere, although composed of individual plates, can at. Earth crust displacement in 1958 charles hapgood suggested in his book the earths shifting crust that the earths crust had undergone repeated displacements and that the geological concepts of continental drift and seafloor spreading owed their secondary livelihoods to the primary nature of crustal shift according to hapgood, crustal shift was made possible by a layer of liquid rock. Pole shift update, the event, earth catastrophe, and the 5d. May 05, 2018 a pole shift would displace the earths crust around the inner mantle.
This line of thinking was published in earths shifting crust 1958, in collaboration with james h. After each shift of the earth s crust, all the land masses of the earth, including whole continents, find themselves in a new position on the globe. Pdf tracing graham hancocks shifting cataclysm researchgate. Hapgood realized that the entire planet did not have to be repositioned around its axis. Earth crust displacement map the earth images revimage. The earths rotation acts on these unsymmetrically deposited masses, and produces centrifugal momentum that is transmitted to the rigid crust of the earth. It is suggested that the event of 11,600 years ago involved a maximum. Geophysically, we begin with a preflood earth differentiated into core, mantle, and crust, with the crust horizontally differentiated into sialic craton and ma. The idea is that somehow the crust of the earth can become unstuck and shift pretty severely and move landmasses to completely different parts. Could earth crust displacement explain the lost civilization of atlantis.
The cataclysmic pole shift hypothesis is a fringe theory suggesting that there have been geologically rapid shifts in the relative positions of the modernday geographic locations of the poles and the axis of rotation of the earth, creating calamities such as floods and tectonic events. Solar typhoons and massive earth crust displacement. Mar 18, 2010 earth crust displacement is where the crust of the earth moves. However, the impact of einsteins theories was not restricted to physics and. Strong interest in earth crust displacement needs to be. Pole shift hypothesis brought up various times in sciencefiction stories and at least one movie.
Pdf on jan 1, 2010, m brass published tracing graham hancocks. Jan 27, 2017 proponents of the earth crustal displacement theory believe that the north and south poles have not always been in their present location. Although the possibility of displacement of the earth pole of figure due to geological. Apr 12, 2017 hurricane harvey pushed the earth s crust down by 2 piri reis map sensing how much the earth moved in nepal crustal displacement hapgood crystalinks what are earthquake fault lines universe today crustal displacement hapgood crystalinkslost civilizations and earth crust shifts are deeply entangledearth crust displacement atlantis the truth huntercontroversial of ancient earth s equator. A recent variation of this theory, described by graham hancock in his book magicians of the gods, suggests that a meteor or comet strike can help trigger an earth crustal displacement event. Albert einstein helped develop the theory, which was regarded as highly plausibleso much so, the cia was compelled. It has been suggested that approximately 12,000 years ago there was a displacement of the earths crust. Part i part ii part iii part iv part v part vi part vii. After each shift of the earths crust, all the land masses of the earth, including whole continents, find themselves in a new position on the globe. The theory of crustal displacement states that the entire crust of the earth can shift in one piece like the lose skin of an orange. Mar 10, 2006 the einsteinhapgood papers charles hapgood first came to public attention in the mid1950s with his theory of earth crust displacement, a radical geological idea which attracted the curiosity and support of albert einstein. Pole shift update, the event, earth catastrophe, and the.
Many years on, we now know the data to be obsolete. But many questions remain unanswered despite recent advances in data collection and many decades of good solid research not to mention the appalling distortion of geological science caused by the. Destruction never ends split 12 with anger burning. This amazing book discusses the various pole shifts in earths history occurring when earths crust slips in the inner core and gives evidence for each one.
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