Fermer05
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The rate of continental drift depends on the flattening of the Earth, which occurs during high axial velocity of the Earth, due to the imbalance of the centrifugal and gravitational forces of the Earth.Formation and drift of continents.
Nanotechnology Society of Russia. https://rusnor.org/pubs/articles/28319.htm
The earth's crust, at the initial stages of its evolution, was a hot magma, the poles of which, after a decrease in axial velocity and as a consequence of the geological activity of the earth, began to cool.
Further, the cooled magma in the form of continents, under the action of centrifugal forces, began to drift from the poles to the equator.
Then the continents, under the influence of the western transfer of the atmosphere along the hot magma, floated from west to east - like an iceberg in the ocean. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg
As soon as the crust formed at the Earth's poles, magmatic gases began to accumulate under the crust, which increased the buoyancy, mobility, and geological activity of the continents.
Magmatic gases, collecting between the earth's crust and magma, form a gas layer (foam), thanks to which the earth's crust does not overheat and the magma does not cool down. https://bigenc.ru/c/pemza-310720
The rate of continental drift depends on the flattening of the Earth, which occurs during periods of high axial velocity of the Earth due to an imbalance of centrifugal and gravitational forces.
Polar winds, which constantly move towards the equator, are the main cause of continental drift, and today polar winds, with an average annual speed of 20 m/s, and in gusts of more than 100 m/s, move huge icebergs towards the equator.
On Neptune, the wind speed reaches 600 m/s. https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblate_spheroid
The area of the continents of the Southern Hemisphere is much smaller than that of the Northern Hemisphere, due to the fact that Antarctica has not all moved south.
It is possible that Antarctica did not completely leave the pole, due to the early and high geological activity of the continent.
As the Earth's axial velocity decreased, the Earth's geological activity also decreased, causing the average air temperature on Earth to drop from 20 to 15 degrees, after which animals from the polar regions could migrate south.
Temperatures in the Arctic Circle may also drop after the Earth's axial tilt decreases from 30 to 23 degrees. https://images.app.goo.gl/FfcuHB32p2eeFF1q6
The Arctic also moved south, and as a result, Eurasia and North America were formed, between which the Pacific and Atlantic oceans appeared.
During the movement of Eurasia to the south, Scandinavia fell behind Eurasia, as a result of which the Baltic Sea appeared.
Victoria Island also lagged behind North America.
I believe that North America, Baffin Island, Greenland and Scandinavia were close when they moved towards the equator. https://images.app.goo.gl/wjcDkrFzeBmShb5X8
During the formation of the continents, ocean basins also formed, in which rainwater began to collect as the Earth cooled.
The continuous torrential rains that fell for millions of years during the early stages of the formation of the earth's crust also contributed to the formation of the earth's crust, changing the landscape of mountain systems beyond recognition.
At the dawn of the formation of the earth's crust, when the axial velocity and geological activity of the Earth were somewhat higher, sediments carried by ocean currents could settle near groups of volcanic islands.
The amount of sediment in water depends on the axial and orbital velocity of the Earth, on the speed of movement of water and air masses, and also on the speed of rotation of whirlpools.
Perhaps the vertical movement of ocean waters occurs due to whirlpools, which, having the properties of a gyroscope, maintain the vertical position of the axis in space regardless of the rotation of the Earth, and as a result contribute to the formation of continents and oceans. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch