Archipelagoes and Santorini

Geologists are enamored by the “broken plate” theory, and a more demonstrable dynamic is with visable Polygons. Attached is a Hexagon, formed by continual vibration of the Earth’s surface and crust. These form on the cm to km scale, and California has 800 km on a side of a Octagon with only a 45 degree corner seen on the Mendocino 40.439N transform. Earth Tides have 3 components: daily rise and fall; 2. Rotation of the water column by a meter or so, and 3. Froth against the landmass. These are repeated for land movement on a much reduced scale- according to the viscosity of rock, relative to a centipoise for water. 

Santorini is part of an archipelago which’s only seen from an island view; use Google Earth to get the big picture seen on Turkey’s west coast. Kos, Greece and Kosidasi (bird island) are jerked by the quakes created by uplift of the islands. West Turkey is rising, as shown by Ephesus which was a seaport in Pauline times, and now is inland 6 kilometers inland by the Menderes River (root of Meander stream arc (<, in geologists terminology). 

Time is fleeting on our realm, but on Earth’s dynamics it lasts for millions of years; how long do you think it took to form Polygons in the attached hardened sandstone? Earth vibrates, while our Moon has Libration- twisting and rotating rock that’s closer to it;  anything protruding is affected more by the inverse-square relationship:


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