Journal of Geology & Geophysics
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William M. de Jong, Delft, The Netherlands

Publications

• Research Article   
  The Rise of Diapirs: A Catastrophe Scenario
  Author(s): William M DeJong* and Gea Mulder
  
  Current theory explains the kilometers high salt pillars (‘diapirs’) that our found on many sites on Earth as the result of a millions of years lasting gradual process of cold flow of rock salt, which is pushed upward by the overburden of soil covering it. This explanation rests on the theory of David Griggs that plates of rock under high long-lasting stress behave like a fluid, possess the intrinsic property of viscosity and can be described by the equations of fluid dynamics. Lately, Griggs’ theory has been falsified as a chain of mistakes, each of them violating one or more principles of correct academic research. To fill the resulting gap in geological theory, we explain diapirs as produced in short time by salt lava pushed upward in kilometers deep muddy, back and forth moving water. This explanation requires replacing the established uniformitarian scenario for.. View More»
  

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