On 6/27/08, George Cooper <georgecooper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Is there any conjecture as to the possibility of the Arabian Plate dipping
> in its NW region by, say, 0.08 deg.?This would drop that area by 2 miles.
> That dunk would only be 0.05% of its total height from Earth's center.
> Or, perhaps, the Eurasian plate rose slightly as the Arabian plate dropped.
> I have no idea about such matters, admittedly, but am curious if this has
> been discussed. [My apologies if I've missed it in these discussions.]
>
> I had some discussion with Glenn Morton on this recently. He has what looks like a convincing argument that such a dip is beyond the pale. I'm not expert to ay, however, if his argument is airtight.
> Burgy
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