The King is Naked: Prevailing State of Art in the Present-Day Earth Sciences

Abstract

Hans Christian Andersen, the celebrated Danish author for the children, narrated the story of two weavers who convinced the king and his noblemen that his new dress would not be perceptible to the scoundrels [1]. So, everyone, who saw the naked king, agreed that the new attire sported by him is wonderful.  Almost a similar situation is prevailing in the domain of the present-day earth sciences. For example, despite solid and rigid state of the mantle, where convective movement is not possible, Earth scientists are believing that due to mantle convection continental blocks or plates are moving and, also the magnetic phenomena of the planet is generated by a geo-dynamo operating in the Earth’s deep interior. The author here points out certain blatantly false concepts that are causing utter confusion in the field of geological sciences, especially relating to global tectonics. The theme of the paper is “Reject plate tectonics and save Earth sciences”.