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Plate tectonics is the theory that tectonic plates slide around on a fixed radius earth moved by convection currents under the mantle. This is in contrast to [[expansion tectonics]] which states that continents have remained basically in tact and are moving apart on an expanding earth.

==Main Objections to Expansion Tectonics==
Plate tectonicists have several arguments they use to dismiss [[expansion tectonics]]. They include:

* Expansion tectonics does not allow for nor explain subduction
* There is no known mechanism in physics for explaining earth expansion or mass gain
* Plate tectonics perfectly explains known data
* There is no physical evidence (via satellite or GPS) that the earth is expanding

==Main Objections to Plate Tectonics by Expansionists==
There are many arguments brought up by expansion tectonicists about the failings of a fixed radius tectonic theory.

* It is impossible to dismiss that all the continents today fit neatly onto a smaller orb across all oceans and this could not be a coincidence
* There are flora and fauna data that are only found on Pacific Islands and on the west coast of the Americans that cannot be explained by plate tectonics
* South and North Pole plots fits too well on an expanding earth and are very hard to explain using plate tectonics
* All geologic data including what is said to be subduction can be explained by expansion tectonics.
* Dinosaurs could not currently live in today's gravitational force

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