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	~~I am~~ a geologist ~~from Romania. I worked over 15 years in a geological enterprise~~ for ~~prospection~~ and ~~exploration, and then for another 17 years at~~ the ~~Geological Institute of Romania, where I dedicated myself~~ to the study of metamorphic rocks and geotectonics~~. Since 2002 I live~~ in ~~Germany~~.		'''Carl Strutinski''' (born 30 December 1946) is a Romanian-German [[Geologist\|geologist]] known for his work on [[Orogeny\|orogeny]] and his support of the [[Earth Expansion\|Earth expansion]] hypothesis. Over a career devoted to the study of metamorphic rocks and geotectonics, he developed a model of mountain building based on along-strike shearing (transcurrence) in the lithosphere as an alternative to the compression and subduction mechanisms of conventional plate tectonics.

	30 years ago I became acquainted with Carey's book ?The Expanding Earth? (1976), that impressed me profoundly. A prolific correspondence began between Professor Carey and me, culminating in his sending of a first draft of his manuscript for the book ?Theories of the Earth and Universe? (1988). Then, in 1990, I first came out at least as a sympathizer of Earth expansion, by publishing the article ?The importance of tanscurrence phenomena in mountain building?, that appeared in the Augustithis Volume ?Critical Aspects of the Plate Tectonics Theory?. I did this, knowing that it will do me no good at my academic workplace.		==Biography==

	~~By 1991 I wrote a short note in French (? Expansion de la Terre et extinction des grands reptiles ? une possible connection ?), based on the assumption that the Earth is expanding~~ at ~~a constant mass and that~~ the ~~atmosphere is becoming less dense. It was based on an old conclusion drawn by E. & A. Harle (1911)~~, ~~that the pterosaur Pteranodon~~ in ~~the Cretaceous and the giant dragonflies in the Caboniferous could have flown only~~ in a ~~much denser atmosphere than today. In 1993 I attended~~ the ~~Symposium ?Frontiers~~ of ~~Fundamental Physics? held in Olympia (Greece)~~, where ~~I had the great honor~~ to ~~meet Professor Carey for~~ the ~~first time~~. ~~I presented the paper ?An orogenic model consistent with Earth expansion?~~, ~~that appeared~~ in ~~the Symposium Volume at Plenum Press (1994). One year later I attended a symposium on Earth expansion~~ in ~~Wroclaw/Sosnowka (Poland), where I met Polish~~ and ~~Russian expansionists (Koziar, Jamrozik, Czwojdzinski, academician E~~.E. ~~Milanovsky a~~.~~o.) and presented the paper ?Uses and misuses of the concept of transform faulting? (unfortunately not published)~~.		Strutinski studied geological sciences at the University of Bucharest, obtaining his master's degree in 1969. He spent more than 15 years working in a geological enterprise for prospection and exploration, and then some 17 years at the Geological Institute of Romania, where he devoted himself to the study of metamorphic rocks and geotectonics. He completed his dissertation, written in Romanian, in 1997 and was awarded his Ph.D. in 1998. Since 2002 he has lived in Germany.

	In 1997, after a long period of gestation, I finished my dissertation (in Romanian) and got my Ph.D. in 1998 (I've been told afterwards that some people tried to prevent this!). In the dissertation I presented for the first time a consistent hypothesis on orogeny that rejects PT and foresees the Earth expansion recognition. (Ph.D adviser Professor Seclaman: ?Above all, the thesis of Mr. Strutinski is provoking. It will arouse ripostes (it has indeed!), and will initiate new stimuli in the study of metamorphism and tectonics. And this may be the main contribution of the thesis to the progress of science.?) In 1998 I met the dissident geologic community at Tsukuba (?New Concepts in Global Tectonics?) and presented there together with A. Pu?te the paper ?Shear-belt versus compression tectonics: the testimony of regional metamorphism?, that was issued in 2001 in the journal Himalayan Geology under the title: ?Along-strike shearing instead of orthogonal compression: a different viewpoint on orogeny and regional metamorphism?.		==Scientific contributions==

	~~My last~~ paper in the ~~field~~ of ~~geotectonics was~~ a contribution to the Hilgenberg ~~Volume ?~~Why Expanding Earth?? (2003)~~. Together~~ with two ~~co-authors I~~ gave ~~a short~~ overview ~~on the main ?~~Geotectonic hypotheses at the beginning of the 21st century?. ~~The paper presents~~ also some of our last views on the subject. At the time being (2009), I am preparing an up-to-date version of the geotectonic hypothesis presented in my dissertation. Earth expansion is a pillar of it, only that in the ~~meantime I dropped my old view~~ of ~~a growing~~ Earth ~~at constant mass~~.		Strutinski became acquainted with [[Samuel Warren Carey\|S. Warren Carey]]'s book ''The Expanding Earth'' (1976), which influenced him profoundly and led to a lengthy correspondence between the two geologists. In 1990 he publicly aligned himself with the Earth expansion idea by publishing the article "The importance of transcurrence phenomena in mountain building" in the Augustithis volume ''Critical Aspects of the Plate Tectonics Theory''.

			In 1991 he wrote a short note in French, "Expansion de la Terre et extinction des grands reptiles: une possible connexion", based on the assumption of an expanding Earth at constant mass and a progressively thinning atmosphere, drawing on the earlier conclusion of E. and A. Harlé (1911) that the Cretaceous pterosaur ''Pteranodon'' and the giant dragonflies of the Carboniferous could have flown only in a much denser atmosphere than today's. At the 1993 symposium "Frontiers of Fundamental Physics" in Olympia, Greece, he met Carey in person and presented "An orogenic model consistent with Earth expansion", published in the symposium volume by Plenum Press in 1994. The following year, at a symposium on Earth expansion in Wrocław/Sosnówka, Poland, he met Polish and Russian expansionists including Stefan Cwojdziński, Jan Koziar and E. E. Milanovsky, and presented the paper "Uses and misuses of the concept of transform faulting".

			In his 1998 dissertation Strutinski set out a hypothesis on orogeny that rejected plate tectonics and incorporated Earth expansion, treating transcurrence processes in the lithosphere as the primary cause of mountain building. In 1998 he presented, together with A. Puşte, the paper "Shear-belt versus compression tectonics: the testimony of regional metamorphism" to the New Concepts in Global Tectonics community at Tsukuba, Japan; it appeared in 2001 in the journal ''Himalayan Geology'' as "Along-strike shearing instead of orthogonal compression: a different viewpoint on orogeny and regional metamorphism". His contribution to the Hilgenberg volume ''Why Expanding Earth?'' (2003), co-authored with two colleagues, gave an overview of "Geotectonic hypotheses at the beginning of the 21st century". His work also features in the volume ''The Hidden History of Earth Expansion''.

	==Books==		==Books==

	* 1990 - "[[Critical Aspects of the Plate Tectonics Theory, Vol II: The Importance of Transcurrence Phenomena in Mountain Building]]"		* 1990 - "[[Critical Aspects of the Plate Tectonics Theory, Vol II: The Importance of Transcurrence Phenomena in Mountain Building]]"

			==External links==

			* [https://www.oneoffpublishing.com/strutinski_bio.html Carl Strutinski biography at Oneoff Publishing]
			* [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4615-2560-8_32 "An Orogenic Model Consistent with Earth Expansion" (Springer)]

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I am a geologist from Romania. I worked over 15 years in a geological enterprise for prospection and exploration, and then for another 17 years at the Geological Institute of Romania, where I dedicated myself to the study of metamorphic rocks and geotectonics. Since 2002 I live in Germany.

30 years ago I became acquainted with Carey's book ?The Expanding Earth? (1976), that impressed me profoundly. A prolific correspondence began between Professor Carey and me, culminating in his sending of a first draft of his manuscript for the book ?Theories of the Earth and Universe? (1988). Then, in 1990, I first came out at least as a sympathizer of Earth expansion, by publishing the article ?The importance of tanscurrence phenomena in mountain building?, that appeared in the Augustithis Volume ?Critical Aspects of the Plate Tectonics Theory?. I did this, knowing that it will do me no good at my academic workplace.

By 1991 I wrote a short note in French (? Expansion de la Terre et extinction des grands reptiles ? une possible connection ?), based on the assumption that the Earth is expanding at a constant mass and that the atmosphere is becoming less dense. It was based on an old conclusion drawn by E. & A. Harle (1911), that the pterosaur Pteranodon in the Cretaceous and the giant dragonflies in the Caboniferous could have flown only in a much denser atmosphere than today. In 1993 I attended the Symposium ?Frontiers of Fundamental Physics? held in Olympia (Greece), where I had the great honor to meet Professor Carey for the first time. I presented the paper ?An orogenic model consistent with Earth expansion?, that appeared in the Symposium Volume at Plenum Press (1994). One year later I attended a symposium on Earth expansion in Wroclaw/Sosnowka (Poland), where I met Polish and Russian expansionists (Koziar, Jamrozik, Czwojdzinski, academician E.E. Milanovsky a.o.) and presented the paper ?Uses and misuses of the concept of transform faulting? (unfortunately not published).

In 1997, after a long period of gestation, I finished my dissertation (in Romanian) and got my Ph.D. in 1998 (I've been told afterwards that some people tried to prevent this!). In the dissertation I presented for the first time a consistent hypothesis on orogeny that rejects PT and foresees the Earth expansion recognition. (Ph.D adviser Professor Seclaman: ?Above all, the thesis of Mr. Strutinski is provoking. It will arouse ripostes (it has indeed!), and will initiate new stimuli in the study of metamorphism and tectonics. And this may be the main contribution of the thesis to the progress of science.?) In 1998 I met the dissident geologic community at Tsukuba (?New Concepts in Global Tectonics?) and presented there together with A. Pu?te the paper ?Shear-belt versus compression tectonics: the testimony of regional metamorphism?, that was issued in 2001 in the journal Himalayan Geology under the title: ?Along-strike shearing instead of orthogonal compression: a different viewpoint on orogeny and regional metamorphism?.

My last paper in the field of geotectonics was a contribution to the Hilgenberg Volume ?Why Expanding Earth?? (2003). Together with two co-authors I gave a short overview on the main ?Geotectonic hypotheses at the beginning of the 21st century?. The paper presents also some of our last views on the subject. At the time being (2009), I am preparing an up-to-date version of the geotectonic hypothesis presented in my dissertation. Earth expansion is a pillar of it, only that in the meantime I dropped my old view of a growing Earth at constant mass.

==Books==

* 1990 - "[[Critical Aspects of the Plate Tectonics Theory, Vol II: The Importance of Transcurrence Phenomena in Mountain Building]]"

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