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	\| name = Oakley Shields		\| name = Oakley Shields
	\| alt = Oakley Shields		\| alt = Oakley Shields
			\| nationality = American
	\| residence = Mariposa, CA, United States		\| residence = Mariposa, CA, United States
			\| fields = Lepidopterology, Biogeography
	\| known_for = [[Expanding Earth]]		\| known_for = [[Expanding Earth]]
	}}		}}

	~~I was first led to consider~~ the ~~expanding~~ Earth hypothesis in ~~accounting~~ for the many trans-Pacific biotic links, ~~past~~ and ~~present. Also, palaeontologic~~ links between Malaysia and Australia ~~suggest the~~ Tethys seaway ~~is largely a fiction~~, ~~and thus~~ led ~~again~~ to Earth expansion. ~~With changes in G in an expanding universe after~~ a ~~"big bang" event, all planets~~ and ~~moons would be expanding through time, as stars do~~ in the early ~~phases~~ of their ~~evolution by way~~ of ~~interior phase changes~~, re. ~~Egyed. At least~~ the ~~Moon and Mercury show possible signs~~ of ~~this in their maria~~ (~~"seas"~~) and ~~highlands ("continents")~~. ~~Plate tectonics~~ is ~~stultifying in its hardened neglect and ridicule~~ of Earth ~~expansion theory~~. ~~In 1975~~, ~~I had the opportunity~~ to ~~work under Professor Carey~~ in ~~proofing~~, ~~editing~~, and ~~doing some research for his book, The Expanding Earth. This experience allowed me~~ to ~~more fully reason out my own beliefs from school training~~ and outside ~~reading in entomology~~ and ~~biogeography in embracing Earth expansion on logical grounds~~.		'''Oakley Shields''' is an American [[Lepidopterology\|lepidopterist]] and biogeographer based in Mariposa, California. He is known for his taxonomic and distributional work on North American blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae, and for his support of the [[Expanding Earth]] hypothesis, which he came to favor on biogeographic grounds.

			==Biography==

			Shields worked as an entomologist and biogeographer with a particular interest in the butterflies of western North America. His research combined field studies of butterfly biology and distribution with broader questions of historical biogeography and the arrangement of the continents. He resides in Mariposa County, California, on the western edge of the Sierra Nevada near Yosemite.

			His interest in Earth expansion grew out of his biogeographic studies. In 1975 he assisted the geologist [[Samuel Warren Carey\|S. Warren Carey]] by proofing, editing, and carrying out some research for Carey's book ''The Expanding Earth''. Shields has written that reflecting on the many trans-Pacific biotic links, and on paleontologic links between Malaysia and Australia that he regarded as difficult to reconcile with a wide Tethys seaway, led him to embrace Earth expansion.

			==Scientific contributions==

			===Lepidopterology===

			Shields published a series of studies on North American ''Philotes'' and related blues (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). His work in the ''Bulletin of the Allyn Museum'' during the early 1970s examined the biology, distribution, and taxonomy of these butterflies, including their roosting behavior and their associations with tending ants, parasites, and predators, and treated the biology and distribution of ''Philotes sonorensis''. In 1975 he described new subspecies within the group, among them the taxon later placed as ''Euphilotes glaucon comstocki'', based on material from the Tehachapi area of California.

			In 1989 Shields published "World Numbers of Butterflies" in the ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society'' (volume 43, number 3, pages 178–183), estimating the world total of butterfly species at about 17,280, grouped into roughly 1,855 genera, 35 subfamilies, and 7 families. He also wrote on the relationship between butterfly distribution and continental drift.

			===Expanding Earth===

			Shields is a supporter of the [[Expanding Earth]] hypothesis, arguing for it primarily from biogeography rather than geophysics. He has held that present and past trans-Pacific biotic connections, together with faunal links between now widely separated lands, are more readily explained by an Earth of formerly smaller radius than by [[plate tectonics]]. He has connected these ideas to a decreasing gravitational constant in an expanding universe, following the earlier suggestions of Egyed, and has pointed to surface features of the Moon and Mercury as possible signs of planetary expansion. These positions place Shields outside the mainstream geological consensus, which regards plate tectonics as well supported by geophysical and paleomagnetic evidence.

	==Abstracts==		==Abstracts==
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	* 1997 - "[[Is Plate Tectonics Standing the Test of Time]]" ([http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/1601/1/11%20shields.pdf Read in full])		* 1997 - "[[Is Plate Tectonics Standing the Test of Time]]" ([http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/1601/1/11%20shields.pdf Read in full])
	* 1997 - "[[Rapid Earth Expansion : An Eclectic View]]" ([http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B7XNB-4HFT98B-7&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=6e448c6c52c86f8f56a Read in full])		* 1997 - "[[Rapid Earth Expansion : An Eclectic View]]" ([http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B7XNB-4HFT98B-7&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=6e448c6c52c86f8f56a Read in full])

			==External links==

			* [https://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/1980s/1989/1989-43(3)178-Shields.pdf "World Numbers of Butterflies", Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 43(3), 1989]

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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Oakley Shields
| alt = Oakley Shields
| residence = Mariposa, CA, United States
| known_for = [[Expanding Earth]]
}}

I was first led to consider the expanding Earth hypothesis in accounting for the many trans-Pacific biotic links, past and present. Also, palaeontologic links between Malaysia and Australia suggest the Tethys seaway is largely a fiction, and thus led again to Earth expansion. With changes in G in an expanding universe after a "big bang" event, all planets and moons would be expanding through time, as stars do in the early phases of their evolution by way of interior phase changes, re. Egyed. At least the Moon and Mercury show possible signs of this in their maria ("seas") and highlands ("continents"). Plate tectonics is stultifying in its hardened neglect and ridicule of Earth expansion theory. In 1975, I had the opportunity to work under Professor Carey in proofing, editing, and doing some research for his book, The Expanding Earth. This experience allowed me to more fully reason out my own beliefs from school training and outside reading in entomology and biogeography in embracing Earth expansion on logical grounds.

==Abstracts==

* 1997 - "[[Is Plate Tectonics Standing the Test of Time]]" ([http://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/1601/1/11%20shields.pdf Read in full])
* 1997 - "[[Rapid Earth Expansion : An Eclectic View]]" ([http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B7XNB-4HFT98B-7&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=6e448c6c52c86f8f56a Read in full])

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