Pablo Groeber y la dilatación de la Tierra
; Ramos, Edmundo D. ; Ramos, Victor Alberto 
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06/2017
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Asociación Geológica Argentina
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Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina
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Se presenta la visión de Groeber acerca de La dilatación de la Tierra, su pionero trabajo de finales de la década del 50´. En éste brinda una explicación de diversos mecanismos y fenómenos que actuarían en el planeta Tierra, tales como su expansión a través del tiempo y el desarrollo de corrientes convectivas. Buscó una respuesta a la paleogeografía de los continentes y océanos a través del tiempo, vinculándolos a una eventual dilatación de la Tierra. Esta teoría que comenzaba a ganar adeptos entre los geólogos, si bien sigue parcialmente vigente, no explica adecuadamente la movilidad de los continentes. Sin embargo, es defendida aún por una pequeña porción de la comunidad científica. Para justificar esta hipótesis Groeber, explica cómo en una Tierra en expansión dominada por esfuerzos extensionales, podían convivir esfuerzos compresivos responsables del levantamiento de las cordilleras, producidos por las corrientes convectivas y el accionar de la zona de Benioff. Discute aspectos tanto de la geología teórica como aquellos obtenidos a través de evidencias de campo. En la presente contribución se destacan elementos significativos asociados a un cambio teórico en la geología en un momento en que se estaba abandonando el paradigma de los continentes fijos y de la teoría geosinclinal y trata de explicar la movilidad de los continentes a través de la dilatación de la Tierra. Si bien hoy sabemos que fue un acto fallido, es interesante destacar la solidez de los razonamientos de Groeber en busca de explicar esa movilidad.
TThe Groeber's vision on “The Expanding Earth” is presented based on his pioneering work published in the late 50's. This essay provides an explanation of various mechanisms and phenomena that would act on planet Earth, such as its expansion over time and the development of convective currents explaining the variation of paleogeography of the continents and oceans over time. The theory began to gain adherents among geologists and it is still partially valid, but does not adequately explain the mobility of the continents. To justify this hypothesis Groeber explains how in an expanding Earth dominated by extensional efforts, compressive efforts could uplift mountain ranges, produced by convective currents and the Benioff zone. It discusses aspects of both theoretical geology and those obtained through field evidence. This new contribution highlights significant elements related to a theoretical change in geology at a time when the paradigm of fixed continents and the geosynclinal theory was being abandoned, trying to explain the mobility of the continents through the expanding Earth. Although we know today that it was a failed act, it is interesting to emphasize the robustness of Groeber's reasoning in order to explain that mobility.
TThe Groeber's vision on “The Expanding Earth” is presented based on his pioneering work published in the late 50's. This essay provides an explanation of various mechanisms and phenomena that would act on planet Earth, such as its expansion over time and the development of convective currents explaining the variation of paleogeography of the continents and oceans over time. The theory began to gain adherents among geologists and it is still partially valid, but does not adequately explain the mobility of the continents. To justify this hypothesis Groeber explains how in an expanding Earth dominated by extensional efforts, compressive efforts could uplift mountain ranges, produced by convective currents and the Benioff zone. It discusses aspects of both theoretical geology and those obtained through field evidence. This new contribution highlights significant elements related to a theoretical change in geology at a time when the paradigm of fixed continents and the geosynclinal theory was being abandoned, trying to explain the mobility of the continents through the expanding Earth. Although we know today that it was a failed act, it is interesting to emphasize the robustness of Groeber's reasoning in order to explain that mobility.
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