Orthogonal Megatrend Intersections: "Coils" of a Stellar Transformer
According to the plate tectonic hypothesis, fracture zones (FZs) are considered transform faults that lie perpendicular to midocean ridge axes; that is, they show the direction of seafloor spreading. Bathymetric maps of the Pacific Ocean basin exhibit a multitude of latitudinally trending FZs as well as longitudinally trending FZs on the Pacific plate. By the early 1980s the FZs were found to be active features with magma leakage along trend, which shifted the conception that linear seamount chains must form as hot spot traces. With the inclusion of seamount chains into the FZ trends, coupled with near multi beam total coverage bathymetry and 1st order Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite (GEOSAT) structural trends the concept of intersecting megatrends evolved. Analysis reveals that oceanic rises and plateaus generally sit atop the intersections of these FZs, exhibiting continental blocks, large igneous outpourings, and/or tectonic vortex structures at the intersections. Additionally, these megatrends are shown to continue into the continents, such as the Murray and Mendocino FZs in the northeastern Pacific, intersecting and crossing, the San Andreas Fault trend in California. The intersecting megatrends exhibit magnetic anomaly patterns related to magmatic intrusive/extrusive events not necessarily corresponding to seafloor foundation of Archean (original lithosphere) crust 4 2.5 billion years ago. Nor can the plate be spreading in several directions at the same time. Evidence of orthogonally intersecting megatrends coupled with a dubious interpretation of seafloor magnetic lineation age hypothesis leads investigators toward a more robust explanation of tectonic events. By understanding plasma tectonics is driven by space weather in which these orthogonal FZs act as "coils" of a stellar transformer, a new paradigm emerges linking solar induction and space weather as drivers of seismic and volcanic energies such as earthquakes and magma production.