This page is a copy of my Geocities page initially posted at the following link ...
... http://www.geocities.com/karunakarm/about.html
Current location:
http://www.kmarasakatla.com/geosite/about.html
About
the work posted
on the Geocities site
The field of Science and its applications always facinated me. Even
though I educated and work in the field of computers, Science always
remained as my field of interest. The concept of continental movement
(Plate tectonics) and the view of layer upon layer of thick sediments
(Geochronology) always intrigued me and created a special interest in
these two fields. I used to read books and articles on these two
subjects in my leisure time. After reading the Snowball Earth article
in the January 2000 issue of the Scientific American, I started to
spend more time exploring these concepts. Even though the snowball
Earth concept was reasonable and has evidence for the equatorial
glaciation, the cause for the phenomenon wasn't convincing. On further
exploration, I found similarities between the global ice ages and the
Supercontinents. Later summarized the work and communicated with few
journals in July 2000 for its publication but all of them returned the
article without any review. Later elaborated the paper and published
here on my home page on 1st August, 2000 and initiated a discussion in
the newsgroups, particularly in sci.geo.geology for an open discussion.
Most of the discussion was concentrated on the concept of continuity in
Plate tectonics against my proposal of Supercontinental "Tectonic
Pause".
Even though the concept is
clear, my earlier article didn't explain the initiation of the Ice
Ages. Later I have further elaborated the hypothesis by including the
Milankovitch cycles for the initiation of ice ages and published again
at my home page on 11th March 2001. I have included additional proof
and references to the hypothesis in this new revision. As I was
mentioned in my first hypothesis, an anoxic ocean period was proposed
around 1.9 Ga in the later research. Along with the additional proof, I
have also included an analogy with the ancient stories of the global
deluge with my hypothesis. This revised version of the hypothesis was
also extensively discussed in the newsgroups.
The cause of Plate tectonics
was always elusive even though its effects are very much visible. The
concept of megablobs churning inside the Earth provides a plausible
explanation for the Supercontinent cycle. Again the cause for the
initiation of instabilities in the mantle were not convinsing. On
further analysis I found that the revolution of the solar system around
the galactic center as a possible cause for the Supercontinent cycle on
the surface of the Earth. I believe this hypothesis explains the
processes happening within the Earth in a simple and lucid manner. This
hypothesis not only attempts at unifying the Earth Sciences but also
combines the ancient concepts with the Science. All the articles and
the summary of newsgroup discussions can be found on my home page.
Karunakar Marasakatla
Last modified: 18th June, 2006.
All
the pages posted on the Geocities site
Articles on the work on gravity can be found at the main home page: www.kmarasakatla.com