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China's Vertical Tectonics

Anonymous Mon 09 Dec 12:56:49 2019 No.11212240 View Reply Original Report

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When China create/make new islands is this a form of vertical tectonics? If so how will this affect the tectonics and seismic activity?

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Anonymous Mon 09 Dec 2019 13:21:49 No.11212266 Report

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China is winning. If they start making islands off the coast of Africa, where they have been invited, will those islands belong to China or Africa? And what if these islands being made in China trigger an earthquake in California since all of the tectonic plates are connected?

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612597/aboard-the-giant-sand-sucking-ships-that-china-uses-to-reshape-the-world/

In 2015 alone, China created the equivalent of nearly two Manhattans of new real estate.

In 2017, CCCC Dredging launched the Tian Kun Hao, Asia’s biggest cutter suction dredger, which was built entirely in China. It is about the same size as the Ellis Island, or about a quarter the size of the Belgian behemoths, and can suck nearly 8,000 cubic yards of sand and other material per hour from depths up to 100 feet.

No they do not float, islands are the tops of underwater mountains. The base is at the bottom of the ocean. They may be the result of a volcano, or just an accumulation of coral or the remainder of an ancient mountain around which the sea level rose. Though everything that is in the water has a bouyant force which results from the weight of the water it displaces, islands are not free and do not float
https://saonadreamsweb.com/saona-island/do-islands-float-why-dont-islands-move/

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Anonymous Mon 09 Dec 2019 15:45:13 No.11212466 Report

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I would not call it a form of vertical tectonics. Its more antropogenic sedimentation. The effect on tectonics however completley depends on the mass of the 'sediment'. Its the same with coral reefs. Once they get to heavy or stop growing the heavier marine plate will start sinking (needs a lot of mass to cause this by itself). I dont think it will have a lot of influence on the seismic activity but thats hard to say and depends on the chosen locality. I dont really think small islands like this will trigger an earthquake but since you can never be sure how it will be triggered maybe by higher pressure in the mineralpores? Just look at it like a really fast growing coral reef with some strange 2legged fish on top

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