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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.
