Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52604#.VJy5McCAM4 Author(s) Daoxiong Hu Affiliation(s) Xibu Drilling Engineering Co. Ltd. of CNPC, Karamay, China . ABSTRACT Oceanic crust expansion belt is the largest extensional structure on the earth. All the crustal movement theories have to face the phenomenon of oceanic crust expansion. The paper tries to interpret the phenomenon of oceanic crust expansion by the volume change of the earth and the satellite data. The oceanic crust expansion is the result of the volume change of the earth. The volume change of the earth’s mantle is the element causing the volume change of the earth; the state variation of the sol...
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