Quote (SnIpErPRO69L337 @ Aug 4 2010 03:35pm)
If the poles WERE to shift the tectonic plates of the planet would begin to travel at speeds as high as 10km/h the forces exerted from plates being forced under each other against each other and over each other would be so great that the resulting earthquakes would be like nothing we had ever seen before. The force would be so strong that the entire earth would shake.
Seeming as this 'supposedly' happens every 26000 years and we have been here 1.8 million years, I highly doubt pole shifts actually take place.
The is no "if" or "supposedly" about it... evidence exists in the alignment of iron based particles in rock formations, (often denoted by black and white stripes to indicate the "normal" N-S form eaths magnetic field, or the abnormal of S-N form.)
And it does not simply occur every 26 thousand years, there is a great deal of variation of the amount of time when the poles shift.
(also, more evidence exists if you study "Polar Wandering"- that is the tracking of landmass movement over millions of years using the alignment of fe-rich particles in relation to the magnetic pole)
You are right to say it is probable this wont occur at the date mentioned due to the huge variation of time between shifts.
This post was edited by Mike_Hawk on Aug 7 2010 08:56am