Figure 35 above. Seismic tomography of the British Isles at 80 km depth – EagleEye ultra-enhanced
View the video on copper mining kickstarting civilisation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGiV3gNFPI8.
Use the Archives button on my website to source earlier papers on this and other paradigm changing papers https://www.geotreks.com.au/archive/
The inset plan at the top-right is the colour contour seismic tomography plan used https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Bathymetry-and-topography-of-the-North-Atlantic-region-The-black-line-indicates-the_fig7_256695203
It is a very generalised, fuzzy plan and I excised the small area over the British Isles which should make it even less reliable to locate and define structures.
However, when the plan was enhanced using the EagleEye system it was found that the structural geology was clear. the structural regime, surprisingly, is just as brittle as it is up in the Landsat at the surface.
Rings
What’s even more interesting is that the large dark arcs of the Lough Ree outer ring structure under the British Isles are in exactly the same position as they were in the crust. This suggests no appreciable translational movement at 80 km depth. How can this happen given the geological complexity of the crust?
There are also portions of the giant Lough Ree outer ring structure observed in central Ireland.
Linears
The linear structures at 80 km depth also correspond exactly to those seen in the surface Landsat. They correspond so well that the lines drawn on the plan are actually from the surface Landsat. This suggests that these structures are vertical. The structures are almost like taking a cooky-cut through the earth from the surface to 80 km depth
This contradicts the current theory of a mobile mantle over which the crust, and shallow lithosphere, is constantly sliding like the skin on constantly boiling upwelling porridge. The crust is only approximately 30 km thick under the British Isles https://academic.oup.com/gji/article/190/2/705/645948
It is suggested that these large linear and ring structures, by virtue of their great size, cut through the surface geological complexity, even though the original structure may be buried.
The linear structures are thousands of kilometres long and the ring structures up to 700 kilometres in diameter. The general rule of thumb is that a linear structure extends at least downwards to at least half it’s length. In this case it would be achieved by reactivation of the structure, forming palimpsests, through the overlying complex geology. (Hronsky, J., 2013. Understanding Major Trans-Lithospheric Structures, their Evolution and Relationship to Ore Deposits. CCFS Lithosphere Dynamics Workshop 5 November 2013)
Correlation of Henges, mines and structure.
When the henges are plotted onto the seismic tomography plan from 80 km depth they align even better with the linear and arcuate structures than they do on the surface Landsat plan.
This is confirmation not only of the persistence of the structures but that the builders of the henges were aligning the first advanced civilisation constructions right on the linears and arcs. Why? They couldn’t see them! What material was on the structures that they desired?
When the mines are plotted on to the seismic tomography at 80 km depth it is seen that they follow the linears and intersections of rings and linears and also lie in between the intersections of the rings.
In this plan, and most of my structural geology plans, the dark areas of low reflectivity of seismic waves are interpreted to be sheared zones in folded areas with steep structures that do not reflect seismic. This is where it is expected the mines would form – and they do!.
Conclusion
They correlate very well with the largest henges which suggests that the henges were built close to the mines. I suggest that this is because the copper mined and traded was the most important factor in kickstarting early civilisation
This completes the first pass research of the correlation of henges and mines and structural geology of the British Isles.
We will next complete the same exercise over all of Europe – looking at the henges relationship with the largest structures and ancient mines.
Cheers
Bob Watchorn
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