Astronomy and Humankind

We can note further that the Atlantic coast of North America once joined the north coast of Africa. Europe, including England and the Alps, have moved south and west. And the Arabian Peninsula has inserted itself between Egypt and India, which have congruent coastlines. (I believe that Arabia picked up it's petroleum as the excrement of marine creatures when Arabia was still located at the Arctic circle) Studying the map further we can locate areas where a landmass is shoved to the west, unto a landmass that won't move. The Indian subcontinent and Alaska appear to be so deeply anchored as to be relatively locked in position. Whether they will stay locked in position is presently beyond our knowledge. When the ocean levels are high, landmasses move more readily because of the buoyant effect of the water. The buoyancy effect of high ocean levels appears to be a larger factor in easing that movement due to the tidal forces (westward) than the movement caused by the centrifugal force. During the ice ages, a sheet of ice about two miles thick assists the southern movement of the land masses. A longer ice age would have thicker ice, extending further south, South America being pushed beyond the equator is an attest to that. India offers another forceful clue for reading the evidence of continental shift. There are seven or perhaps ten mountain ridges immediately to the east of India (caused by the tides) and a like number to the north of India. (caused by centrifugal force) Each mountain ridge represents a major crunch. Note that there is only one major ridge running north and south to the west of India. Both India and Alaska have (pretty much) refused to move for a long time.