“Lately we have been getting facts pointing to the "oceanic" nature of the floor of so-called inland seas. Through geological investigations it has been definitely established that in its deepest places, for instance, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, the Earth's crust is devoid of granite stratum. The same may be said quite confidently about the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Could the interpretation of these data be that inland seas were the primary stage of the formation of oceanic basins?”
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Vladimir Belousov
Vladimir Belousov (October 30, 1907 – December 25, 1990) was a Soviet geologist and geophysicist known for his research on Earth's crust and tectonic movements. He proposed the theory of vertical crustal movements, contrasting with plate tectonics. His work significantly influenced Soviet geology. He was a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences and received the Lenin Prize and Stalin Prize. more
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