Tectonic Cracking Formation of the Grand Canyon


The Grand Canyon is vast and beautiful to see.  It is one of the greatest natural wonders of the world.  There is a great deal of speculation on the formation of the Grand Canyon.  At the root of the formation of the canyon is water hydraulics.  Water is a powerful force, so water has become the most logical explanation for the formation of the canyons.  However, when you look at the Grand Canyon through the eyes of a satellite, the canyon doesn’t appear to be carved exclusively from water.  Water has influenced the canyon’s shape, but it wasn’t the primary force that created the canyon.  

http://www.indulgentsojourns.com/2015/07/flying-ourselves-to-grand-canyon.html



The Tectonic Wave Theory removes water as a primary contributor to the formation. The Grand Canyon was created the same way that mountains are formed.  When two Tectonic Waves collide, several things can happen.  One is the process that builds mountains.  As two opposing tectonic waves collide, it pushes material upwards as with mountain building.  When the mountain becomes taller, the topsoil erodes away exposing the rock.  Even though one wave may travel over another tectonic wave, or under another tectonic wave, the primary direction of the crust material is upwards.

In the case of the Grand Canyon, the force of two opposing tectonic waves push material upwards causing an upward bow in the crust material.  The area changed from a flat area to a large bow in the surface.  As the material is pushed upward, it creates a larger surface area over time.  As that surface area grows, there isn’t enough tectonic material, and the surface will form tectonic cracks which over time will become a canyon.   



For example, you cover a blown up balloon with plaster and you let it dry.  After the plaster is completely dry you add more air to the balloon, it will expand which will create a larger surface area.  The expansion of the balloon will cause the plaster to crack.  As with the area of the Grand Canyon, the uplift created a larger surface area that caused the cracking in the tectonic material. 


As the force of the tectonic wave pushes material upwards, the cracks become larger.  The larger the crack, the more that the ground water and soil can flow from the area.   Water, with the help of gravity over time, will take the soil down river and expose rock.   Once the top soil is gone, there is no place for ground water, and rain water has no place to go, but to flow down the canyon.

The Tectonic Wave Theory proposes that the Grand Canyon wasn’t carved by water.   The Grand Canyon was created by two opposing tectonic waves, that forced material upward, creating tectonic cracking in the surface.  The water run off is just taking advantage of gravity as it flows through the canyon.  However, the water isn’t the carving forces of the canyon, but a secondary erosion process.

If you apply Tectonic Wave Theory to other planets with active cores, you could have large canyons on planets that may have never had any water whatsoever.  The tectonic activity could create canyons on a planet like mars, and water may have never been involved in the formation of those canyons.

Wassa 2020

Mars Canyon
https://marsed.asu.edu/mep/tectonics/canyons


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