Tidal DiscreteWave Motions and Continental Drift

R. G. Garetskii¹ and A. I. Dobrolyubov²

¹Institute of Geochemistry and Geophysics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus,
ul. Akad. Kuprevicha 7, Minsk, 220141 Republic of Belarus

e-mail: mamchick@ns.igs.ac.by

²Joint Institute of Informatics Problems, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus,
ul. Surganova 6, Minsk, 220012 Republic of Belarus

Received March 17, 2005

Abstract—The concept of special running waves of deformation that provide the wave mass transfer of solids,
liquids, and gases is considered. These unidirectional motions called discrete–wave give rise to the lateral dis-
placement of bodies. The discrete–wave motions arise under the effect of tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun
on the Earth and induce the lateral displacements of geospheres, which include the atmosphere, oceanic cur-
rents, and the lithosphere. The tidal discrete–wave motions are real and permanently acting planetary events
that provide mass transfer and accumulation of energy. They are crucial in the lateral displacements of the litho-
sphere, its particular blocks, and in the continental drift. Such motions cannot be ignored in the consideration
of global tectonics.

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