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A Possible Mechanism of Radiative Energy Transfer from the Earth's Core to Underground Oceans Near the Surface of Earth

Matti Pitkänen

Abstract


The recent observations strongly suggest that there is an ancient seabed on top of the Earth's core, and there are also mountains with a height of about 10 km. The proposed model, in which convection moves the sea floor to the region above the mantle, is probably correct. This finding combined with the discovery of the so-called superionic ice, which could exist above the Earth's core, allows to develop a proposal for a mechanism of metabolic energy transfer from the Earth's core to the underground oceans near the surface of Earth. This would make possible the development of photosynthesizing life forms in underground oceans. The generalization of the Pollack effect would play a key role in the mechanism.

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