REFERENCE GRID OF ЕARTH FAULTS AND ITS REFLECTION IN THE DIRECTION AND CONFIGURATION OF RIVERBEDS

Abstract

The article presents the author’s hypothesis (2014) about the reference grid of planetary faults of Earth, which also reflect the position of disjunctive dislocations at regional and local levels. It has been determining the entire geological life of Earth for 4.5 billion years of its existence. The grid is represented by faults of sublatitudinal (NW 193° – SE 113°; SW 246° – NE 66°); and submeridional (SE 169° – NW 349°; SW 191° – NE 11°) orientation. Main directions of the fault grid are reflected in the position and configuration of the main riverbeds of the globe, that is confirmed by the analysis of river planimetric images in various continents of Earth. Decoding and tracing faults by the configuration of riverbeds allows researchers to trace their position in interfluvial spaces and hypothetically assess the possibility of finding ore deposits confined to the zones of these faults.