the crust … starts crumbling somewhere else creating new mountains or islands
Exactly. The oceanic crust will (in geologic time) crack in front of the bolts and be dragged down parallel to the bit that was bolted, stacking the oceanic crust with the newer bit under the older one.
The cracking and stacking happens naturally and this creates stacks of many oceanic crust sections moving to the left of the picture.
death_to_carrots@feddit.org 2 months ago
After a certain point, the material around the bolt is more brittle than the bolt itself.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Often is, but you can alleviate this with large washers like in the picture, and also by adding more bolts closer to eachothers
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I think double-sided tape would be better. Or maybe we sew the plates together?
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Drill holes and zip tie the tectonic plates together
death_to_carrots@feddit.org 2 months ago
Would you say tectonic plates are more like wood vor metal? There are different standards for both.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I’d think they’re more like cookies, but idk I’m not really a geologist 😅
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Too many bolts too close and you’ve just got a perforation.