Were there really any ice ages?

Question

Does Charles Hapgoods theory of Earth Crust Displacement prove that their were never any ice ages in the Earth's history? According to his theory before the last displacement the Hudson Bay area was situated at the north pole and according to the last ice age this was one of the areas with the most ice. There is prove that parts of Antartica hasnt been covered by ice for as long as originally thought and if the Hudson Bay was situated at the north pole than some of the land of antartica would actually not be in the polar region (south pole) and therfore not covered in ice.

Answer 1

In the end, same difference. covered in ice, ice age, right?

Drilled core samples show layers of ice for long periods.

Plus also the reversed magnetic domains in the sea floor, i think there's something up with the axial tilt.

Answer 2

There is way too much evidence supporting ice ages in the past - large boulders moved long distances from where they were originally laid, glaciated valleys (e.g. Yosemite) etc. Yes the North Pole has moved around, but that won't explain all of the evidence. Continental drift has moved Antarctica into the South Pole, but that occurred over a couple hundred million years, not something that was catastrophic (even 5000 years is catastrophic in geological terms) like Hapgood's theory expounds. His theory uses magnetic residuals to trace where the magnetic poles have wandered - the Earth's magnetic field is an artifact of the circulation of hot liquid iron and nickel around the solid core (magneto hydrodynamics) - but changes in that would match the existing geologic evidence without causing a violent shift in the crust – which would leave far more trace evidence that we haven't seen - essentially a global earthquake or series earthquakes of massive proportions - to yield the energy needed to move the crust that much - I tend to give much more credence to magneto hydrodynamic effects causing changes and reversals in the earth's magnetic field as explaining the movement of the magnetic poles. (The field rapidly moves, not the crust) Movement of the crust by 2000 miles over 5000 years is a huge amount of energy – it would change the angular momentum of the planet!

Answer 3

yes, piston core samples and ice samples in the polar regions

scientists use dating utlizing the presence of varying amounts of certain isotopes of elements within the layers of crust/ice to estimate the average global temperature at each time period. This would render that "scientists" theory useless.

however, that theory does prove that the hudson bay area was covered in ice during the ice age, as was the majority of the earth. The displacement of crust theory only changes the situation of continents ont he earth, not the climate of the time.

Answer 4

Tell them to cover up the Grand Canyon cos the glazier never pass thru there during the meltdown of the last ice age

Answer 5

Er, then what caused the terminal moraines (lumps of rocks that are pushed forward by ice sheets)

We're pretty certain about ice ages, given what we can learn about core samples and the life that existed during those times.

Answer 6

Yes ice ages happened, and there were many of them. Proof is forthcoming in the form of the next one.

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

yes