Quasi-Periodic Fractal Patterns in Geomagnetic Reversals, Geological Activity, and Astronomical Events

Blog 20151125 Quasi-Periodic Fractal Patterns in Geomagnetic Reversals, Geological Activity, and Astronomical Events

Another of our technical papers, giving more details about universal cyclic behavior, just went online:

Puetz, Stephen J., and Borchardt, Glenn, 2015, Quasi-Periodic Fractal Patterns in Geomagnetic Reversals, Geological Activity, and Astronomical Events: Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, v. 81, no. Part A, p. 246–270 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2015.09.029].

Here are the highlights:

• Spectral analysis indicates similar harmonics in astronomical and geological events.

• Quasi-periodic cycles occur in tripling patterns of 30.44, 91.33, 274, 822, and 2466 myr.

• Similar astro- and geo-phases suggest that the cycles develop from a common source.

And here is the Abstract:

The cause of geomagnetic reversals remains a geological mystery. With the availability of improved paleomagnetic databases in the past three years, a reexamination of possible periodicity in the geomagnetic reversal rate seems warranted. Previous reports of cyclicity in the reversal rate, along with the recent discovery of harmonic cycles in a variety of natural events, sparked our interest in reevaluating possible patterns in the reversal rate. Here, we focus on geomagnetic periodicity, but also analyze paleointensity, zircon formation, star formation, quasar formation, supernova, and gamma ray burst records to determine if patterns that occur in other types of data have similar periodicity. If so, then the degree of synchronization will indicate likely causal relationships with geomagnetic reversals. To achieve that goal, newly available time-series records from these disciplines were tested for cyclicity by using spectral analysis and time-lagged cross-correlation techniques. The results showed evidence of period-tripled cycles of 30.44, 91.33, 274, 822, and 2466 million years, corresponding to the periodicity from a new Universal Cycle model. Based on the results, a fractal model of the universe is hypothesized in which sub-electron fractal matter acts as a dynamic medium for large-scale waves that cause the cycles in astronomical and geological processes. According to this hypothesis, the medium of sub-electron fractal matter periodically compresses and decompresses according to the standard laws for mechanical waves. Consequently, the compressions contribute to high-pressure environments and vice versa for the decompressions, which are hypothesized to cause the instabilities that lead to episodic astronomical and geological events.

This article is an Open Access download at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960077915003082.

Readers may wish to dwell on this comment in the abstract: “medium of sub-electron fractal matter periodically compresses and decompresses according to the standard laws for mechanical waves.” Who says that mainstream reviewers are all regressive?