Andrew Jr. Kugler
Andrew Kugler Jr. | |
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| Known for | Distinguishing subduction from overthrusting; Subduction and Overthrusting (2006) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, Tectonics |
Andrew Kugler Jr. is a geologist and author known for his work on tectonic geology, in particular his argument that subduction and overthrusting are distinct processes that can be differentiated through careful tectonic mapping. He is listed in The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists under the Expanding Earth category.
Work
Kugler is the author of the treatise Subduction and Overthrusting (2006), a work on tectonic geology. In it he argues that subduction and overthrusting can be differentiated on the basis of tectonic mapping, a distinction that he holds is not generally recognised by most geoscientists. His argument places the difference between the two processes at the centre of interpreting large-scale crustal movements.
His work has been cited in connection with Samuel Warren Carey's expanding Earth hypothesis, in the context of the debate over whether large-scale expansion could be reconciled with locally or regionally observed subduction. This positions his conclusions outside the mainstream framework of plate tectonics, in which subduction is a central mechanism.