The Earth's Shifting Crust by Charles Hapgood - wire of information

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EARTH'S SHIFTING CRUST
Fig. II. Mountain Building: Patterns of Fracture and Folding
The lithosphere, or crust, is represented in a future movement resulting
from the effect of the present icecap in Antarctica. Since the latter's
center of mass is on (or near) the meridian of 96 E. Long., the crust is
represented as moving in that direction from the pole. The sector of
expansion is moving equatorward and therefore being extended. The
sector of contraction is moving toward the North Pole from the equator
and therefore being compressed.
In the sector of expansion, parallel major faults can be observed, with
minor faults at right angles. The wavy lines suggest the effects of local
differences in crustal strength. The pattern of the fractures is indicated,
but not their number; a very large number of meridional fractures
might be formed, while the minor fractures would be even more
numerous.
In the sector of contraction, crustal folding is shown only schemat-
ically. It is represented as if all the folding is taking place along one
meridian, although in reality there would probably be many parallel
zones of mountain folding at considerable distances from each other.
Campbell indicates that this movement will be accompanied by fracturing
of the crust, with faults running at right angles to the main axes
of the folds. The third axis, which runs through the equator, is considered
to be the axis on which the crust turns. The points directly at the
two ends of this axis do not move.