The
New Concepts in Global Tectonics Group (NCGT) is an informal association of
earth scientists who are critical of plate tectonics and want to explore
alternative theories.
This
association was created in August 1996, and since then it provides an
organizational focus for to publicize such ideas and work, especially where
there has been censorship or discrimination.
Its principal instrument for that
is a newsletter which was published since December
1996 and thanks to the enthusiastic reception became a journal.
- A summary of the origins, aims, and activities of the New Concepts in Global Tectonics Group, and outlines some of the main geological controversies covered by its journal, you can read it (here).
- You can see the list of journal contents until June 2018 (here).
- You can see the index by authors (here).
- And you can download all the publications (here).
THE NCGT JOURNAL
For
over two decades, under the leadership of the Journal Founder and former Editor
in Chief, Dr. Dong Choi, the NCGT Journal has been a beacon of light for
researchers needing a voice and platform to publish their research and offer
new concepts that pushed boundaries and challenged established thinking. The
"new" NCGT Journal is committed to that same general purpose.
The
NCGT Journal has evolved over the years from a journal focused on tectonics to
one that now addresses other fields, for example: climatology, seismology,
oceanography, solar and solar system physics, and earth sciences.
It
is our fondest hope that those who want a source for innovation in these and
other fields of research, will continue to support the NCGT Journal as it
creates the commercial base to become a lasting pillar of knowledge for
tomorrow's "evidence-based" science.
"What is
today's contrarian science, may become tomorrow's established science."
EDITOR CHIEFS
The main driving force behind the
newsletter for most of its existence was the chief editor, J. Mac Dickins,
former senior paleontologist at the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, who
passed away in June 2005.
Dong R. Choi was born in 1945 in Tokyo. Dr. of Sci. in 1972 from Hokkaido Univ. Work
history: Chief Eng. Kokusai Kogyo Co. Tokyo – marine geophysical
survey/geological mapping; Post-Doctoral Fellow/Assis. Prof. Univ. of Miami –
carbonate sedimentology; Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra –
marine heat flow/continental margin geology; Independent Consulting Geologist;
From 1991 to present, Managing Director, Raax Australia Pty Ltd. – borehole
imaging and geological analysis; Editor in Chief, New Concepts in Global
Tectonics Journal; Director of Research, International Earthquake and Volcano
Prediction Center (www.ievpc.org), Operations Center, Canberra, Australia. Fields
of interest: Earthquake prediction, sunken continents, global tectonics.
Louis A. G. Hissink M.Sc. MAIG
(ret) MIEEE is the new editor in chief. He is regarded as one of the top
diamond geologists in Australia, having made numerous discoveries of kimberlite
in Western Australia and New South Wales. He worked for the Planet Group of
companies, Western Mining Corporation as a field and mining geologist,
Stockdale Prospecting, the Australian arm of De Beers Diamonds and various
smaller exploration companies until his retirement in 2013. He was editor of
the Australian Institute of Geoscientists News from 2006 to 2013. His present
focus is on the application of plasma physics to geology involving Electric
Earth theory, and the forecasting of catastrophic geological phenomena.
EXPERT OPINIONS
The NCGT Journal is a well known
source of relevant theory and research especially in the fields of global
tectonics and earthquake research. In recent years a new corpus of research has
linked climate change and solar activity and solar system gravitational effects
to climate change on Earth. This wealth of new research has added much to the
decades of previous work reported in the NCGT Journal and its predecessor, the
NCGT Newsletter. This page displays resultant praise from respected scientists
for this long contribution to science in many fields of research.
What Others Are Saying About the
NCGT Journal:
« It is fair to say that NCGT Journal is not only an interesting
scientific magazine, but also it is a real international platform for
discussion of diverse essential problems – from fundamentals to applications.
Around NGGT Journal the bright brains of Earth science researchers are
consolidated, forming a united front to overcome the dominant, dogmatic ideas
and successfully promoting and establishing new sound and challenging concepts.
I wish You every success in future work in advancing independent and promising
ideas on the Earth’s structure and evolution. »
Permanent reader, Lidia Ioganson,
Leading Researcher, Institute of Physics of the Earth RAS, Russia.
« I have been enjoying every edition of NCGT Journal. This is
exactly what a scientific journal should contain – a multitude of ideas, rather
than a single ruling paradigm and also of importance are the “human” stories. »
Paul Burrell, Savan Resources
Sole, Co., Ltd., Savannakhet, Laos.
« Please keep up your excellent work in your NCGT - pushing against
the barriers of ignorance and worse, outright prejudice. »
Stephen Foster, England.
« Since joining NCGT in 1998 at the Tsukuba, Japan conference I've
had the pleasure of networking with a host of outstanding scientists and
enjoyed a unique forum for advancing New Concepts in Global Tectonics!
Keep up the most excellent work and many thanks for advancing Earth Science into
new and untold frontiers. »
Bruce Leybourne, Research
Director Institute for Advance Studies
in Climate Change (IASCC).
« NCGT Journal is the most valuable scientific platform that
publishes a wide range of original ideas of geodynamic problems, which are
expressed in a way free from dominant, dogmatic, pre-set models. I learn a lot
about latest developments in frontier geological science from the Journal. I
wish you best of luck. »
Takayuki Kawabe, Yamagata
University, Japan.
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