Scope and contribution

Scope and contribution — This paper formalizes the chained mechanism void → suction → lubrication → sliding with explicit notation and testable gates. It adopts the causal direction ARE → Ice Melt only within PASS-locked evidence, forbids the inverse, decomposes controversies into falsifiable questions, and ships a reproducibility bundle; it asserts no specific absolute-dated event.

What this white paper does It formalizes a chained mechanism: void (pressure deficit) → suction (pull) → lubrication/hydroplaning → sliding , using explicit notation and testable gates.

What this white paper does

• It formalizes a chained mechanism: void (pressure deficit) → suction (pull) → lubrication/hydroplaning → sliding, using explicit notation and testable gates.
• It adopts the causal direction ARE → Ice Melt as the core narrative only within PASS-locked evidence; it forbids the inverse causality (Ice Melt → Atlantic opening) as a core argument.
• It decomposes controversies into falsifiable questions: not “true/false,” but “which observation kills which claim.”
• It prioritizes non-resource downstream records (sea level, hydrology, sedimentology) as validation channels; resource-related modules (oil/coal) are treated as bias-aware auxiliary frames, not as core evidence.
• It provides a reproducibility bundle concept (data/code/checksums/pre-registration/automated tests) so that third parties can reproduce the same PASS/HOLD/FAIL outcomes.

What this white paper does not do

• It does not conclude the truth of a specific absolute-dated event (e.g., “4.3 ka”).
• It forbids using “ice melt caused Atlantic opening” as evidence or as the core causal direction.
• It does not attempt to overturn all of plate tectonics; it tests an alternative mechanism specifically for the accelerated opening interval(s) and their signatures.