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Continental Drift

Geology

Continental drift holds that the continents were once joined in a single landmass and have since drifted apart over geologic time to reach their current positions. It was controversial when proposed but later gave rise to plate tectonics.

Facts
Proposed Year
1912 1
Proposed By
Alfred Wegener 1
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Geology, Disciplines
Source Continental Drift (Britannica)

Proposed By

Source Alfred Wegener (Britannica)

Tested By

The matching-coastline, fossil-taxa and rock-strata evidence Wegener assembled is what the continental drift proposal itself was built to explain.

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1. Continental Drift (Britannica)
Encyclopaedia BritannicaView the Source
Alfred Wegener (Britannica)
Encyclopaedia BritannicaProposed By: Alfred WegenerView the Source
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