Continental drift
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Continental drift is the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other by appearing to drift across the ocean bed. The speculation that continents might have 'drifted' was first put forward by Abraham Ortelius in 1596. The concept was independently (and more fully) developed by Alfred Wegener in 1912. The theory of continental drift was superseded by the theory of plate tectonics, which builds upon and better explains why the continents move.
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| A brief introduction to Plate Tectonics, based on ... A brief introduction to Plate Tectonics, based on the work of Alfred Wegener. www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfjps/1300/cont_drift.html - Web |
| Maps of continental drift, from the Precambrian to... Maps of continental drift, from the Precambrian to the future www.scotese.com/earth.htm - Web |
| Observe an animation of the breakup of Pangaea Observe an animation of the breakup of Pangaea www.classzone.com/.../es0806page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization - Web |
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| Wegener and his proofs Wegener and his proofs www.bbm.me.uk/portsdown/PH_061_History_b.htm - Web |
