Continental drift was a revolutionary theory explaining that continents shift position on Earth's surface. The theory was proposed by geophysicist and meteorologist Alfred Wegener in 1912, but was ...
Plate tectonics is the theory used to explain the structure of the Earth’s crust and many of the associated phenomena. The rigid lithosphere is split into 7 major ‘plates’ that slowly move on top of ...
WE really are one world, according to the findings of AlfredWegener, a guy who really knew his weather. Born on Nov. 1, 1880, in Germany, he received a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Berlin ...
In the early 20th century, one man withstood a lifetime of ridicule to uphold the revolutionary idea that land masses move. Cody Cottier is a freelance journalist for Discover Magazine, who frequently ...
Jan. 6, 1912 the German meteorologist Alfred Wegener presented in a public lecture entitled 'Die Heraushebung der Großformen der Erdrinde (Kontinente und Ozeane) auf geophysikalischer Grundlage / The ...
THE theory that the continents have shifted their positions during geological time and, possibly, are still in motion has lately excited much discussion. The principal obstacle to its acceptance is ...
Exactly 100 years ago Alfred Wegener presented his theory of continental drift to the public for the first time. Modern plate tectonics confirmed his ideas by flipping them upside down. Exactly 100 ...
Bucher, W. H., The Reformation of the Earth's Crust (Princeton Univ. Press, 1933). Symp. on Continental Drift, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., edit. by Blackett, P. M. S ...
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