Who is the scientist who did much of the early work on continental drift? In the early 20th century‚ German scientist Alfred Wegener published a book explaining his theory that the continental landmasses‚ far from being immovable‚ were drifting across the Earth. What evidence did this scientist have to support his idea of continental drift? Wegener noticed that the continents seemed to fit together‚ not at the continuously changing shoreline‚ but at the edge to their continental shelves
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Alfred Wegener’s theory and Evidence Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift at the beginning of the 20th century. His idea was that the Earth’s continents were once joined together‚ but gradually moved apart over millions of years. It offered an explanation of the existence of similar fossils and rocks on continents that are far apart from each other. But it took a long time for the idea to become accepted by other scientists. In this Wegener put forth his explanation for the formation
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of Continents and Oceans‚ a book outlining the Continental Drift theory of Alfred Lothar Wegener‚ a German meteorologist‚ was published; expanded editions were published in 1920‚ 1922‚ and 1929. About 300 million years ago‚ claimed Wegener‚ the continents had formed a single mass‚ called Pangaea (from the Greek for "all the Earth"). Pangaea had split‚ and its pieces had been moving away from each other ever since. Wegener was not the first to suggest that the continents had once been connected‚ but
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Alfred Wegener started a proposal of continental drift that simply stated that there was once a supercontinent called Pangaea. He believed that 200 million years ago the continent began breaking into smaller continents which began the layout of where they lie now. Many people and geologists rejected Wegener?s idea especially the North American geologists due to most of his evidence to back his proposal up had been gathered from Southern continents. Evidence that Wegener had listed to support his
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Alfred Wegener(1880-1930) was the first man to propose the theory gplate tectonics.h He had got a Ph.D in astronomy from the University of Berlin‚ but he was also interested in the other science field such as geophysics‚ meteorology‚ and climatology. He also contributed to meteorology by establishing to track air circulation using balloon. In 1911‚ he read a paper that listed identical fossils of plants and animals found on opposite side of the Atlantic‚ and he looked for more of such organisms
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alike. But this is exactly what Alfred Wegener experienced when he advanced the unthinkable thoughts that all continents were once upon a time‚ all part of one massive supercontinent. He battled through the adversity‚ and continued to collect sources and ideas that backed his thinking. The purpose of this paper is to provide a background of Wegener’s life‚ the research and criticism of being accepted and some of the objections he faced throughout the process. Wegener was well educated and even more
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Alfred Wegener was born in Berlin in 1880. His father was a minister who ran an orphanage‚ Alfred was even brilliant as a young child he took interest in the land textures and topography. He took special interest in Greenland‚ and always walked‚ skated‚ and hiked. This prepared him of what was to come in his future. He studied in Germany and Austria‚ receiving his PhD in astronomy. But no sooner than he got his PhD he dropped astronomy (in desire for a more interesting department) to study meteorology
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BACKGROUND Continental drift is a theory proposed by a scientist‚ Alfred Wegener in the twentieth century. The theory explained that all the continents was once joined as one‚ and through the course of millions of years‚ drifted apart from each other to form separate continents as we see it now. THEORY Before all the continents were separated‚ they existed as one supercontinent‚ Pangaea (Lovett‚ 2008)‚ surrounded by a super ocean‚ known as Panthalassa. Movement of continents can be compared to
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German meteorologist Alfred Wegener wasn’t the first to perceive similitude’s right around the landmasses that recommended the landmasses may have once been associated. He began with‚ be that as it may‚ to assemble brainstorms and confirmation into an obvious theory‚ which he transformed into a treatise entitled "The Framing of the Major Emphasizes of the Earth’s outside layer (Landmasses and Seas)." In 1912‚ at experience 32‚ Wegener should have appeared a bald-faced upstart to the regarded parts
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