Continental drift
Continental drift is the hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other, thus appearing to have "drifted" 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, but his hypothesis was rejected by many for lack of any motive mechanism. Arthur Holmes later proposed mantle convection for that mechanism. The idea of continental drift has since been subsumed by the theory of plate tectonics, which explains that the continents move by riding on plates of the Earth's lithosphere.
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100,000-year problem1596 in science1910s19121912 in Germany1912 in science20th century in scienceAbraham OrteliusAbstract structureAlexander du ToitAlfred RittmannAllan V. CoxAllopatric speciationAn_Inconvenient_TruthAntonio Snider-PellegriniApache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging OperationArchontaArcovenatorArthur HolmesArthur MourantAt the Mountains of MadnessAtlantisAttenborough: 60 Years in the WildAusktribosphenidaeAzolla eventBiodiversity of New CaledoniaBiogeographyBoris ChoubertBrian JosephsonBritish Mid-Ocean Ridge InitiativeBurma PlateCCGS HudsonCarl KrebsCataclysmic pole shift hypothesis
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Continental drift
Continental drift is the hypothesis that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other, thus appearing to have "drifted" 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, but his hypothesis was rejected by many for lack of any motive mechanism. Arthur Holmes later proposed mantle convection for that mechanism. The idea of continental drift has since been subsumed by the theory of plate tectonics, which explains that the continents move by riding on plates of the Earth's lithosphere.
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A teoria da deriva continental ...... iva continental antes de 1959.
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An tslí a ngluaiseann na hilch ...... plátaí teicteonacha chun cinn.
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Continental drift is the hypot ...... es of the Earth's lithosphere.
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Continentverschuiving, contine ...... oorzaakt door platentektoniek.
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Die Theorie der Kontinentaldri ...... r Theorie der Plattentektonik.
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En geologia, la deriva dels co ...... cap als anys 60 del segle xx.
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Hipotesis pergeseran benua (ba ...... rti yang diperkirakan Wegener.
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Kontinentaldrift är förflyttni ...... ing till rörelserna kunde ges.
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Kontinenteen jitoa masa kontin ...... aren hedapenean oinarritu zen.
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Kontinentální drift (pohyb svě ...... h desek způsobují zemětřesení.
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A teoria da deriva continental ...... u-se, já no Cretáceo inferior.
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An tslí a ngluaiseann na hilch ...... tá an tsíobghluaiseacht seo ag
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Continental drift is the hypot ...... es of the Earth's lithosphere.
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Continentverschuiving, contine ...... oorzaakt door platentektoniek.
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Die Theorie der Kontinentaldri ...... r Theorie der Plattentektonik.
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En geologia, la deriva dels co ...... cap als anys 60 del segle xx.
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Hipotesis pergeseran benua (ba ...... istiwa dan juga ke arah barat.
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Kontinentaldrift är förflyttni ...... ing till rörelserna kunde ges.
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Kontinenteen jitoa masa kontin ...... aren hedapenean oinarritu zen.
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Kontinentální drift (pohyb svě ...... je složena z tuhých desek. Tyt
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Continental drift
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Continentverschuiving
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Deriva continental
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Deriva continental
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Deriva dei continenti
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Deriva dels continents
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Dérive des continents
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Kontinenta drivo
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Kontinentaldrift
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Kontinentaldrift
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