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Why was Wegeners hypothesis rejected by most scientists of his day?
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∙ 8y ago
Wegener made a strong case for continental drift as you may know. E.g. similar rock strata on opposing continents, similar fossil types located in geographically distant regions, evidence of glaciation and the general jig-saw fit of the continents. He could not explain however how the continents moved, that is, what force was acting on them and causing them to drift. He suggested that a combination of centrifugal force from the Earth's rotation and gravitational forces from objects in space (similar to what causes tides) moved the continents. Calculations proved this to be impossible. Since he could not explain the mechanism because little about plate tectonics was known at the time, his ideas were not widely accepted in the scientific community.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoWegener's hypothesis was rejected by most scientists of the day because Wegener didnt have enough proof, evidence, or even information. In the 1960s, however, scientists uncovered new evidence that seemed to support Wegener's theory. Scientists located a fossil known as glosspteris, a seed fern which lived 250 million years ago.
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∙ 8y agoWegener attempted to explain how continental drift took place. He suggested that the continents plowed across the ocean floors. Unfortunately, Wegener could not provide a satisfactory explanation for the force that pushes or pulls the continents. Because Wegener could not identify the cause of continental drift, most geologists rejected his idea.
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∙ 13y agocouldn't explain the mechanism or processes behind the movement of continents
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∙ 12y agoSimple as can be, he was a fagiit.
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∙ 13y agothey were n00bs...
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