Look up Alfred Wengener, he was the first to descover this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To prove the idea of Alfred L. Wegener HERE:
Wegener used to fit of the continents, the distribution of fossils, the similar sequence of rocks at numerous locations, ancient climates, and the movement of the polar regions.
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It is another example that helps scientists with their theory that all of Earth's landmasses (land) were/was once connected. WOOOOOOOOOT WOOOOOOOOOOT
Continental Drift is a speculation made in 1596 by Abraham Ortelius. He stated that continents drift across the ocean bed.
This theory suggests that large, jigsaw like pieces of rock float on the upper mantle. It suggests that they fit together all over the planet, and are moving, though slowly at times. This theory was inspired by Alfred Wegner's theory of continental drift.
First, the continents do not drift! The theory of continental drift was based on observations of how the outlines of different continents appear to fit like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and that when so fitted various ancient mountain ranges, etc. align from one continent to another. But for them to 'drift' they would have to 'plow' through the solid rock of the ocean floor, which is clearly not happening. The theory of continental drift was long ago discarded and replaced as new evidence was uncovered.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 theory was rejected for lack of a mechanism.Following WW2 the US Navy made a series of observations showing symmetrical bands of magnetic field reversals on opposite sides of the midocean ridges. Because this information had value for military navigation, it was kept classified into the 1960s. When this information was made available to geophysicists, it confirmed key parts of the theory of plate tectonics (originally proposed in 1953).The idea of continental drift has been subsumed by the theory of plate tectonics, which explains how the continents appear to move. Convection currents in the semisolid mantle rock drag both continental and oceanic plates that float above the mantle around. The light granitic continental plate material tends to float higher, while the denser basaltic oceanic plate material tends to float lower so if they collide the continental plate will override the oceanic plate, causing it to subduct under the continental plate down into the mantle. If identical type plates collide the plates crumple and fold causing mountain ranges to form.The important thing to realize is the continents are not drifting, the tectonic plates (both continental and oceanic) of the crust are floating on the moving top surface of the mantle.
The ascertations that Alfred Wegener posed with his Continental Drift theory pre-dated the technology necessary to prove his vision. In 1968 the new science of plate tectonics supported Wegener's theory.
The Continental Drift theory is a theory because there is no evidence to support it. Alfred Wegener developed the Continental Drift theory in the 1800's.
The continental drift theory and the plate tectonic theory
He didn't. Evidence which points to continental drift was discovered later, after he died.
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Its fossils are found in many different places like South America and Africa which support the theory of continental drift.
I think that continetal drift replaced his theory
There was no evidence to prove it
The continental drift theory was replaced by the theory of plate tectonics.
Is there a list? Continental drift is real, so religious fanatics don't provide evidence for continental drift.
the continents fit together like a puzzle
Climate fossil and fossil climate