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People did not agree with Alfred Wegener because he could not provide a driving force for his theory of Continental Drift, now known as Plate Tectonics.
People used to think that the crust of the Earth was solid, so how could continents move about in something solid?
It was only when it was proved that there were 2 types of crust, Ocean and Continental, and that the ocean crust was relatively new, that geologists were able to work out a driving force for the whole process.
Convection currents in the mantle.
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Alfred wegners middle name?
He's middle name is Alfred Lothar Wegner.
What was the major problem with wegners theory of continental drift?
The main problem with Wegners theory of continental drift was that at the time he proposed it he had no real proof.
Why was Alfred wegener's theory accepted ntil later?
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What was Alfred wegners hypothesis about Pangaea?
Alfred Wegner's hypothesis about Pangea was that it is one whole big continent.
Where does greenland join during wegners theory?
Somewhere in Euroasia....
What were Alfred wegners daughters names?
Alfred Wegner never married so he never had any daughters or children. His siblings might have had children though.
How do you say Alfred wegners name?
you pronounce it like ale_fred _veg_ner I hope this helps you ;D bye
What Alfred wegners hypothesis?
He discovered Pangaea; once all the continents were together, as one big continent.
What is the name of Alfred wegners super continent?
Alfred Wegener's supercontinent is called Pangaea. It was a prehistoric supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift, suggesting that the continents were once connected as a single landmass before drifting apart to their current positions.
What was Wegners major contribution to scientific knowledge?
Wegner was the man who established the theory of "continental drift" in 1912
Who first suggested there was a pangeae or a continental drift?
In the year 1911 a German meteorologist noticed that the contents looked like the fit in together. Wegner (Veg-ner) did some research regarding the subject. Wegners theory states that parts of the Earths crust slowly drift atop a liquid core. Landforms fossils and climates helped support his theory. There were two big flaws in Wegners theory; there was no feasible explanation for the cause of Continental drift because you can be on top of something liquid and not move and that there was no evidence that continents plowed through the ocean basin. No one believed Wegner's theory. 20 years later Wegner died and then after another 20 years we developed the technology and proved Wegners theory.
Where the idea of plate tectonics came from?
this is easy! I LEARNED IT IN SCIENCE! WERGNER DICOVERED IT. WEGNERS EARLIER THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT WAS REEXAMMINED AND A NEW THEORY WAS BORN ............................ THE THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS
