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They now think that the continents are moving because of tectonic plates and how they move, or drift, apart.

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What do scientist think now might be possible cause of continental drift?

They think a possible cause of continental drift is because of seafloor spreading and the water currents below the continents. +++ You are sort of on the right track, but not near enough to have helped the 9 people Answers had already counted! Sea-floor spreading is part of continental drift, and the currents are not in water, but in the viscous rock Mantle.


Who theorized continental drift?

wegener a german scientist


What scientist were responsible for the theory of contenental drift?

A German scientist Alfred Wegener first proposed the idea of Continental Drift.


What is Alfred wengeners first discover as an scientist?

Alfred Has Been Working On The Contintal Drift For A Long Time And Scientist Are Stilll Trying To Prove The Continental Drift. So The Continental Drift Is His First Discovery...,(:.!? --- Jocelyn !!


Who is the scientist who first proposed that thermal convection in the mantle causes continental drift?

Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist and geophysicist, proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912. He suggested that thermal convection currents in the mantle cause the movement of continents over time.


Who is the scientist who first proposed the thermal convection in the mantle causes continental drift?

Auther Holmes is the Scientist who first proposed that theral convection in the mantle causes continental drift.


Who is the German scientist connected with continental drift?

Alfred Wegner


Why scientists rejected wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?

Scientist rejected Wegners hypothesis of continental drift at first because he did not have enogh evidence to support his theory. He failed to provide a suitable mechanism that could cause the continents to move.


What thermal do scientist first propose to mantle causes continental drift?

they what?


Who was the scientist who came up with the Theory of continental drift?

Alfred Wegener.


What do scientist think caused Continental drift?

Sea-floor spreading


What does the continental drift cause?

it is caused by conviction