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13 giu 2024 · Alfred Wegener (born November 1, 1880, Berlin, Germany—died November 1930, Greenland) was a German meteorologist and geophysicist who formulated the first complete statement of the continental drift hypothesis.
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- German meteorologist and geophysicist Alfred Wegener was the first person to formulate a complete statement of the continental drift hypothesis. Pr...
- Wegener noticed the similarity in the coastlines of eastern South America and western Africa and speculated that those lands had once formed a supe...
- Wegener published his theory in full in 1915, but his contemporaries mostly found it implausible. By 1930 it had been rejected by most geologists,...
3 giu 2024 · Uncover Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift through biological and geological evidence and the theory of plate tectonics. A discussion of some of the evidence supporting continental drift on Earth. See all videos for this article.
14 giu 2024 · Learn about the concept of continental drift, proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912, and its evolution into plate tectonics. Explore the evidence, diagrams, and videos that support the theory of continental movement and evolution.
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28 mag 2024 · The namesake of the Wegener Center and founding holder of the Chair of Geophysics at the University of Graz (1924-1930) was a brilliant scientist who thought and worked in an interdisciplinary manner in his work on geophysics, meteorology and climatology and was far ahead of his time.
5 giorni fa · The Theory of Continental Drift, first proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912, suggests that the Earth’s continents were once part of a single landmass called Pangaea. Over millions of years, these continents gradually drifted apart and formed the continents we see today.
29 mag 2024 · Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist and geophysicist, first proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912. He observed that the coastlines of continents such as South America and Africa seemed to fit together like puzzle pieces.
7 giu 2024 · The Continental Drift Theory, proposed by Alfred Wegener in the early 20th century, revolutionized our understanding of the Earth’s geological history. This theory suggests that the continents were once part of a supercontinent called Pangaea, which later fragmented and drifted apart.
