Plate Tectonics...Chapter 9.1: Continental Drift Alfred Wegener (1880-1930) German geophysicist and...

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Plate Tectonics Chapter 9

Transcript of Plate Tectonics...Chapter 9.1: Continental Drift Alfred Wegener (1880-1930) German geophysicist and...

Page 1: Plate Tectonics...Chapter 9.1: Continental Drift Alfred Wegener (1880-1930) German geophysicist and meteorologist, proposed the continental drift hypothesis in 1912 The continental

Plate Tectonics

Chapter 9

Page 2: Plate Tectonics...Chapter 9.1: Continental Drift Alfred Wegener (1880-1930) German geophysicist and meteorologist, proposed the continental drift hypothesis in 1912 The continental
Page 3: Plate Tectonics...Chapter 9.1: Continental Drift Alfred Wegener (1880-1930) German geophysicist and meteorologist, proposed the continental drift hypothesis in 1912 The continental

Chapter 9.1: Continental Drift

Alfred Wegener (1880-1930) German geophysicist and meteorologist, proposed the continental drift hypothesis in 1912

The continental drift hypothesis: continents had once been joined together to form a single supercontinent, called Pangaea which separated over time.