Continental drift: an idea before its time Alfred Wegener First proposed hypothesis, 1915 Published The Origin of Continents and Oceans Continental.
The Lithosphere. The Crust Thin, rocky outer layer Either oceanic or continental – Oceanic is 7-km thick – Continental is 8-75 km thick.
Plate Tectonics 2 Making oceans and continents .
© 2006 Pearson Prentice Hall Lecture Outlines PowerPoint Chapter 8 Earth Science 11e Tarbuck/Lutgens.
Geology Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Theory Unfolds from Continental Drift.
Earth Science Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Theory Unfolds from Continental Drift.
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