Geoscience-Continental Drift

December 22, 2019

Geoscience-Continental Drift

Geoscience-Continental Drift In 1912, Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist and geophysicist, outlined his hypothesis for “continental drift.” This hypothesis challenged a long-held assumption that the continents and ocean basins had fixed geographic positions (i.e., they didn’t move). Explain the continental drift hypothesis. Describe two lines of evidence Wegener used to […]