Alfred Wegener
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- EVIDENCE FOR CONTINENTAL DRIFT
- GEOLOGY
- The same glacial deposits were found in India, South America and Antarctica.
- CONTINENTAL FIT
- Mountain ranges lined up.
- Africa and South America clearly join together.
- CONTINENTAL FIT
- The same glacial deposits were found in India, South America and Antarctica.
- BIOLOGY
- Fossils of a fern (Glossopteris) are found widely across southern continents.
- Plant remains from humid swamps were found only in Australia and India.
- CLIMATE
- Coal and oil reserves found in Antarctica suggest it once had a different climate.
- Glacial striations in Brazil and West Africa.
- GEOLOGY
- The same glacial deposits were found in India, South America and Antarctica.
- CONTINENTAL FIT
- Mountain ranges lined up.
- Africa and South America clearly join together.
- CONTINENTAL FIT
- The same glacial deposits were found in India, South America and Antarctica.
- GEOLOGY
- CLIMATE
- CLIMATE
- Coal and oil reserves found in Antarctica suggest it once had a different climate.
- Glacial striations in Brazil and West Africa.
- SEAFLOOR SPREADING
- North America and Europe are moving away from each other at 2.5cm a year.
- Similar submarine mountain ranges in the Pacific Ocean.
- The Mid-Atlantic ridge.
- North America and Europe are moving away from each other at 2.5cm a year.
- GEOLOGY
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