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Evidence for Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

• Alfred Wegener proposed the idea but his theory of the continents slowly drifting was widely regarded as false until rougly half a century later, primarily because it couldn't be explained how they were drifting (today, we know that it's convection currents.

Continental Fit

• Fit of the continents into one another can provide evidence (definition).
• Coastlines are continuously shaped by erosion and deposition.
• Ancient continental shield areas in Africa and South America match up when placed together.
• Today's continents can be fitted together to reconstruct the supercontinent Pangea.
• A good example of 'continental fit' is shown by the similarities in shape of the coastlines…