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Plate Tectonic Theory……. Why Alfred Wegener thought of it……

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1 Plate Tectonic Theory……. Why Alfred Wegener thought of it……

2 Continental Fit……

3 Glacial Deposits……

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5 Matching Geology

6 Matching fossils

7 Alfred Wegener needed a mechanism to move the continents………. Sea Floor Spreading

8 Discovery of mid-oceanic ridge……

9 Symmetric magnetic anomalies adjacent to mid-ocean ridge axis…..

10 Figure A-5a and b Paleomagnetism – magnetic signature locked in rocks

11 Magnetic Reversals

12 Age of ocean crust……

13 Figure 4-5 Global pattern of earthquakes

14 Figure 9.14 Global pattern of volcanoes – Ring of Fire


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