Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780134746241
Author: Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher: PEARSON
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What physical clues and evidence prove that these landmasses were together 225 million years ago as Pangaea and why do scientists think the continents are drifting (continent and sea-floor movements)?

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