Astronomy
Astronomy
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ISBN: 9781938168284
Author: Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. Wolff
Publisher: OpenStax
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Chapter 8, Problem 7E

Although he did not present a mechanism, what were the key points of Alfred Wegener’s proposal for the concept of continental drift?

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