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Download Solution PDFWho gave the hypothesis of continental drift?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Alfred Wegener.
The hypothesis of continental drift was given by Alfred Wegener in 1912 to explain the arrangement and origin of continents and ocean basins.
- According to him, continents formed a single continental mass called ‘Pangaea’ which was surrounded by a mega ocean called ‘Panthalassa’.
- In the Jurassic period (200 million years ago) Pangaea begins to split and broke into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
- Further Laurasia and Gondwanaland further continued to break into various smaller continents that exist today.
- He gave the evidence of radiometric dating, matching of continents paleoclimatic evidence, etc.
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