Polar Wandering and Continental Drift
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Polar Wandering and Continental Drift
Arthur C. Munyan
This volume was an early classic during the controversial years before the general acceptance of plate tectonic theory began its rise to the forefront of global geology. The idea of continental drift was originally proposed by A L Wegener, Origin of Continents and Oceans (Braunschweig, 1922) in connection with his analysis of the origin of continents and oceans as a method to help explain anomalous distributive patterns of ancient climate zones [(Koppen-Wegener, Die Klimate der geologischen Vorzeit Borntraeger, Berlin 1924.)]
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This volume was an early classic during the controversial years before the general acceptance of plate tectonic theory began its rise to the forefront of global geology. The idea of continental drift was originally proposed by A L Wegener, Origin of Continents and Oceans (Braunschweig, 1922) in connection with his analysis of the origin of continents and oceans as a method to help explain anomalous distributive patterns of ancient climate zones [(Koppen-Wegener, Die Klimate der geologischen Vorzeit Borntraeger, Berlin 1924.)] The implications of this proposal seriously challenged many of the beliefs and theories of the constitution of the earth its physical properties tectonics and biologic developments. As a result a considerable furor of opposition arose on all counts but in particular the geophysicists alleged that drift was out of the question because the crust could not endure such forces. Others denied the need for moving the continents to explain either mountain chains or animal and plant disposition in space and time relationships. It has been attempted here to interpret the evidence in terms of two possible mechanisms a) Continental Drift and b) Polar Wandering.
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