Why did American geologists reject the notion of continental drift, first posed in 1915? And why did British scientists view the theory as a pleasing confirmati

In the early twentieth century, American earth scientists were united in their opposition to the new--and highly radical--notion of continental drift, even goin

Why did American geologists reject the notion of continental drift, first posed in 1915? And why did British scientists view the theory as a pleasing confirmati

In 1915 Alfred Wegener's seminal work describing the continental drift was first published in German. Wegener explained various phenomena of historical geology,

This book provides an overview of the history of plate tectonics, including in-context definitions of the key terms. It explains how the forerunners of the theo