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apr 29, 1929 - Mantle Convection Currents-Arthur Holmes-1929

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Around 1929, Arthur Holmes elaborated on Wegener's idea of mantle convection. He suggested that mantle/thermal convection is like a coveyor belt, and the fact that the rising pressure could break a continent apart then force it opposite directions by the convection currents.

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apr 29, 1929
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~ 95 years ago

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