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NEW The History of Plate Tectonics by Andrea Nix
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The History of Plate Tectonics
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Abraham Ortelius realized that the coastlines of the continents matched up in some ways.
Antonio Snider Pelligrini found similar plants and fossils on two different continents.
Frank Bursely Taylor suggested that Earth's continents moved around to different places and were seperated.
Arthur Holmes suggested that convection cutrrents could move the plates and continents around the Earth during Continental Drift.
Harry Hess and R. Dietz used the understanding of mid ocean ridges to tdevelop the theory of sea floor spreading.
Frederick Vine and Drummond Matthews worked togtehr to look at and understand the pattern of magnetic stripes on the ocean floor.
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