wegener hypothesis

wegener hypothesis
\\ˈvāgənə(r)-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized W
Etymology: after Alfred L. Wegener died 1930 German geophysicist
: a hypothesis in geology : the existing continents were originally one land area of which portions have separated and since Carboniferous time have slowly drifted apart moving on a plastic substratum

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