THE wide appeal of Prof. Wegener's theory of the arrangement of ocean and continent is shown by, the issue of a third greatly revised edition and of this excellent English translation. His theory ...

In considering the origin of the continents, the essential points to be explained are the restriction of the continental blocks to little more than one-third of the earth's surface and the marked ...

The evidence of the rocks suggests that the great land masses grew by cycles in which chains of volcanoes rose from the sea and sediment washed into the deep troughs ...

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You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. The history of Earth's continents might be different from what we first thought. The most popular theory of how the continents ...