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B. What information did Wegener not have that would have strengthened his argument? (3

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VMariaS [17]3 years ago

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<h2>Movement of Continents</h2>

Explanation:

Alfred Wegener was a German astronomer who proposed the "continental drift" hypothesis in 1910.
Alfred Wegener was not able to explain the movements of the continent in how and in which way they are moved.
He failed in an attempt to explain with the use of tides made the theory undefinable fully.
Also, the major problem with Wegener's theory of Continental Drift was that there was no proper explanation of a mechanism.

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