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Svetradugi [14.3K]
3 years ago
8

What was the main reason Wegeners continental drift hypothesis was rejected ?

Geography
2 answers:
NARA [144]3 years ago
6 0

He could not provide a wholly acceptable explanation for the movement of the continents.

Nikolay [14]3 years ago
3 0

Alfred Wegener's contemporaries rejected his theory of continental drift because it challenged many established scientific theories at the time, and he lacked a compelling explanation for the cause of continental drift.

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