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Archy [21]
4 years ago
15

Why was the idea of continental drift not initially accepted by many other scientists and the general public at the time?

Geography
1 answer:
pantera1 [17]4 years ago
5 0
The creators of the theory could not find a way to answer the question "What force was strong enough to move them?". Another reason why was that they proposed a movement speed of the continents that was incredibly high and impossible to reach.
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