NOUN
- the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics)
How To Use continental drift In A Sentence
- Once viewed as a relic, continental drift and seafloor spreading evolved into the modern concept of plate tectonics.
- A hypothetical supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic Period. When continental drift began, Pangaea broke up into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
- It was this temporary feature which inspired Wegener to study what he defined as continental drift, although he did not live to see his hypothesis become generally accepted. Army Rumour Service
- Perhaps it was as well that continental drift was so profoundly unfashionable in the 1920s and 1930s. THE EARTH: An Intimate History
- Continental drift also has an effect on the weather, though the process is much slower.
- An earth science example is the publication of Wegener's theory of continental drift in 1912.
- Perhaps it was as well that continental drift was so profoundly unfashionable in the 1920s and 1930s. THE EARTH: An Intimate History
- The continental drift and the development of the flowering plants.
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- Geologists use paleomagnetic studies for dating purposes, but also have used the techniques to map continental drift. Archive 2005-12-01
