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⭐️ Made the hypothesis of continental drift

-Named and formulated the “super-continent” Pangea

-Found evidence in land formation, fossils and climate

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⭐️ Theorized that convection currents in the mantle are the mechanism behind continental drift

-Researched the ocean to prove the theory of sea floor spreading

-Was the first of his time to estimated the earth was 4 billion years old and was close to the time frame of its eras

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⭐️ Magnetometer data was used to map the ocean floor and reveal it’s hidden features

-The magnetometer was originally used to detect enemy submarines in ww2

-The data showed rifts, mountain ranges and trenches underwater as well as the seafloor’s magnetic properties (aka magnetic striping)

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⭐️ Published the idea of seafloor spreading

-Observed all the evidence from the echo sounders as a naval officer in ww2

-Discovered and named guyots (flat-topped underwater mountains)

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The theory of plate tectonics explains earthquakes, volcanoes and mountain ranges.