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Viva_La_Revolution

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5. 1915 "Continental Drift"

Reply to DreamGypsy (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 21, 2013, 02:39 PM

Mar 2013

By the 60's, after we were able to map the sea floor (post WWII Navy) 'plate tectonics' was the newest theory. By the mid 70's it was a firm theory among scientists, but the general public took another decade to start really learning about it. No wonder your class didn't discuss it.

more> http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate2.htm

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