To see the desired glossary, please select the language and then the field of expertise.

    Home
    • English
      • Geology
        • Search
          • Term
            • continental drift
          • Additional fields of expertise
          • Definition(s)
            • The hypothesis, proposed by Alfred Wegener, that today's continents broke off from a single supercontinent and then plowed through the ocean floors into their present positions. This explanation of the shapes and locations of Earth's current continents evolved into the theory of plate tectonics. CENGAGE Learning
          • Example sentence(s)
            • Wegener's Continental Drift theory was not readily accepted by the science community of his day. It was difficult to conceive of large continents plowing through the sea floor to move to new locations. - kids.earth.nasa.gov
            • The fossil record supports and gives credence to the theories of continental drift and plate tectonics. - enchantedlearning.com
            • According to the continental drift theory, the supercontinent Pangaea began to break up about 225-200 million years ago, eventually fragmenting into the continents as we know them today. - USGS
    Compare [close]
    • Russian
      • Geology
        • Search
          • Term
            • дрейф материков
          • Additional fields of expertise
          • Definition(s)
            • Теория дрейфа материков впервые была предложена немецким географом Альфредом Вегенером и описывает движение, объединение и раскол континентов, основанное на тектонике плит. Википедия - by Olga Pobortseva
          • Example sentence(s)
            • Возможно, с того самого момента, когда земная кора окончательно остыла и образовала твердые материковые плиты, ее громадные куски принялись "бродить" по земному шару, увлекая за собой целые континенты. Подобные перемещения больших участков земной коры получили название "дрейф материков" - "Бродячие континенты" by Olga Pobortseva
            • Гипотеза дрейфа материков, происходящего по пластичной или жидкой нижней мантии Земли, в наше время получила особенно большое развитие в новой теории глобальной тектоники плит. - Тонущие города by Olga Pobortseva
          • Related KudoZ question
  • Compare this term in: Serbian, Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, German, Dutch, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish

The glossary compiled from Glossary-building KudoZ is made available openly under the Creative Commons "By" license (v3.0). By submitting this form, you agree to make your contribution available to others under the terms of that license.

Creative Commons License